The Easiest Ways to Get Backlinks

In previous hubs, I've discussed how to use RSS feeds to earn traffic and the all important backlink.

I've discussed how to use Press Releases to promote your articles, websites and online businesses and garner traffic to your hubs and the all important backlink.

I've reviewed several methods of increasing your traffic in this hub, for the purpose of getting that all important backlink.

In this hub, I'm going to discuss further the importance of writing articles and submitting them to other sites. Why? For the purpose of getting that all important backlink, of course.

Writing articles should be your number one priority if you plan on earning any substantial amount of money from online ventures. Writing hubs for Hubpages.com and lenses for Squidoo.com, or other revenue sharing sites is great as a sideline, but if your serious about earning money from your writing then you must not "keep all your eggs in one basket." You must:

• Diversify and churn out hundreds of unique articles
• Forget about earning Google Adsense from each of those articles
• Concern yourself with using those articles to get you backlinks

After writing your article, you want to submit that article to as many article directories as you can locate. Don't worry about duplicate content because your goal for these articles is not to earn you adsense revenue, your goal is to get as many backlinks as you can and all pointing to your site.

Using article directories is the simplest form of article marketing. It's a form of advertising which makes articles freely available for distribution, publication, and syndication on websites, blogs and just about anywhere a publisher chooses. Each article contains an author's resource box which carries a bio and by line, as well as references contact information and... you guessed it, the BACKLINK.

Make sure your articles are keyword rich and relevant to the site you are promoting. You can find more about finding and using keywords in this hub. For most article directories, there is a minimum word count, usually set at 500, and max count of 1200. Not all directories are created equal and not all will give you the same weight with your backlinks, but think long term. Don't think of writing articles as a quick way to earn a buck because unless you are really lucky, it takes a while to build up to a respectable level of income.

Now, for those hubbers and lense builders out there, I've created a brand new article directory called 411 Article. I have made the directory Hubpages and Squidoo friendly. Meaning, I created article categories specifically for Hubs and Lenses. My directory has a minimum word count of 200 and the max is set at 1500.

If you want to post on this site you must first create an account with a username and password. To promote your Hubs or Lenses, I ask that you write a short article complementing your Hub or Lense and place a link for it inside the author's resource box. HTML is not allowed in the body of the article because it could cause some wicked things to happen to some browsers, so links are only allowed in the resource box.

This is a free service and I will never ask you for any compensation.  This a good time to get started too because the creator of the publishing script I'm using has informed me that he is developing a way for us site owners to share in the adsense revenue with our authors.  It's coming I just don't know when or how soon.  But like I mentioned earlier, our ultimate goal is to get backlinks. 

Good luck with your writing experience and I hope to see you on 411 Article.  If you're a hubber, send me a message If you choose to join and I can assist you with any further questions.

If you need more backlinks then check out my hubs on The Easiest Ways to get Backlinks and my Guide to Backlinks.  And if that is not enough, and it never is, then you might want to consider the offer I am making on my new blog where you can purchase 100 High PR 5 - 9 Backlinks for $15.  Check it out right here.