What are backlinks?

What are Backlinks?
Readers of my blog are getting
up to speed on all the different
techniques to start making
money by blogging. Of course
first, you need a blog (duh),
but after that it?s a matter of
integrating ad services like
Google AdSense and
WidgetBucks. (Did I mention
that you get $25 just for
signing up with WidgetBucks?
No really? go check it out for
yourself)
Now that we have those
services we need to befriend
Google. Google is going to
become one (if not THE) major
source of our traffic. Services
like StumbleUpon are an
excellent start but we need to
do more ? much more.
Mr. Miyagi once said:
?Walk on road, hm? Walk left
side, safe. Walk right side, safe.
Walk middle, sooner or later
get squish just like grape. Here,
karate, same thing. Either you
karate do "yes" or karate do
"no." You karate do "guess so,
just like grape. Understand??
Mr. Miyagi knew a thing or two
about karate, but I think we
can apply it to monetizing our
blogs as well. You see, creating
traffic with blogs is kind of
similar ? you go full force and
monetize successfully or you
don?t. Backlinks is one of the
major keys to going full force.
What on earth is a backlink?
A backlink is simply links from
one site to another. It is one of
the factors that determines
how popular your blog is and
ultimately how fast it?s going to
get off the ground. The more
relevant backlinks to your site,
the better ? and by relevant I
mean the sites linking to you
should be related to your topic
(If your blog is about fancy
cars it's probably going to do
you little good to have a link
for your site on a blog
dedicated to quilting.)
Ok, so I get what a backlink
is, but what does it matter?
Let me direct you to another
Mr. Miyagi quote if I may:
?We make sacred pact. I
promise teach karate to you,
you promise learn. I say, you
do, no questions.?
Swap karate with monetizing
your blog and we?re good to
go. Seriously speaking here ?
backlinking is a great way to do
the following:
1.) Network with other
bloggers and site owners.
2.) Establishing you as a major
player on the web and
ultimately getting higher listings
in Google?s Search.
3.) Promoting your blog to
other readers who frequent
these other sites.
Ah I get it now! But how do I
get started?
You may already have! That?s
the great part about
backlinking. If you have
interesting content, chances
are someone may already be
linking to you. But even still
you should do some
networking. My
recommendations to you are
to bookmark some bloggers in
your niche and get to know
them ? participate with quality
comments on their sites. Most
bloggers have a contact form
or email link and from there
you can request a link
exchange. Key word here is ?
request?? do not beg.
Remember, we?re going to
make money blogging but we
have to earn it. Backlinks are
one of the most popular ways
to drive traffic to our blogs. So
what are you waiting for? Start
networking today.
Oh, what?s that? You have a
site that has quality content
that is your own and would
like to exchange links with Earn
Money to Blog? Sure, just
shoot me an email and I would
be delighted to add you to my
blogroll!