Getting natural backlinks to your blog is a big question, which is becoming bigger when bloggers get stuck and not get desired traffic. Then what to do?

Change your strategy and try some more options other than the traditional one.

What strategic changes are needed in the current year?

Any guesses?

By expanding your blogs on all social media and developing a backlink.

By this, search engines would be optimistic towards your blogs and rank them high; as you have more backlinks, mind it, it should be the quality one!!

Without quality backlinks, earning a decent amount of traffic would be difficult. Without traffic, your blog monetization journey would be a difficult one.

Let’s see the way out to your problem of not getting quality backlinks with my lenses.

You might have seen many other fellow bloggers’ blogs discussing how you get backlinks by conducting an interview or writing a guest post.

As a new beginner blogger, it isn’t easy to approach an established blogger for an interview or guest post.

Here in this blog, I will discuss those points which you could do initially, and later on, we must focus on other fancy ways to get backlinks.

So, stay glued!!

What are Backlinks?

Do you know that the do-follow links are backlinks?

You might have seen do-follow and no-follow links. Did you know these are Backlinks?

These are Backlinks and don’t underestimate these links. These are very powerful links for your blogging journey.

As your website trust increases, the market value of your blog increases.

Backlinks are the connecting links to the web pages. The more linking of your blog pages by other bloggers, the more work for the Google crawlers.

When you get more backlinks from fellow bloggers (meaning your blog post link is a do-follow link in a fellow blogger post), your domain authority will increase as your blog post link is visible on your fellow blogger’s sites. So, chances of getting more traffic and earning!

Organic search is directly proportional to the traffic.

You’ll see that your traffic would boost because of the quality of backlinks.

Now, what exactly are backlinks, and how do they look?

Backlinks are the fellow blogger’s outbound links that they give for your blog with a do-follow signal.

When your blog links get a place in other bloggers’ blogs, it is a backlink for you.

These links are pointing toward your blog post, so when Google crawler goes to the fellow blog post, they crawl at your link too, and thus your website authority automatically increases.

Make sure to add both do-follow and no-follow links to your blog post. Make sure to mark do-follow only to that blog post you consider trustworthy, which is important for your readers.

Why do we need Backlinks? (Importance of Backlinks)

1. Ranking- When you receive a quality backlink from the authority sites, Google enhances your rank automatically.

2. Credibility- Google sees if you are cited by many fellow bloggers from your niche area, which means your website has quality.

You are doing well and putting in strenuous efforts by giving your readers some more relevant and research-based analyzed blog posts. Isn’t that great for your blogging business!!

And that is good news for you as your website would be getting a particular preference in Search Engine Result Pages (SERPs) by Google.

3. Visibility- It would be easier for Google to identify your website as you have quality backlinks from an authority domain. These external links from fellow blogger sites are treated as a vote of confidence or popularity by Google. Thus, your website visibility and domain authority would increase.

Backlinks and Website Ranking are somewhat correlated to some extent.

For example, in the below screenshot, for the keyword ‘ Short Pixel‘ page authority and backlinks are somewhat correlated.

The quality backlinks increase the page authority, keeping some other factors like traffic and referring domain into consideration.

See the below screenshot.

Here, as backlinks increase, page authority too increases, though it is not the only factor for enhancement of domain authority, but a much more relevant one.

So, for what are you waiting? The next question jumps up where and how to get quality backlinks?

Stay tuned!!

Methods to Get Quality Natural Backlinks

1# Quality Blog Post

Whatever strategies you apply, the first and foremost would be the content of your blog post.

Unless and until your content has QUALITY, there will be no quality backlinks.

Backlinks attract quality content.

You would also like to link and mark do-follow only to those blog links which are quality and have some relevance to your readers.

After all, you provide your readers with information and can’t compromise the quality.

Like your fellow bloggers, they will only give your blog a do-follow link when it has that much quality.

Now, the following questions pop up on maintaining the blog’s quality.

1. Always takes relevant topics for writing.

Your blog topic should be relevant and most searched. Take the help of free google keyword planner or tolls like Semrush and start with low difficult keywords.

By doing so, you would get keywords that would rank high and attract a decent amount of traffic.

Let’s see some screen sorts below from the Semrush tool.

In the above screenshot, suppose I want to write a blog on ‘How to Start A Blog.’

If you go with this keyword, it is tough to beat the competitor as they have already written on this topic and have higher domain authority sites with high-quality backlinks.

Then what to do? Make the keyword difficulty level possible now. See the result in the screenshot below.

