Can I tell you one of the most common misconceptions in SEO?
Social Media backlinks are not pointless.
I get why many marketers think they are (perhaps including you). It’s because they’re no follow and they don’t ‘count’ in the realms of usual SEO.
But the truth is that social signals play a role as a ranking factor. And, there is a lot of attention on Social Media that just isn’t going away.
If you ignore social media links you’re ignoring a large portion of your potential audience.
People are clicking links and finding new sites in their news feed all the time.
It’s time that yours was one of them too.
In this guide I’ve outlined 28 ways you can build social media backlinks that will boost your traffic and your social signals…
Table Of Contents
What You’ll Learn
Firstly I’ve tried to avoid the obvious ideas like, “Drop a link in your status”. Because you know how to do that.
Instead I want to explore ideas you may not have thought of, or might be overlooking. So here’s what you’ll learn:
- 28 ways to build social media backlinks effectively
- How to track links from social profiles
- How to place links effectively without spamming
How to Track Your Social Media Backlinks
You’re likely a bit sceptical about this whole “social backlinks get clicks” thing.
Why not track the social media clicks you are getting from your social media backlinks
The easiest way to track social media backlinks is with UTM parameters and Google Analytics. For example, if you used the following links on LinkedIn profile…
- https://www.matthewwoodward.co.uk/?utm_source=linkedin.com&utm_medium=social&utm_content=content+info
&utm_campaign=social+profile- https://www.matthewwoodward.co.uk/?utm_source=linkedin.com&utm_medium=social&utm_content=projects&utm
_campaign=social+profile- https://www.matthewwoodward.co.uk/?utm_source=linkedin.com&utm_medium=social&utm_content=publications&
utm_campaign=social+profile
Google Analytics would be able to tell you that you got clicks to your website from your LinkedIn profile from each of these sections: contact info, projects and publications.
You’d find this information in:
Acquisitions > Campaigns > All Campaigns
That’s located here in Google Analytics:
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However be aware that you can’t use UTM parameters on all of your social profiles. For example, on Twitter, you would end up with a really long link in the website field.
On any social network that displays the full URL for your website, you can only use UTM parameters if you shorten your URL with Bit.ly or a similar service.
This tactic might not be a good strategy for branding purposes though as people are sometimes wary of Bit.ly links.
So let’s look at all of the places where you can – and should – add links to your social profiles, pages and groups.
Facebook Link Building
First, we’ll start with the most popular social network of them all.
Link #1: Your Personal Profile’s About Tab
When someone visits your personal profile on Facebook, you’ll want to connect them to your website.
To do this, add your website link in the website field under Contact and Basic Info on your About tab:
Be sure to mark this field as public so everyone can see it, regardless of whether they are connected to you. When someone’s not even logged into Facebook, they’ll still see your website link in the bottom right column of your profile.
You can also link up your Facebook page to your Facebook profile by adding it as your current employer.
This link will give visitors to your personal profile two ways to connect to your website and business.
Link #2: All Your Personal Profile And Page Posts
Obviously, you can add a link to a Facebook post and drive traffic to your website. But what about those posts that aren’t links to articles?
Facebook now links any reference to a domain.com. Anytime you post something to your wall – especially posts that are publicly visible – add your website URL in that manner.
For example, you could say thanks to someone for including your website when sharing a link to an article mentioning you:
You could use it when you’re sharing quotes you’ve written, quotes published on your blog, statistics published on your website and so on.
You could sign every post you write on your Facebook wall with your domain like this.
Think of it like part of an email signature.
If the updates are public, your followers and anyone who visits your profile will see your website link in your latest update.
For those currently capitalizing on Facebook’s love of video sharing, this tactic can help you get your website URL out to hundreds of thousands of viewers. Or even millions…
Remember this little factoid – it works just about everywhere on Facebook. Posts, profile tabs, page tabs, groups, etc.
Link #3: Your Page’s About Tab
Your Facebook page’s about tab gives you lots of opportunities to link back to your website, especially thanks to the domain.com links.
At bare minimum, you need to use the website link as that will show up on your page:
You can get double the benefits by including your domain.com in your page’s short description and using a landing page in the website field.
