If you are familiar with SEO, you might have come across a term called Backlinks.
But for those of you who are new to SEO, you may be scratching your head or wondering what Backlinks are and its importance, and probably even the types of Backlinks.
Don’t worry, In this article, we will explain what is a backlink, the different types of backlinks, why they are so important in order to rank in Google, and How you can actually get more Backlinks without getting in trouble with the Search Engines.
What is a Backlink?
In simple terms, Backlink is a link one website gets from another website and are incoming links to a webpage.
When a Website links to another page, it’s called a backlink.
Why are backlinks important?
Backlinks play a huge role on a website’s prominence in search engine results and are very useful for improving a website’s ranking.
Search engines calculate a website ranking by using multiple factors to display in search results.
Among the many of the other factors, such as PageSpeed, Content, DA, PA, etc Backlinks is also one of the most important factors in determining the ranking of a page.
They can actually help your website to be more popular on search engines.
It basically works like this, When website A refer to Website B, Website B then become more of an “authority” on the topic Website B cover.
Backlinks serve as a recommendation of sorts, and acts as a vote in an election and Google takes note of that.
Psst….sometimes some Backlinks are very stubborn to get indexed. In that can case, I suggest you ping the URL and create a buzz in social media. But if it doesn’t work, You can use Backlinks Indexer
Types Of Links based On Quality-
- Low-Quality Links- Low-quality backlinks can seriously damage your site reputation with Google and may compromise your visibility in searches results
Example of this type of Links are- Spammy Links from Spammy Forums, Blog comments etc
- High-Quality Links- High quality reward your site with greater domain authority and higher search visibility.
Types Of Links Based On Linking-
- Internal Link – Links within your own site.
- External Link or Inbound Link – Links coming from other websites that are pointing to your site.
Types Of Backlinks Based On Flow Of Link Juice
- DoFollow- Do Follow links are types of links that pass link juice and count as points, pushing SEO link juice and boosting the page rank of the linked-to sites, and it helps them to rank higher in SERPs
- NoFollow- A no follow link is basically a link that does not flow the Link juice or boost PageRank, and it doesn’t help in a page’s placement in the SERPs.
Types Of Backlinks Based On Acquisition-
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Directory links
Directory links are links coming from a directory listing
These types of Links come from websites that act as a directory or allow people to list their products or services.
There are two types of Directory Links
- a) Free Directory Links
- b) Paid Directory Links
To get this types of Links, Find a secure and a high-quality directory site which is in your space or niche.
Don’t go for the general listing Directory and instead focus on those which are more specific to your service and niche.
For example, let’s say that your company is providing a Laptop repair service in London and you wanted to submit your business in some directories. Instead of going for large, national directories such as Yell.com, it’d be better for the business to find London Laptop repair-specific directories.
What they should do is find a Laptop or Electronics repair-specific directories to secure a listing.
Why? What’s the difference? Both of them are Directories.
This is because search engines provide more weight and importance to similar sites that are linked together,
This will allow the laptop repair company to gain authority from the niche directory site.
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Blog comment links
They are the simplest way to get a backlink to your website. You just visit a website and leave a comment. That’s basically it
But Blog comments are normally no-follow links so they would not pass any link juice
However, I don’t recommend using blog comments as your main part of the link building Process because if you have a large portion of backlinks coming only from blog comments, it can raise an issue of red flags with Google, and trust me you don’t wanna play a game with Google.
Posts comments on blogs that are only relevant to your blog or niche.
Make sure your comments are meaningful and are relevant to the article of that page you just read.
For Example, if the article is about SEO and you leave a comment saying like ” Hi, I have a Blog on travel, here is my link yourdomain.com”
It will make it obvious to the webmaster that you’re just there for a link, and it will ruin your chances of using the comment on that particular blog to direct a traffic back to your website. Chances are you will not get any traffic since your comments are irrelevant and considered spammy Or in the worst case the owner may even delete the comment
So make sure to maintain Quality and be relevant
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Guest posts
Guest blogging is a method where a blogger or a freelancer offer to write content for other, similar blogs in their niche or space
Its main purpose is to build relationships, exposure, authority, and links.
And when you send your article to them, Make your article interesting, long-form and relevant and provide value to the existing readers of the blog
Here are some Benefits of Guest Posting
- a) Get Quality Traffic
- b) Build your Online Influence
- c) Develops your Authority
- d) Increase your Brand Awareness
How to Pitch for a Guest Post?
Hello (Their Name),
I’m a regular reader of [name of the site]. I truly liked the blog post that you particularly wrote about [a post on their site].
I work as a (your position).
I’ve also written for some blogs including [list of the blogs you’ve written for].
I understand the need for unique and well-researched content.
You can check out some of the contributions I have made recently at:
(Example A)
(Example B)
I’d love to share my article with the readers of your blog in a guest post titled “(the title of the guest post)”.
In this article, I’ll discuss key the points including (main points).
The word count of the post will be no less than (number of words).
Looking forward to hearing from you.
