Tactics to Build Backlinks

Every website owner tries to get lots of backlinks to their site.  It is one of the most important tasks as far as SEO is concerned, so you should spend a lot of time doing it.  There are various tactics you can use to build backlinks.  Here is a look at some of the best.

First and foremost you should place a lot of importance on having quality content on your website.  Other webmasters will link to your website on their own if you do.  Conversely, you will not find many people willing to link to a website with bad content.  If you are trying to take a more proactive approach, then you should send other webmasters an email asking them to link to your site.

Another way you can build backlinks is to provide content for other websites, and get a link back in return.  Find blogs in your niche and ask the owners if they will allow you to make a guest post.  Visitors who read your article could then click your link in the article to come to your website.

Article marketing also helps provide content for other websites.  Whenever you upload your articles into a directory, other webmasters can upload a copy to their website.  They will need to leave your resource box containing your links intact so their visitors can come to your website. 

Many people use blog commenting to generate backlinks to their website.  It is best for you to find blogs that receive a lot of traffic in order to make this method work even better.  Many blogs have nofollow links setup by default however, so you will need to check before leaving a link.

Another tactic you can use to build backlinks is to join forums in your niche.  You can fill out your forum profile with your link and be on your way.  If you want to actually participate in the community though you will have the ability to leave your link with every post you make.

One final way you can gain backlinks to your website is by providing information to people who are searching for it.  Join a website like Yahoo answers and answer the questions, leaving your link at the end.

These are just a few tactics you can use to build backlinks to your website.  There are lots more methods you could use instead.  Use whatever method is easiest for you.  Just try to get as many high-quality, high PR links as you can.