My Experience with Backlinks: Practices to Improve Search Engine Rankings and Build Credibility

Backlinks are important for improving the visibility, credibility, and website crawl of our website. They help improve our website's search engine rankings. Here are some practices to get backlinks:

1.High-Quality Content: Creating high-quality content is the best way to attract backlinks naturally. When your content is informative, engaging, and relevant to your target audience, other websites will link to it. For example, my company's blog posts on "electronic security systems" and "mobile patrol security officers" have naturally attracted links from other external websites (which are highlighted in yellow on the screenshot). These blog posts drive more traffic to our website.

Example 1: Electronic security systems' blog post - https://scgroup.global/blog/9-reasons-why-electronic-security-systems-important-business/

•     Total backlinks: 5 (Total external links - 6 and Total Sites - 5)
•     Total sites: Manually created backlink sites - 2, and Natural backlink sites - 2

 Example 2: Mobile patrol security officers' blog post - https://scgroup.global/blog/top-7-duties-mobile-patrol-security-officer/

• Total backlinks: 5 (Total external links - 5 and Total Sites - 3)
• Total sites: Manually created backlink sites - 1, and Natural backlink sites - 2

2.Social Media: Social media platforms are excellent for promoting content and attracting backlinks.

 

3.Online Communities and Forums: I have participated actively in online communities and forums related to my niche, which has helped me get backlinks and build relationships with other industry professionals.

4.Business Directory Sites: Listing my website on online directories like Truelocal, Hotfrog, Yelp, Yellowpages, etc., has provided me with valuable backlinks.
 

5.Social Bookmark Sites and Microblogging Platforms: Sharing content on social bookmarking sites and microblogging platforms like Reddit, Quora, Slashdot, Tumblr, Medium, and WordPress has helped me attract more backlinks.
6.Guest Blogging: While guest blogging is a time-consuming process, it is still an effective way to obtain backlinks.
 

7.Partner and Sponsor Websites: I try to get backlinks from our partners', sponsors', industry connections', and government registration directory websites.
 

8.Competitor Backlinks Analysis: Analyzing my competitors' backlinks using Ahref's keyword explorer tool has helped me obtain high-quality backlinks for my website. However, I avoid blindly implementing all my competitors' backlinks because some of them may be poor quality or outdated.

Note: Sometimes backlinks may disappear if the linking website is taken down or if a sponsor website removes my company's links.

Conclusion: Backlinks are still an important ranking factor, but Google has many algorithms capable of detecting unnatural links and nullifying them. Therefore, it's crucial to focus on obtaining high-quality, natural backlinks rather than engaging in link spam. By following the above practices, you can improve your website's search engine rankings and attract more traffic to your website.