How To Build Backlinks

The Basics of How to Build Backlinks

Just like with anything else corporate related, the "Big Dogs" are constantly making new rules to keep the little guys scrambling for position with search engines. Everyone looking to build and gain position needs to know how to build backlinks. There are 3 basic methods for building links, and the better domain authority of the link, the better it will boost your website to have a link from them. At the bottom of this post, I will give you a list of sites that you can add your listing for free, with a quality domain authority to help boost your site. I will caution highly that link building can be quite tricky since Google Panda/Penguin, so make sure you are using white hat seo practices in your link building. Please feel free to go through our frequently used terms to expound on any terms you are unfamiliar with.

Backlinks are a way to help gain authority for your content by getting other sites to link to yours, telling search engines that your content has value to the consumer or searcher. By linking to a website that has less authority than yours, potentially you are reducing your street cred with the search engines. For an in depth look into your domain authority and page authorities, be sure to visit Moz and check out what they offer, as it is crucial to your link building process.

The Moving Man Method

The moving man method of how to build backlinks is quite simple in concept, however can be unbelievably challenging and frustrating. Additionally, there are a zillion people doing this, and the results can be less than stellar when comparing effort versus reward. The idea behind this method is to find broken or dead links on high domain authority websites, usually targetting education sources, notifying their webmaster of the issue and asking for them to replace the bad link with yours. Sounds simple enough, but I would argue the success rate is quite small.

Hey Buddy, Throw Me a Link

So...I called Matt Cutts at Google, and asked him to send a couple of links my way. Of course I left a message on his voicemail, he doesn't even know me. After I hung up, I thought that maybe Jeff Bezos at Amazon could throw me a bone, but I couldn't even figure out how to get to his voicemail. Surely the big dogs will throw me a free link bone, right? This method is exactly what it sounds like. Reach out to your business network and ask them to list/link your website on theirs. Of course, you may have a better chance of bumping into them at an Amway meeting, depending on what their domain authority is, or whether their website is laid out in a manner that would make sense for the link. After all, your barber may not want to link to a site that sells oil filters, as it just doesn't make sense for them.

Guest Blogging

We love guest bloggers at Kpahi. Want to guest blog on our site? Not a problem. We need guest bloggers with material relevant to our market verticals. These items are digital marketing, inbound marketing, web services, seo, sem, smm, app development, and app deployment. Send an email to choose@kpahi.com if you are interested in guest blogging for us. Meanwhile, guest blogging can be a great tool on how to build links. Find blogs relevant to your industry and ask if you can submit a guest blog for them with a link. Be sure to be clear that you are looking for the link, so they aren't surprised or offended by your article submission.

Reciprocation Link Building

This is very similar to the throw me a bone link building method, but allows you to build links with businesses you don't know personally. Do we do this at Kpahi? Sure do! If you are interested in reciprocating links with us, simply fill out the form below. Be sure you have https://kpahi.com listed on your site at top level (no subdomains), and we will create a link on our site for you.

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