Can You Get Thousands of Backlinks?

Posted In: Link Popularity . By dens

Author: Michael Porteous

If you own a website and understand how the search engines work then you know you need to get thousands of backlinks to be competitive in any market. With established websites already set at great page ranks on the main search engines a newer site owner has to be smart, creative and hardworking to get ahead in the internet business! So how does one be smart and creative in terms of website rankings?

The answer firstly is not just about backlinks. It has been estimated that about 80% of what makes up how popular your website is with a search engine is backlinks leaving only 20% of the rest of the formula as relevant, original content which is what engines like Google say they crave. This leads many people to believe that 80% of their effort should be put into acquiring backlinks ... often in the wrong way.

The problem most people starting out on the internet business roller coaster is that they think that all links are the same. I mentioned that search engines like Google crave relevance and originality and this is true of links as well. Having a backlink from a site dedicated to garden equipment linking to your site on fashion clothing design is not relevant for example. Having a backlink from multiple pages that are duplicates of each other also does not work because the lack of originality then comes into play.

So with all of these restrictions on having a quality link that counts how can you get thousands of backlinks when it feels like there are not thousands of backlinks to be had? There are some options, long term you can write articles, submit your site to directories and cultivate friendships with other sites for backlinks but in the short term without any dodgy business there are services around that follow the guidelines that the search engines love without resorting to "black hat" techniques that can generate backlinks for you.