Here, you would see that with a keyword difficulty level of around 32, we can write a blog with the keyword “How much does it cost to start a blog,” “How to start a sports blog,” or “How to start a fitness blog” and fetch traffic volume around 200.

So, focus on keywords that give decent traffic and write first on these topics.

When you focus on specific keyword-based topics, you will likely get more traffic and a higher rank in Google, thus redirecting quality backlinks toward your site.

2. Detailed Researched and Comprehensive Topic

Always give detailed research and complete information about the topic.

Do research-based analysis so that your blog outshines. Always consider what difference you will give your readers from your fellow bloggers.

You don’t have to depend on the keywords and spend your time only on keyword research.

Focus on what is in trend and what fellow bloggers are writing, which topics they are covering, and see its difficulty level, then choose your topic.

Always write a detailed blog so that all keywords automatically appear. By giving a researched blog, you are creating a better domain authority for your website and thus fetching more backlinks.

For knowing, fellow bloggers’ blogs see their XML sitemap.

XML Sitemap: Provides the list of Blogs/Pages on your website.

How you can see that simply type /sitemap.xml after any website name.

Suppose you want to know my website sitemap, so you have to write

https://mssaro.com/sitemap.xml

So, you will know whatever blog posts are written from here.

Remember, Google invariably ranks those blogs that have something new information to give readers.

3. Update the Blog

Constantly update your blog with new information; you can add new infographics, images, videos, etc.

By updating your blog, you are indicating to Google that you have something new in your blog; thus, regular blog updates give you more traffic.

More traffic means high credibility for your blog; thus, you will get high-quality backlinks.

2# Social Networking Sites

Mark your presence on social media platforms so that more and more people know you and your blogging business.

Your road to success will be difficult if you do not prioritize social media and networking.

With social media and networking with other bloggers, you could get an opportunity:

1. To connect with and participate in round-ups– Roundups is generally where all the experts from one niche come on the same platform and share their views.

2. Online Communities- Join communities and forums like Facebook Fellow Blogger’s group, be active on Twitter, and use the LinkedIn community’s help by sharing your blog links. Post blogs where links are allowed on Pinterest, so take advantage.

3# Always be Active in Forum like Quora

Quora is a Question-Answer site where you get many people similar to your field/niche.

You can answer many questions, provide information to people, and post your link more innovatively.

You are missing your intelligent traffic if you are not active in Quora.

How to get backlinks from Quora?

Though it takes lots of effort to get backlinks from Quora, the consistent information you provide to your reader in the form of answers would promote your blog post and enhance your presence.

Whenever you answer any question in Quora, you would get an upvote; thus, your post in the form of an answer in Quora will go viral when you receive a higher upvote.

1. Open an account on Quora.
2. You should not put the whole blog post in Quora but act smartly and redirect users toward your website.
3. Post regularly in Quora for questions in the search bar.
4. Suppose my niche area is food and health, so I typed here food. Then I clicked on the Questions tab. You will see lots of questions related to food.

5. The first question is, what is the healthiest food we can eat?

See, 1.5k people have answered this question, and it has 1.6k followers, which means if you have answered this question, at least 1.5k people would see it.

In the screenshot below, the blogger answered, “What is the healthiest food?

See here; Upvote is 1.5k, views are 1556, and 43 shares. More upvote means more traffic to your website, as people would know you. So, give genuine answers with good research.

6. Make the answer template of the related questions from your niche, change it slightly, and repost it for a similar question. In this way, you can save time and answer more questions.

7. Give a gist of information so that the reader knows the answer to their question, and provide your link there so they can refer to your whole blog if they want.

In this way, you are redirecting the Quora user toward your website.

As the answers are sought by people interested in that particular niche, there is a better chance of getting good backlinks. So never underestimate the power of Quora.

4# Broken Links Opportunities

Broken links are outdated or expired links. You can quickly know these links with the help of tools like Semrush and Ahrefs.

You can list broken links of your fellow blogger’s blogs and make a blog on the topic of the broken link.

Then convey to fellow bloggers that they have a broken link in their blog (blog name…).

Give the link to your blog in their email so that they can refer to that, and believe me, they would be happy to place your blog link.

This way, you develop a great relationship with your fellow bloggers and enhance your blog’s creditability. Thus, your domain authority would increase.

Example of Email Template

Remember, your email should be short and to the point.

5# Infographics

It is one of the ways by which you can quickly develop a backlink.

Infographics precisely and attractively cover the topic. It gives the essence of your whole blog.