For example, you could have a link to your best lead magnet’s squeeze page in the website field.
Link #4: Page Buttons
As well as your page’s about box, you can also have page buttons that work as a call to action to your followers.
These are the big blue buttons that show up under your cover image. To edit them just hover over them to reveal this drop down menu:
And then edit the button to include a link back to your site.
Link #5: Your Profile And Cover Photo Descriptions
This area is the spot that most people forget. But when someone clicks on your cover photo or your profile photo (on your personal profile or your page), they’ll get the lightbox with your photo.
To the right of the photo, you have the perfect opportunity to link to your website. Take HubSpot, for example. They use their cover photo to advertise a lead magnet:
It’s the perfect way to get people to click on that cover photo and then on through to your website.
Link #6: Your Group Description
Do you have a Facebook group attached to your site? Don’t let the description go to waste!
Get your domain in the first 96 characters so that when anyone visits your Facebook group, they’ll see your website:
Link #7: Facebook Group Pinned Posts
In your Facebook Groups you can also pin posts to the top so they’re the first links that anybody sees when they come to your site.
You can incorporate this and get a big hit of traffic:
This is particularly effective if you’re running a group where members can add other members!
Twitter Link Building
Twitter may not be the powerhouse that it once was; but this bird is far from dead. Let’s look at how you can get some social link juice from here:
Link #8: Your Twitter Website Field
This is a no-brainer.
When you’re setting up your accounts be sure to enter your website so that it shows up as a clickable link on your profile page:
Link #9: Your Twitter Bio
Yes, you have a website field on your Twitter profile. But you can also have a link in your actual 160-character bio, giving you the opportunity to share your link twice!
Why does that spot matter? Not only does it give you the chance to share two different links to your website, but the link in your bio will show up in other places on Twitter, like search results.
The link you put in your profile’s website field won’t show up here.
There are also a lot of sites that lift your Twitter bio information for profiles, such as Klout. It won’t get the URL in your website field, but it will get the one in your 160-character bio.
Some of these types of sites are giving out followed links, so be sure to give them the chance to grab yours.
Note that while Twitter will hyperlink domain.com without the http://, other sites (like Klout) that pull your bio will only hyperlink if the http:// is included.
Link #10: Your Photo And Video Tweets
Notice that box of photos and videos? It is created when you share photos and videos in tweets. If you’re sharing photos and videos to Twitter, make sure you include a link to your website.
This way, when someone clicks on one of those thumbnails, they’ll get your website URL in the lightbox. Otherwise, they’ll just get this.
For those of you sharing viral quote images and funny videos, this applies especially to you. If you get retweeted, you’ll want your link out there for everyone to click.
LinkedIn Link Building
Connecting with professionals? Here are some great social backlinks for your LinkedIn profile, page and groups.
Link #11: Your Profile’s Contact Info
Your profile’s contact info tab allows you to add up to three links. These links will be shown at the top of your LinkedIn profile for non-logged in users.
Be sure to use all three and customize the anchor text for them by choosing other instead of choosing the other options they offer when adding a link (company, blog, website, etc.).
Also, track clicks from these links with UTM parameters.
Link #12: Your Profile’s Projects And Publications
The contact info tab is obscure at best for logged in users. For this reason, you’ll want to add your website link to other sections of your LinkedIn profile. Specifically the projects and publications sections.
Your websites can easily be projects:
Your best blog posts and lead magnets (white papers, ebooks, reports, etc.) can easily be publications.
Both of these sections puts a direct link from your LinkedIn profile to your websites and landing pages without having to rely on visitors clicking that little Contact Info tab.
You can track clicks from these links with UTM parameters too!
Link #13: Your Company’s Basic Information
LinkedIn company pages allow you to enter your website URL as a part of your basic information.
In lieu of the former products and services tab, there are now showcase pages that you can create under the umbrella of your LinkedIn company page.
You can add your product or service landing page URL to the corresponding showcase page:
You can also post updates to both your company page and showcase pages, so be sure to do so to give your followers more chances to click through to your website.
