10 ways to build quality inbound links

Inbound links are the hardest to build compared to outbound and internal links, especially the one that comes from within the same industry authority website; however the procedure is not that complicated if you devote time and effort for building backlinks.

The role of link building is to increase your web traffic; When someone else likes your website and gives you a stamp of approval that indicates your backlinks are valuable, and when more people visit repeatedly your web means you’re fulfilling what they exactly want for their website, which in turn boosts your traffic.

Here are ten ways that help you create inbound links:

  1. Test the links on your website: Use keyword rich anchor text each time you link to your website. Don’t worry if the links you’re using are “no follow” links but what matters is the citation alone. In addition, you have to think from your customers perspective not only from SEO view.

  2. Publish your blog content online: Publish articles on high quality sites that allow you to post for free in order to make your site more reachable to the audience. At the end of each blog, there’s something called ‘’author bio box’’ through which you are able to control your content as well your links and let your viewers to click through the links you include to your website.

  3. Link trade with other colleagues: This could happen when your friends have websites that belong to the same target market as yours but serve complimentary or relevant products. Or in another way, if their products and services would favor your customers or vice versa, it would be very logical to link back to their sites or them linking back to you.

  4. Contribute to collaborative blog posts: This is an effective way to build inbound links. It’s done by a blog created by a website owner who calls other bloggers to give their opinions and feedbacks on a specific topic and asks them to share their tips on a blog post; when bloggers write what they have along with their links, all of them will be gathered in a large blog post so your post linking to your website might be published and promoted by contributors.

  5. Get listed in relevant quality directories: Though some directory listings are not seen by SEO but they might be good for your brand visibility. Determine both free and paid directories in your nearby areas that are of high quality, trustable and get listed. These might be portfolio sites, yellow pages and trade association sites…

  6. Share links on social media: At least connect your RSS feed blog to your social networks such as FB, TW, Linkedin and google+, so each time you post a content to your blog, your posts are automatically shared with your social networks. Also, don’t forget to bookmark your posts on popular social bookmarking sites like StumbleUpon and Digg to create additional site mentions, citations, and backlinks.

  7. Always publish high quality and relevant content: Write consistently interesting and fresh content to your blog so your readers will always stay enticed and you might also gain more followers, and they in turn share your posts with their networks across all the major social media platforms as well as your links at the end of your posts.

  8. Become a guest blogger: In order to increase your visibility, you have to share your experience with other website owners and get accessed to their audience who also might be your future guests; you could attract them with your high quality posts and comments and get them to click on your link and visit your website. But to submit a highly relevant guest post, you have to identify your blogs that are mostly valuable and relevant to their needs. Although these blogs serve the same audience that you do, so you have to encourage your customers with something unique and different. You could also make researches of your nearby industry website owners, look at their blogs, what their audience like and dislike and deliver them a brand that’s in accordance with their needs.Try to introduce yourself to website owners at an event, then share your topics with them on your site, so their audience are likely to see your links in your “author bio” and visit your website.

  9. Review industry products, books, and media on Amazon: The good thing with Amazon is that it offers an effective way to review books and you will accordingly be able to display your profile with a link to your website. Amazon is considered as a satellite blog through which you could display interesting tips and insights to customers trying to find the right book or product. It ‘s a wide opportunity that gives you the chance to get seen by a new audience. “But the thing is not to use your reviews for self promotion or spamming.”

  10. Comment on others blogs: Read carefully other blog posts and write insightful, relevant and interesting comments. If others like your reply, they will be likely to click on your link and go to your website.