Sincerely,
(Name)
(Website)
(Social Media
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User profile pages
When you Guest post all of your guest posted articles will not be allowed to have too many links back to your site
Instead, how they reward you is they will allow you to have a single link in your author section or the user profile page.
However, these types of links may not be as effective and valuable compared to the one in the main content in terms of SEO
But this is beneficial in building your brand awareness and allowing the readers of the article to get to know you and your website further
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Forums Links
Forum links are a great way in order to diversify your backlink profile
There are literally thousands of forums ranging from Marketing to Dog Grooming.
But I don’t recommend overdoing unless it is 100% relevant and beneficial to the forum.
Don’t make Forum link building your top priority.
However many of the links are no-follow while Quite a few are “do-follow”
The simple and best way to get a high-quality forum link is to post in forums that are relevant to your niche and your industry
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Infographics and images
If you think content marketing is only about writing in words, then you are mistaken
They can come in many shapes and forms and one of them is infographics
Infographics may be about content from lists to definitions to research and statistics.
Make sure your Infographics are in High Quality if it is not a good infographic, no ones gonna put it on their site.
If a person is given an infographic and a text article, Chances are that person is likely to pick the infographic to read
People just don’t wanna read a 1000-3000 word article, they would rather see an image with visual containing more words than the text.
Create an Embed code for the infographic and in that way, whenever someone put the embed code into their website to showcase your infographic, it automatically links back to your site.
CONCLUSION
You see, there are several ways to build natural-looking links that don’t violate Google Terms and Service
Don’t make your link profile from only one source.
Make sure to diversify your types of Backlinks.
What makes up the majority of your Backlinks Profile?
Either way, let me know in the comments RIGHT NOW.
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this is helpful.i will try this. thanks for sharing
Hello Chain,
I’m happy you found this content helpful, hope to see you again.
thanks for the insight. great piece of infomation
Thanks for stopping by Prabashi. Happy you found it insightful.
Such a well informative post! Thanks for sharing. Much needed tips for growing a site.
Indeed a growing site should pay attention to the types of backlinks created.
Thanks for reading.
Super helpful. I’m definitely going to increase my guest posting. Thanks for the tips!
Hey Jane T,
Glad to find you here. Sure you should increase your guest postings, cos that will help boost your back links.
Thanks for reading.
Thanks for this informative and well written post! It is quite helpful.
Hello Luna S,
Thanks for your comments, I so much appreciate.
Very helpfull to a new blogger, thanks!
Really appreciate the detailed explanation on backlinks! I’ll be applying some of these to my linking strategy.
Hello Meygan,
Sure you should work on them to help your backlinks. Am happy you found this article helpful.
Thanks for reading.
These are great tips for any beginner bloggers
Sure Cassie, thank you.
A lot of great information here. I find the whole SEO thing super confusing so it was really helpful to have a bit of it explained.
Hi Sawyer, good to have you here.
I’m super excited you found this article informing, there are alot of article on SEO, maybe you should check out the SEO Category
Hope to see you again Sawyer.
Oh man! Some of this stuff is like a foreign language to me! Thanks for explaining everything 🙂
Hey Sarah, I’m glad you were able to understand em all. You could check out other contents and if your have any question, don’t forget to let me know.
Thank you.
I’ve just started learning about SEO and this was very helpful. Thanks!
You’re welcome Serena,
SEO is something all website owners should know about. I’m happy you’re learning it and I commend you for that.
If you have questions, don’t forget to let me know, you could send and email.
There is so much for me to learn about SEO and backlinks. You sound like you are achieving mastery in this arena.
Sure Angelle, there are alot to learn about SEO and Backlinks.
Learning em is an everyday something, cos new ways keep popping up.
My blog and I are here to help you achieve success on it, do well to contact me if you have any question or problems.
I’ll be glad to assist you.
Backlinks are extremely important for SEO, thanks for sharing!
Sure Evelyn. You’re welcome.
This is a very helpful post! Thank you ❤️
You’re welcome
Helpful! I always use Dofollow and Nofollow depending on the content.
Good, it’s always advisable to mix em. Nofollow and Dofollow.
Thanks for stopping by Poorna.
Sure Poorna,
It’s best to alternate them depending on the content, Nofollow and Dofollow woks together.
Such a helpful and insightful post. Thanks for sharing
You’re welcome Kamapala
SEO is not for the faint of heart. There is so much to learn and really understand.
Exactly!! You got the point.
Hello Emmanuel, I have read alot about Backlinks but your post have proven to be the best.
Hi Adaeze,
Indeed there are alot of articles on Backlinks, and I’m happy you found ours very good. Thank you and I hope to see you again.
This article is quite helpful for bloggers like me who wants to increase traffic. Thank you.
Good to have you here Neil, thank you for the comments.
I’m new to blogging and understanding all these tech words. It’s not easy that for sure. So glad I bumped into your blog.
Hello Melissa, I’m glad my blog helped you, you can still be visiting for more.