Link #14: Your Group’s Website
If you own a LinkedIn group, you can add a website to the group information during setup or in the group settings:
This information shows up by default to anyone who isn’t a member of your group. So if someone clicks on your group to join it, they’ll be introduced to your website as well.
Link #15: Group Announcements
Owning a LinkedIn group has a special advantage over Facebook groups. LinkedIn group owners can send Announcements – basically large group emails – to their members.
That’s right. Once a week, you can legitimately get in the inbox of people who haven’t opted into your mailing list.
Just go to your group’s management menu and choose the send announcement feature.
If you haven’t been motivated to create a LinkedIn group before, here’s the best reason to now.
YouTube Link Building
Video an integral part of your business? Well it can now be a part of your backlinking strategy, too.
Link #16: YouTube About Page
This about page link comes with two perks. Firstly, you get a prominent placement on your about page where people are likely to click back to your blog:
But this also comes with a second perk. When people land on your YouTube channel page, those links will also be displayed beneath your header image:
Because of the proximity of this button to the subscribe button, it’s going to get a lot of attention. And is a link that is really worth having.
Link #17: Video Descriptions
Every video has a description. And, while it may look greyed out to the naked eyes, it’s a clickable link when you hover over it:
Try having this in the first 25-50 words of your video description.
Pinterest Link Building
Pinning your website content for traffic? Here’s what you need to know about social backlinks from Pinterest.
Link #18: Your Profile Link
You only get one link on Pinterest, so you need to use it!
Pinterest will also ask you to verify your link, which allows you to unlock the next place to get links on Pinterest…
Link #19: Rich Pins
Rich Pins allow you to post photos and images to Pinterest as if you would be doing it with an article on Facebook.
Meaning that you can seamlessly attach a link back to your content at the end of your pin:
Affiliate marketers tip: if you’ve pinned stuff from Amazon, edit the link to include your Amazon Associate’s URL. While Pinterest is cracking down on affiliate links on pins, they haven’t seemed to catch this one. Yet.
Make it an obscure tracking ID for best results.
If you’re linking to your own website, use your UTM parameters to track the clicks.
Instagram Link Building
Instagram doesn’t give you a lot of options for links. But the links they do give you get used. Why else would people be pouring money into the advertising and marketing efforts there?
Link #20: Your Profile Link
You can – and should – add a link to your Instagram profile. Preferably add it with some icons that draw people’s attention to it.
That link will also get some love from the desktop version of your Instagram profile when people find your profile in search.
Link #21: Instagram Stories
Instagram Stores now let you add links when you create them. This isn’t a permanent link and it’ll disappear.
But if you’re creating a story that is relevant to a topic you’ve featured, put on in there with a strong call to action.
Quora Social Link Building
Quora is a social media platform I feel more marketers should be using than they are. There’s lots of referral traffic in it, if you do it right.
Link #22: Your Profile
Like every other platform on this list, you get a link back to your site. Only this time it’s in your description and you have to hyperlink it yourself:
Link #23: Your Answers
Definitely include links back to your site and content in your answers to people.
This content can be seen for months, or years, afterwards. And having one link there can create a good amount of referral traffic in the long run.
But don’t just spam. Be sure to add value with the comment.
Other Ideas For Social Media Backlinks
Link #24: WhatsApp Status?
Did you know you can add links to your WhatsApp Status?
All you have to do is go to settings, click your profile picture and insert the link:
Link #25: Video Streaming Sites
Do you do any live videos as part of your marketing campaigns?
If so, you should consider streaming them through services like Twitch and Periscope, so that you can include links there too.
People can find your videos organically through these sites, so this is a great extra place to have them.
Link #26: Do An AMA
If you get the opportunity to do an AMA (ask me anything) on sites like Inbound, you’ll get some followed links in your introduction.
Since people are coming to get your expertise, they’ll likely be interested in learning more about you and connecting with you through your website.
Link #27: Add Comments To Online Discussions
Sites like Reddit can be brutal if they deem you a spammer. But they’ll love you if you’re being helpful.
Dropping a link in as part of a discussion helps you get a followed link and keeps you from being deemed a spammer if you do it the right way. Like this.
It’s a discussion in the appropriate subreddit as opposed to a link share. And it performed pretty well.
