You may have heard everyone tell you that getting backlinks is the one true way of getting traffic to your site.
If you have only recently started out in SEO (search engine optimization) and you don't know a lot about the value and importance of getting backlinks, then let me touch on it here for your better understanding.
You can have the most amazing webpage and unbelievably fantastic website that anyone has ever seen, but if you aren't getting traffic to it then it is all going to waste.
Traffic means the potential to sell whatever it is that you are selling.
No traffic means no sales.
Simple as that.
But how do you get people to your fantastic website? You would then start looking into getting backlinks that would all point to your site and lead the customers to your door, enabling you to sell them your product.
Getting backlinks can be as simple as having your site mentioned in your bio box at the end of an article, or linked within keywords of your product within your text in your article.
You can place a backlink anywhere that you are allowed to.
I say "allowed" because there are many sites that won't allow you to "plug" your own site within their pages; often it is just a matter of seeking permission first or reading the posting rules.
Getting backlinks is an important aspect to your online business as it builds lots of different pathways that lead right up to your door that potential customers can follow.
Posting as many backlinks as possible in "cyber space" can lead many, many customers to your door.
Backlinks are a pivotal part of Internet marketing.
You can find that there are sites that will take control of all your backlinking needs and ensure that your site is backlinked on many websites that have similar content to yours.
The other sites will in turn have backlinks posted on your pages that have similar content to theirs.