Back links are vital to the health and success of
your blog and without them it will be very difficult for a blog to strive. Due
to the importance that back links have, bloggers and webmasters have been using
various ways and methods to build back links to their websites in other for
them to get high Google PageRank and good rankings in search engine result
pages (SERPS).
Many of the methods that are employed by bloggers and internet
marketers in building back links are often unethical (black-hat
SEO) and this is a major concern for search engines, especially Google.
1. Back links from Guest Blogging
Guest blogging is
the first and foremost method of building safe back links. With guest blogging,
you will get a natural one way back link to your site and also some free
traffic will surely come with it. Usually, when you are guest posting on a
blog, you will be allowed to place a link or two pointing back to your blog
with appropriate keywords as anchor text in your author bio that appears
beneath your article.
The back links from your author bio are one of the easiest and safest links you can ever get.
Guest posting is not that
difficult, though I will admit that it requires some work which can be
termed as writing a quality article that you know another blogger will be glad
to share with his audience.
After writing your post, the next thing is to find a suitable
blog in your niche, a blog that you know will be willing to publish your post
and send the blog owner a mail or check out the blog guest posting page (if
they have one) for more information about guest blogging on that particular
blog. Look for blogs that feature the author bio box, which can give you a
chance to earn additional back links to your site.
2. Back Links from Blog Commenting
Blog commenting is my favorite technique for building safe back
links to my blogs. I have always been recommending blog commenting to bloggers
who are looking to build back links because it has worked for me and it is
FREE!!!
When I started my blog in March 2011, my major link building
technique was blog commenting and with it I was able to get Google Page Rank of
2 without using any other form of Link Building. Comments left on Comment Luv blogs like this one offer a big advantage
because the Comment Luv link will end up sending targeted traffic to your blog
as well.
I have discovered blog commenting to be an effective strategy to
build back links though it will require time and your patience. Time in the
sense that you will have to be visiting blogs in your niche on a daily basis to
drop a comment or two and patience in the sense that you will need to read the article
on those blogs before you drop your comments.
As you know reading these blog will also help your knowledge, so
it’s more like killing two birds with one stone when it comes to blog
commenting.
If you are using blog commenting for link building, you should
avoid the usual SPAMMY LIKE comments such as: “GREAT POST“, “NICE
ARTICLE“, and “NICE
BLOG“. Most of the time, these type of comments end up in the
trash folder and it will just be like a waste of time and energy on your part.
3. Back Links from Forums
Forum boards are also a great place to build safe
back links and traffic to your blog. Virtually all forum boards have a forum
signature box under the users profile section where you can enter a short bio
and back links pointing to your blog.
You should take advantage of this forum board’s signature
feature for link building because most forums have high Page Rank and high
daily traffic. So you have the tendency to get a high link juice value and also
some traffic along the way.
Apart from the forum signature box, you can also drop links to
posts on your blog that can be of assistance or solve a fellow forum member’s
problem but don’t turn this into a habit so that you won’t look like a spammer
and eventually get banned from the forum.
There are lots of forum boards online; a simple way to find them
is to use a search engine like Google. You can get them by using keywords in
your niche in the search parameter. For example, I will use something like
“Weight loss + Forum” as a search parameter on Google if am in the weight loss
niche. So it’s just “your-niche+forum” and hit the search
button.
So far, we have discussed three (3) safe ways you can use to
build safe back links to your blog. If you are using any of these methods, you
don’t need to be afraid of any Google or search engine algorithm updates
because you are 100% safe.
Do you have any other White hat techniques for building back
links that you find effective? Kindly share them with us in the comment
section.
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