The all important Backlinks
To date most search engines such as Google put a huge value towards websites that have many backlinks to their website. Backlinks are essentially links on other peoples website which point to your website. Simply put: if we had a link on this page to http://www.yourdomain.com, Google would look at the link and give your website a ‘browny points’ for being mentioned on our website. The more ‘brownie points’ your website gets the better it will rank.
But how do you get backlinks? Well there are a million and one ways to get backlinks, but below I have listed a few sites and ideas where you can get free backlinks from.
Social Media Networks
- Academia.edu (Open)
- Advogato (Open)
- aNobii (Open)
- aSmallWorld (Invite-only)
- AsianAvenue (Open)
- Athlinks (Open)
- Audimated.com (Open)
- Avatars United (Open)
- Badoo (Open to people 18 and older)
- Bebo (Open to people 13 and older)
- BIGADDA (Open to people 16 and older)
- Biip.no (Requires Norwegian phone number)
- BlackPlanet (Open)
- Blauk (Open to people 13 and older.)
- Blogster (Open)
- Bolt.com (Open)
- Buzznet (Open)
- CafeMom (Open to moms and moms-to-be)
- Cake Financial (Open)
- Care2 (Open)
- CaringBridge (Open to people 18 and older)
- Cellufun (Open to people 14 and older)
- Classmates.com (Open to people 18 and older)
- Cloob (Open)
- CouchSurfing (Open)
- CozyCot (Open)
- Cross.tv (Open)
- Crunchyroll (Open)
- Cyworld (Open)
- DailyBooth (Open)
- DailyStrength (Open)
- Decayenne (Invite-only)
- delicious (Open)
- deviantART (Open)
- Disaboom (Open)
- Dol2day (Open)
- DontStayIn (Open)
- Draugiem.lv (Invitation only)
- douban (Open)
- DXY.cn (Open)
- Elftown (Open, approval needed)
- Epernicus (Open)
- Eons.com (Open to people 13 and older)
- Experience Project (Open)
- Exploroo (Open)
- Facebook (Open to people 13 and older)
- Faceparty (Invitation only to people 18 and older)
- Faces.com (Open to people 18 and older worldwide)
- Fetlife (Open to people “of [legal] age to see adult content”)
- FilmAffinity (Open)
- Fishaddix (Open)
- FledgeWing (Open to university students)
- Flixster (Open to people 13 and older)
- Flickr (Open to people 13 and older (Yahoo! Login))
- Focus.com (Open to people 13 and older)
- Fotki (Open)
- Fotolog (Open)
- Foursquare (Open)
- Friends Reunited (Open to people 13 and older)
- Friendster (Open to people 16 and older.)
- Frühstückstreff (Open)
- Fubar (Open to people 18+)
- Gaia Online (Open to people 13 and older)
- GamerDNA (Open)
- Gather.com (Open)
- Gays.com (Open, Global)
- Geni.com (Open)
- Gogoyoko (Invite only while in beta)
- Goodreads (Open)
- Goodwizz (Open)
- Google+ (Invite only, during pre-release field-trial)
- Google Buzz (Open)
- GovLoop ()
- Grono.net (Open)
- Habbo (Open to people 13 and older)
- hi5 (Open to people 13 and older.)
- Hospitality Club (Open)
- Hotlist (Open)
- HR.com (Open)
- Hub Culture (Invite-only)
- Hyves (Open)
- Ibibo (Open)
- Identi.ca (Open)
- Indaba Music (Open, Global)
- IRC-Galleria (Open to Finnish speaking people 12 and older)
- italki.com (Open, Global)
- InterNations (Invite-only)
- Itsmy ()
- iWiW (Invite-only)
- Jaiku (Open to people 13 and older)
- Kaixin001 (Open to the General Public)
- Kiwibox (Open to people 13 and older)
- Lafango (Open, Global)
- LaiBhaari (Open)
- Last.fm (Open)
- LibraryThing (Open to people 13 and older)
- Lifeknot (Open to people 18 and older)
- LinkedIn (Open to people 18 and older)
- LinkExpats (Open, Global)
- Listography (Open)
- LiveJournal (Open (OpenID))
- Livemocha (Open)
- LunarStorm (Open)
- Makeoutclub (Open)
- MEETin (Open)
- Meetup.com (Open to people 18 and older)
- Meettheboss (Open)
- Mixi (Invite-only)
- mobikade (Open to people 18 and older)
- MocoSpace (Open to people 14 and older)
- MOG (Open to people 14 and older)
- MouthShut.com (Open)
- Mubi (website) (Open)
- Multiply (Open to people 13 and older.)
