Well, what are Backlinks?
Backlinks are the incoming links that link your website to an authoritative website.
But, why do you need these?
It is one of the key factors that determines your ranking on any search engine.
It also helps you to build organic traffic. Because your traffic directly determines what quality of backlinks your website has. If your backlinks contain any authoritative website, you are likely to have a better ranking and thus a better audience.
There are various parameters on which the ranking of your website depends, but Backlinks are formerly one of the most important factor on which your SEO is measured.
Now, building backlinks is of utmost importance and it is also not very hard to generate backlinks. In fact there are smart ways to build quality backlinks, and to get authoritative websites to link to your online business.
That’s why this week’s #ShoutersChat was : “Building backlinks for better ranking”.
In this week’s #ShoutersChat we discussed from primary strategy to build backlinks to the tools you can use to monitor backlinks. We even talked about ways in which anybody can get organic and natural backlinks. We also discussed about various backlink building technique that everyone should give a try in 2018.
Here is a recap of each question and the top answers by Shouters.
Q1. What is your primary backlink building strategy?
From the Shouter community:
Blog Commenting,
Forums Participation &
Strategic Partnerships with top CompaniesIn my case, I have partnered with companies like Mail Providers and SSL Cert Authorities. So I deserve a Backlink
Moreover, Content is the King. It drives Natural Backlinks creation. #ShoutersChat
— KR Kavin Raj (@KR_Kavin_Raj) February 24, 2018
A1) Currently I do it by answering on Quora. And writing few guest posts on niche blogs. I am also using forums to build links. Also targeting 404 links. #ShoutersChat
— Bishnu Mahali (@itsBishnuMahali) February 24, 2018
View more answers to Q1 here
Q2. What tool do you use to monitor backlinks?
From the Shouter community:
A2) In my experience Ahrefs, Buzzsumo, Open Site Explorer are the great tools to analyze backlinks. #ShoutersChat
— Bishnu Mahali (@itsBishnuMahali) February 24, 2018
A2. I am currently looking into Open Site Explorer by @Moz. Will also delve into @semrush soon. #ShoutersChat
— ClimbSERP (@ClimbSERP) February 24, 2018
A2) Majestic is the best tool to monitor Backlinks. I also use SemRush. #ShoutersChat
— KR Kavin Raj (@KR_Kavin_Raj) February 24, 2018
View more answers to Q2 here
Q3. What is the one backlink you are proud of? How did you get it?
From the Shouter community:
I am Proud of Backlinks that I have got from my Partners. Will get more too! #ShoutersChat
— KR Kavin Raj (@KR_Kavin_Raj) February 24, 2018
A3. I am yet to get a backlink that I am proud of as my focus is on building content now. But will definitely be proud if I can someday EARN a Backlink from @shoutmeloud. #ShoutersChat
— ClimbSERP (@ClimbSERP) February 24, 2018
View more answers to Q3 here
Q4. How anyone can start to get organic & natural Backlinks?
From the Shouter community:
A4.
🎯 Guest Posts
🎯 Creating Infographics
🎯 Interviewing influencers
🎯 Internal linking posts
🎯 Creating awesome content that ppl love to share #ShoutersChat— Mohd Adnan (@shoutadnan) February 24, 2018
A4) The best way to get organic backlinks is quality content. If you’ll create awesome contest then people will love to link to your site. Also, you’ll be featured on press release, interviews, podcasts etc. And that’s how you’ll make organic backlinks. #ShoutersChat
— Bishnu Mahali (@itsBishnuMahali) February 24, 2018
View more answers to Q4 here
Q5. Which new Backlink building technique everyone should try in 2018?
From the Shouter community:
A5)
1) Broken link building
2) Conferences
3) video content
4) Interviews or quotes in roundup #Shouter’s hat— Harsh Agrawal (@denharsh) February 24, 2018
A5. I would suggest reaching out to influencers and interviewing them. Focusing more on value content. Nothing beats content. Promoting it the right way and using visuals alot #ShoutersChat
— Mohd Adnan (@shoutadnan) February 24, 2018
View more answers to Q5 here
Join Us Every Saturday on #ShoutersChat
That is it for this week. We’d love to see you in the next session of #ShoutersChat.
#ShoutersChat happens every Saturday at 7 PM IST.
If you like, you can answer the above questions in the comments section below. I’d love to hear your thoughts!