Someone I don't know posted a link to one of my hubs on a forum in response to someone's question and I have been getting a bunch of traffic from it and even clicks.
So . . . CONTENT IS KING
Congratulations! You are doing something right. A good backlink in a forum can work wonders
That's awesome, Alan-congrats! But, alas, I clicked on this thread because the more I read, the more I become confused about backlinks.
So someone else links to you, and that's a backlink?
Everyone-thanks for your patience!
Thats awesome! I'm hoping someone will pick up one of mine someday. Congrats!
LOL, yes pretty simple, someone else posting your link somewhere is a backlink.
AND
If you post your hub's link somewhere else, that is also a backlink.
Oh and Congratulations Alan on the backlink, I also get links like this, people post my links to answer sites and one was on a discussion page of wikipedia also.
by Brandon 7 years ago
On Easter Sunday I finally hit the million views checkpoint. Took a long time to get there, but it was nice reading the email HP sends you on reaching this accolade. This is a good time to thank the staff at HP, no one ever says it enough - they are doing and have always been doing a great job here.
by earnestshub 14 years ago
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by Audrey Hunt 6 years ago
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by Lynda Gary 15 years ago
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by LarasMama 15 years ago
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by Raymond D Choiniere 15 years ago
Hey Earnest,I had to do it.I was your 600th!Congrats!!!!!Awesome!!
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