If you have any problem, do well to contact me.
Hello Emmanuel, thanks for taking time to explain this things.
I’ve been blogging on off 5years plus but each time the SEO topic is mentioned I go blank. Reading or trying to learn it feels like lime a new language or trying to read Chinese. I dobt understand it all. Do you by any chance have a material or courses you recommend I take that will simplify this thing?
Help a sister please.
By the way, you have great blog. I’ll find time one of this days to go through your entire blog and probably leave you some feedback (Good??)
Cheers!
Hello Grace,
So good to have you here.
Wow, good to know you’ve been blogging for that number of years, awesome!
When the topic SEO is mention, people usually go gaga, thinking “oh I don’t think I’ll always have this SEO stuff”
But you know what Grace, SEO is an interesting thing to do, and it’s easy and also hard, depending on how you do it.
As you’ve landed on my blog and in my space of friends, you have nothing to worry, as I can put you through it. You can hit me up via email or on Facebook.
BTW, thank you for loving my blog, and I hope to see you next time.
Thanks. I will do that.
You’re welcome Grace,
Hope to hear from you soon.
I am bookmarking this post. Quite helpful to improve SEO and build backlinks.
Hi Pujarini,
Welcome to my blog, and I’m happy you found this content helpful.
Thanks for the bookmark, hope to see you again.
Thank you for your detail post on backlinks. I am still a newbie at SEO, and there is a lot to learn about it! I have a week vacation coming up soon. Guess what I will be studying on?
You’re welcome. Glad you read this content.
Wow, a week vacation? That’s great and I can guess what you’ll be learning. SEO
There is really a lot to learn about SEO.
In case you need assistance, I’m available.
See you soon.
This is interesting, now I understand the different backlinks 😀 Thanks!
Sure. You’re welcome.
This is very educating, but when I Post on nairaland I don’t get much visitors
How do you make the post? That determines how much traffics will come.
Very educating , I must put this at work
Glad you found it educating. Hope you see you more here.
Thanks, on this topic on types of back links , it really widens my knowledge and I know just the type of to use for my blog.
Glad it does, thank you for the comment.
This is a good article
Hi This is awesome. The part I love the most is the how to pitch for guest post. Keep it up
Welcome David, good to have you here.
Thanks for commenting.
Thanks for this, I appreciate, best SEO tip I’ve read since I started blogging
Hello Solomon,
It’s good to have you here. I’m happy you found it helpful.
SEO is not a topic to be joked with, you can check our SEO category and read more.
Cool tips! You’ve made more valid points, if I may ask can I buy back links from seoclerk and others? Won’t it harm my blog?
Glad you found it helpful.
Yeah, you can buy backlinks from Seoclerk, Just make sure you check the reviews before you order, so you know the best.
Hope to see you again.
Thanks for posting this because I have been looking for something like this
Hello Emmanuel,
This is indeed a nice post you got here, truly you said it all and i do appreciate your effort. so glad to visit your site and found this interesting post. i must say backlinks has been one of the aspects of SEO which i do like and tries my best to acquire some good and do-follow backlinks aswell.
with the above content here, i come to learn other types of backlinks and tips on how to acquire them, mostly the Guest post strategy. it was really helpful. thanks for sharing.
have a nice day!
Thanks for the tips. i think that guest posting is the best option to create backlink.
Hello, Guest posting is a great way to get backlinks from related blogs like yours.
Very educative.Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for your comment Ada, I’m glad you found it Educative.
Hope to see you again soon.
wow, boss I love the content on this page. I hope to learn more on link building cause I really find it difficult to understand some certain things.
Hello, thanks for commenting. There is a lot to learn on Link Building.
Guy thanks, this article was really helpful.
I’ve reading several posts on boosting a blog and I must say this post is one amongst many helpful posts I’ve read today… thank you.
Hello Onome, good to have you hear.
I’m glad you found this post helpful, hope to see you again here.
thanks a lot for this guide. Will not only practice the guide shared but also bookmark this site as well thanks a lot.
Good to have you here again Paul, thank you for the nice words.
Hello Emmanuel,
Very great post, well explained a step by step, but we have to chose the right backlinks “good ones” that gonna help increasing the website, else good article 😉
Thank you so much, I’m glad you found the post interesting.
Sure, good backlinks are needed.
Very informative post, l need to focus on this. Thanks for sharing ❤
Hello Sheqo, glad you found this post informative. I’ll love to know how it goes with you.
Hey!
I am new in blogging and researching for backlinks for my site windowsactivator.
The Guide you share types of backlinks in your article is useful.
Before reading your article, I did not even know about these types. Now I will pay great attention to these techniques, and I will apply your experience.
Are you sure that Google does not prohibit all kinds of backlinks and will not make any severe plenty?
Looking for your response thank you
Hello Lindsey,
First, sorry I had to edit your comment…
The guide I provided is very active and accurate, Google won’t penalize you for it, except you do it the wrong way.
If you follow the article well, you’ll get good results.