- Muxlim (Open to people 13 and older)
- MyAnimeList (Open to people 13 and older)
- MyHeritage (Open)
- MyLife (Open)
- My Opera (Open)
- Myspace (Open to ages 13 and older.)
- myYearbook (Open to age 13 and up & Grades 9 and up)
- Nasza-klasa.pl (Open)
- Netlog (Open to people 13 and older)
- Nettby (Open)
- Nexopia (Open to people 13 and older [213])
- NGO Post (Open)
- Ning (Open to people 13 and older)
- Odnoklassniki (Open)
- OneClimate (Open to People of all ages and locations)
- OneWorldTV (Open)
- Open Diary (Open to people 13 and older)
- Orkut (Open to people 18 and older, (Google login))
- OUTeverywhere (Open)
- Passportstamp (Open)
- PatientsLikeMe (Open to people 13 years and up)
- Partyflock (Open to people 18 years and up)
- Pingsta (Invite-only, only Internet Experts)
- Plaxo (Open)
- Playahead (Closed)
- PureVolume (Open)
- Playfire (Open to people 13 and older)
- Playlist.com (Open to people over 13)
- Plurk (Open)
- Present.ly (Open)
- Qapacity (Open to people 16 and older)
- Quechup (Open to those over 16)
- Qzone (Open to the general public)
- Raptr (Open)
- Ravelry (Open)
- Renren (Open)
- ResearchGate (Open)
- ReverbNation.com (Open to people 16 and older)
- Ryze (Open)
- ScienceStage (Open)
- Scispace.net (By invitation, but can request an invitation)
- ShareTheMusic (Open)
- Shelfari (Open)
- Skyrock (Open)
- Social_Life_(website) (Invite-only)
- SocialVibe (Open)
- Sonico.com (Open to people 13 and older)
- SoundCloud (Open)
- Stickam (Open)
- StudiVZ (Open)
- StumbleUpon (Open)
- Tagged (Open)
- TalentTrove (Open)
- Talkbiznow (Open)
- Taltopia (Open)
- Taringa! (Open to people 13 and older)
- TeachStreet (Open)
- TermWiki (Open)
- TravBuddy.com (Open to people 18 and older)
- Travellerspoint (Open)
- tribe.net (Open)
- Trombi.com ()
- Tuenti (Invite-only)
- Tumblr (Open)
- Twitter (Open)
- Vkontakte (Open)
- Vampirefreaks.com (Open to users 13 and over)
- Viadeo (Open)
- Virb (Open)
- Vox (Open)
- Wakoopa (Open)
- Wattpad (Open)
- Wasabi (Open)
- WAYN (Open to people 18 and older)
- WebBiographies (Open)
- WeeWorld (Open to ages 13 and older.)
- WeOurFamily (Open, subscription-based)
- Wer-kennt-wen (General)
- weRead (Open)
- Windows Live Spaces (Open)
- WiserEarth (Open to people 16 and older)
- WriteAPrisoner.com (Open to people 18 years and older)
- Xanga (Open)
- XING (Open)
- Xt3 (Open)
- Yammer (Must have company email)
- Yelp, Inc. (Open)
- Zoo.gr (Open)
- Zooppa (Open to people 14 and older)
Online Directories
- Here’s a bunch of directories (paid and free ones) that you can sign up to and get a backlink from
- Alexa.com
- Dmoz
Australian Directories
- Thinking Business
- MyGC
- HotFrog
- Small Business HQ
- Start Local
- True Local