These infographics are in high demand and a great way to earn backlinks.

Infographics have more retention power than anything; they are shown with attractive images and catchy words, and thus we tend to remember them.

You can easily share these infographics on social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest.

Whenever we see excellent visuals, it remains with us for some time; thus, this infographic creates magic in the reader’s minds, and they always search for such great infographics.

Make a fantastic infographic, connect with fellow bloggers with higher domain authority, and mail your infographics to them; you never know your infographics could be featured in their blog.

You would receive a do-follow link from a higher domain authority.

Take the help of the Canva tool; you will get a free and pro template.

You can easily customize and create an expressive infographic.

Remember to add your website URL somewhere in your infographics.

6# Help out a Journalist

With HARO (Help a Reporter Out) method you can really earn quality backlinks. It is connecting with the reporter online, who indeed need some information regarding topic related to your niche.

It connects bloggers and journalist. It’s a good way to get publicity of your website.

7# Publish Videos

It important to publish videos related to your niche to gain popularity. As people are more active in YouTube nowadays, all credit goes to smartphones.

Regular posting of videos would enhance your traffic and earn backlinks too. Make sure to mention the links in the description of YouTube so that you might earn backlinks from them.

8# Blog Promotion and Outreach Technique

A vital way to get a backlink is blog promotion and outreach.

You can get backlinks when you promote your blog post in different mediums and media.

Some of the other factors which affect your backlinks directly or indirectly are as below:

1. Post on social media like Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Instagram, etc
2. Make a list of email subscribers
3. Outreach to your target email subscribers with newsletter and updates
4. Always make a habit of commenting on fellow bloggers’ blogs
5. Always make YouTube videos and link that videos to your blog
6. Make regular posts on social bookmarking sites like Pinterest with attractive images
7. Always tries to write an informational blog. Where you got stuck in your blogging journey, and how did you come out of that? Write a blog on that. Beginners might get stuck at a similar point, so highlight and rescue fellow bloggers.
8. Create infographics that are highly informative and attractive
9. Use eye-catching images and hashtags for social media promotion
10. Always write a blog with some relevant data, and authenticate that data.
11. Always comment on the other blogger blogs you have read and gain insight from them. Tell them what you like about their blog and what more you want to see.

Example from one of my comments on Ryan Robinson’s Blog

Remember to give value-added comments to fellow bloggers. Blog commenting is important for enhancing your credit score and traffic.

12. Always connect with other bloggers in your niche, and join their forums and social media platforms. Share your views on their blog, and ask questions them if you are stuck somewhere in your blogging journey; they would love to answer you.

13. If you get a chance, interview bloggers.

14. Your content should include-detailed information regarding topics with data, proper images, tweetable content, and infographics.

15. Please create a free tutorial, eBooks, and pdfs so readers can download it.

16. Make sure to add your website to the online local business directories.

HubSpot has given 50 lists of local business directories based on Ahrefs data; you can get help from it.

17. Make blogs related to product reviews (do it extensively), and compare two or more products in your niche area.

18. Make the title very attractive and include relevant keywords and the top or best 10 in your blog’s title where possible.

By doing so, the probability of your blog search would increase.

For example, you can write on 10 blogging mistakes, top 5 web hosting companies, and many more like this.

19. Try to get a Guest post. Initially, it would be difficult, but you can nail it with your consistency and hard work.

From where to get guest posts?

Bloggers mention needing a guest post, like Work with us, write for us, or Contribute.  

Blogger Passion has mentioned 300 lists of guest posts related to the different niches; you can check out that.

20. Regularly update your blogs with some new relevant data, infographics, and videos. Give added value to your existing blog post.

21. Connect to the journalist who needs information with the HARO- Help a Reporter Out method.

Conclusion

Though there are many ways to get a backlinks. You can incorporate all one by one and see the result on your website.

Take the help of tools like Semrush and Ahrefs.

Points to Remember

1. Always enhance the quality of your blog post
2. Incorporate images, infographics, and videos.
3. Quora is one of the most effective way to enhance your traffic and backlinks.
4. Go for the broken links.
5. Regularly updates your blog post.
6. Promote your blog on all social media platforms without any delay.
7. Publish more and more videos.
8. Help a Journalist
9. Help old articles (those having lots of backlinks) by upgrading their content with your updated well-researched blog post.

Remember, there is no shortcuts. Only Quality Content and Promotion matter in the Blogging Business.

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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) on How to Build Natural Backlinks