Killer Ways to Build Backlinks | The Ultimate Guide | Part – 3

In "Killer Ways to Build Backlinks | The Ultimate Guide | Part - 1", we discussed following points to start building backlinks :-

• Start Making Backlinks via Your Website, and
• How to make Backlinks using Social Media Websites.

In "Killer Ways to Build Backlinks | The Ultimate Guide | Part - 2", i shared some ways to build backlinks through :

• Promotions, and
• Traditiona Techniques

Now, in this part i will share some ways to build backlinks via :

• Product Creation, and
• Link Reclamation.

Backlinks can be Build via Product Creation

1. Do a big product launch.
2. Release your own Firefox extension and have a page dedicated to it, many people will link to it.
3. Build widgets – If you decide to take this approach, don't spam.  Make sure users are aware of your link and give them the option to turn it off if you don't want to get kicked out of the WordPress directory.
4. Publish a whitepaper – If you're in the B2B market, whitepapers represent one of the best ways to build backlinks, as these resources may be shared widely amongst professionals.
5. Put together informative case studies – As with whitepapers, people love to read case studies, making this an ideal way to both build a reputation and create new backlinks.
6. Host & distribute webinars – Webinars can be highly engaging, making their distribution and promotion a great way to build links.
7. Share photos & images under the Creative Commons license – Webmasters and bloggers are always looking for royalty free images, which makes releasing your own pictures under the Creative Commons license (that is, in exchange for a backlink) a quick way to build links.
8. Publish icon sets – People are always looking for new icons, so if you offer them in exchange for links, you're going to get new links!
9. Create website badges – Developing a graphical bag that webmasters can post to their sites as measurement of some criteria is another way to send a stream of backlinks to your site.
10. Provide free software – Free software programs get shared widely and often (resulting in loads of new links), though you'll want to be sure your software is protected from spam and malware distributors.
11. Develop your own toolbar – With software and apps, people love to link to free programs – and toolbars are no exception.
12. List your product on EBay or Amazon and include a link back to your blog.
13. Make a podcast and submit it to ITunes, link back to your blog from it.
14. Make web apps and submit them to app directories such as Go2Web20.
15. Make manuals and long tutorial posts on your blog, this type of post do receive lots of backlinks.
16. Make a great eBook or membership site and make linking to your blog the requirement to get it.
17. eBay Auctions – Sell items on eBay and offer to donate the profits to a charity. Many charities will link both to the eBay auction and to your site.
18. Send a gift – Get a blogger's attention by sending them something from their Amazon wishlist.
19. Run a Youtube video channel – Youtube is highly popular, so running an informative or entertaining channel can be a great way to build both an audience and new backlinks.
20. Post quizzes to your website and enable "sharing" functionality – Online quizzes have always attracted attention, but adding a "Share your score with your friends" feature makes it possible to turn these fun activities into link building powerhouses as well.

Building Backlinks

Make Backlinks Through Link Reclamation

1. Use Google Alerts to find unlinked company mentions – By setting up Google Alerts for your website's branded keyword phrases can help you identify other sites that are mentioning you without linking back.
2. Set up Copyscape alerts to find scraped content – The Copyscape service allows you to receive notifications whenever people copy and paste from your website. Instead of asking for content removal, these plagiarisms represent possible backlinking opportunities.
3. Reclaim 404 error pages with backlink equity on your site.
4. Notify webmasters of spelling and grammatical errors in exchange for a link.
5. Monitor link partners and notify them of broken links – Several services allow you to monitor the sites linking back to you; if these change, notify webmasters immediately to see if they'll reinstate your links.
6. Identify hacked or malware-riddled sites and offer to repair them for a backlink.
7. Build secondary links to sites that are linking to you.
8. Conduct competitive analysis to find competitor backlink sources.
9. Start and/or sponsor a blogging contest and make linking to your blog one of the requirements.
10. Donate to charity sites, many of them will link back to your site.
11. Build a great tool and many people will link to your tool and your blog.
12. Contact your theme designer and tell them to use your website as an example in their portfolio, they will most likely include a link back to your blog.
13. Design a top bloggers award and give it to as many bloggers as you can in your niche, they will link back to you.
14. Run a contest giving people physical products for free; make linking to your blog a requirement to join.
15. Run surveys on your blog and publish the results for everybody to see, if the survey is good and helpful you will definitely get a lot of backlinks to your blog.

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