Getting your website on Google, Yahoo or MSN can be very tough for someone who doesn’t know much about computers. But it’s very possible to get your website ranked #1 on the first page.
Backlinks 101 Explained
Keyword Research for Backlinks
I forgot to talk about doing keyword research because I guessed everyone would already know this but for some people who don’t hopefully this section will be helpful. Keyword Research is actually the single MOST IMPORTANT element to an effective SEO campaign. You will need good keyword research with many backlinks.
If you don’t choose the right keywords and they don’t receive any traffic. You won’t make much money. It’s very important to do some research on the competitors in your niche. You can find out if the keyword is easy to rank for or if it will take months to complete.
For certain smaller niches, keywords can be very easy to figure out. I highly recommend to use the Google Keyword Tool to find out the best keywords in your niche. It’s a free tool and by far one of the best keyword tools to use.
What are backlinks and Why do I need backlinks?
Backlinks are the second MOST IMPORTANT element to an effective SEO campaign, ESPECIALLY for the main search engine like Google. It’s very important that QUALITY is better than QUANTITY when talking about SEO and Backlinks. You definitely want the best of the best websites pointing to your own website. You don’t want low quality websites linking to you because it can affect your rankings negatively. So do your best by choosing high PR websites and remember that you want to include some low PR sites with it so your backlinks are natural.
How do I get backlinks?
The only way to get backlinks is through hard work and your efforts. Backlinks is and always will be a time consuming and tedious process. The thing is you can’t rank your website without working on backlinks, it just isn’t possible. It’s like trying to get ripped and shredded without going to the gym or eating healthy. So they most important thing to remember to have a successful SEO campaign is that you need to spend tons of your time building backlinks for your website.
2 Responses to Backlinks Beginner Guide
Jordan
January 28th, 2010 at 6:55 PM
Backlinks are the single MOST IMPORTANT element to an effective SEO campaign
wrong. keyword research is most important. Finding rankable terms that get targeted traffic.
Paul Morales
January 28th, 2010 at 8:27 PM
@Jordan – Thanks.. I’ll be sure to add that. Didn’t think about it at the time.