Why Do You Need Backlinks To Your Web site.

Being on the first page of Google search results is the main aim for numerous website owners. If your web site is listed in TOP10 results you'll obtain tremendous amount of highly targeted traffic that will result in revenue, leads or whatever the purpose of your web site may be.

If you are targeting low value search phrases with less competition online, usually it's rather effortless to get on the first page only by on site search engine optimization. Just obtain a domain with your keyword in it, make sure your site’s description, title, header and articles have the keyword. Create good articles around related keywords and voila! Sometimes even without a single backlink you can get on the first page of Google.

In all other instances my friends you will need to get as many inbound links to your web site as possible in order to rank for keywords you target. Based on the competition and the niche the number of backlinks can vary significantly. You can use Yahoo Site Explorer to find out how numerous backlinks your competitors have, so you can get an idea how much time you will need to spend on link building.

Spying on your competitors is not only going to provide information about number of links, but where these links might be coming from. This is most valuable info you can get! Constantly make notes for all websites it is possible to place your link on. Are those links are coming from related websites? Is your competitor utilizing article marketing or social bookmarking sites?

It may take some time to evaluate all that data, but it truly worth it! You may realize that the keyword you are targeting can be too competitive and if you want to beat competition be ready to work hard for those much needed backlinks.

In any situation it usually helps to find a way to get free backlinks without spending a great deal of your time. Forget about contacting every website owner for a link exchange! Not only Google de- value reciprocal links today, most likely none to zero webmasters will answer your email.

The only instance you want to attempt this method may be if a website you are trying to place the link is very trusted in Google eyes, have substantial amount of traffic and what most important RELATED to your website. Then a backlink from this domain can benefit and you can try to speak to a website owner.

Remember that the website owner or webmaster receives this kind of emails everyday and you need to stand out from the crowd. Do your research first, what this web site is about, read content so you can prepare personalized e-mail.

Better still do something good for the site owner first. Every webmaster wishes to get free backlinks. Place a link on one of your web sites first, preferably not on the same you are trying to promote. Write a unique post with a link to the web site you're contacting and submit it to article directories. This way you'll show webmaster that you did some work too and most likely he will agree to mention your site as well as provide you with a link.