Uncommon ways to create quality backlinks
Creating backlinks to your website will improve your ability to rank in search engines; These backlinks can be created in a variety of ways, from social bookmarking to forum participation.
However, there are many unusual ways you could create backlinks (which many are not taking advantage of); This post will share some of these rare approaches so that you can easily integrate them into your link building campaign.
“Create Website Badges” – A “badge” is nothing more than a design element that shows that a web user has engaged in some type of online activity. A great example of using badges for link building is when others enter blog contests; You could require these users to place a badge on your website as one of the participants, instantly giving you a quality link to your website. Another method would be to keep “the best of” within your niche; Gather your community to vote for the best players within your niche and award badges to those who have won!
“Answer Questions Online” – Websites like Yahoo Answers and Quora have appeared all over the web in recent years; These websites allow their users to answer the questions of others and even link them to resources that may be useful to the person asking the question. Although this link building method is a bit uncommon, it can be very effective for building backlinks when answering questions related to your niche and including a resource on your own website.
“Create a sticky forum thread” – just as you would create content for your own website; They aim to create an essential resource for a specialized forum. The “sticky” posts, as they are called, are threads that have been “pasted” to the top of the forums, which are essential reads for new members and are very resourceful for anyone who needs to be reminded of a topic. For all his energy in creating a thread that collects a variety of useful resources, in addition to providing his own; Not only will you create a sense of authority (within your topic), but if you’re “stuck” at the top of the thread, you could get thousands of hits and backlinks to your website.
“Work on BIG projects” – Network with other blog or website owners within your niche; Ask them if they need help with their own projects, and in exchange for their time, they could partner with the project (which could include a backlink). If the project takes off and becomes popular on the web, it will accompany you and naturally create links as others include it in the description of those behind the project.