Link #28: Check Out Other Social Backlinks
Did you know there are over 500 social networks out there? KnowEm has them listed on their website.
You can even have them create your profiles for you for a fee.
Wrapping It Up…
I hope that you’ve gone out and created some social media backlinks with the profiles, pages and communities you have – or that you are going out to do them now.
And I hope that you’ve discovered a few new ways to build some clickable social media backlinks!
Did I miss any social link building opportunities? If so, share them in the comments!
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Hey James, glad you found the post valuable.
hi
Thanks for this post because we are also making this type of process and this tips and things definitely help us to make perfect and top class website Design and Development. All points are very effective for us. Best Website Design and Development Company/digital marketing Service Provider.
Hi Ajay, glad you got some use out of it!
Hello
Hi Sunil
Learn lots of new ideas from it. Great work you have done by posting this information. Thanks & keep it up!
Hi William, no problem, I am glad you liked it :)
i find it very useful this article for me that info i want am getting here nice content and matter
Pleased you found what the post useful :)
HI,
Great Article,I love this post,and people will too.You got many comments on your article it means people know this article is very useful.
Thanks :)
useful article for seo and backlink
Thanks! Now you just have to take what you found useful and get cracking :)
nice post…this post very useful and helpful thanks for sharing this information
No worries! Glad you found it helpful
thank for sharing this article this is very helpful..!! keep it up..
Will do! Thanks
thnk for sharing this information
No problem Shalini, I hope it was of use to you
Thanks a lot for this valuable share. These tips are just superb
You are welcome
It’s been a great article. I look forward to the continuing of your writings. I wish to study well …
Well I hope you take what you learnt and apply it! Good luck
Thanks For sharing the do-follow Backlinks.
My pleasure
it is really helpful information thank you for sharing
Glad you found it helpful Azhar
Very nice thanks
No problem Andy
wow great sir, IG & google + i’ll trying
Thanks Rainer
Nice informative blog for SMO marketer….. Definitely sharing on my social network at Lynkpal
Thanks for the share
Thank you for your content
No problem, thank you for taking the time
nice article you know
Thanks hope it was helpful
Nice article dear keep it up..
Thanks very much, I intend to.
Thanks Matthew Woodward for this killing article! God bless you and keep up the work.
Hi Rahul, I am happy you liked it!
Yes. Great. First time I came to know that backlink can be gain from whatsapp status. Thank you.
No problem Bharat
Of Great Bro Keet. You Are Owesome
Cheers Asad!
Thanks for sharing this article !! Its really helpful
No problem Sunny, glad I could help you out
its very grest article i was really looking for..a special thanx to admin.
Glad you found it then :)
Hey Matthew,
Thank you for that awakening. From now on I will start using back-links for social media hope to get more link juice and rankings from Google.
You’re welcome Paul
Matthew , loved this post. Lots of terrific tips that can be put to use to get links. Thank you.
Cheers Bill
Nice article. Really useful. Did not know I could so easily add some extra links to our business templates website.
Super easy!
I agree. This article was great. I learned a lot from it.
Thanks Daniel, now just need to apply it :)
Really helpful info. Thanks Matthew
No worrys
thanks for sharing, this is usefull article and i’ve been share this article to my social media account, keep it up!
Thanks for the shares
Usually, I never comment on blogs but your article is so convincing that I never stop myself to say something about it. You’re doing a great job Man, Keep it up.
I am glad to break the mold!
Thanks for the amazing article!!!
You are welcome :)
great article thank you dear matt
Thanks, you’re welcome
nice information
Cheers for the feedback Jahangeer
Hi, Matthew Thanks for this awesome article which explains the process to build social media backlinks, I used to scratch my head whenever I hear about social links. Thanks for explaining in detail.
Glad I could help Satish
Great guide. As much as I thought I had my social profiles nailed down, your guide helped me squeeze quite a few extra links out of Facebook particularly. This is a blog I’ll be following now.
Thanks Brian, there is always a little extra room for links :)
thi s articel is very helpfull…
Cheers Mary
To be honest with you, I’ve never seen any post about SEO that is as brilliant as this one. Very unique with some overlooked tips that can actually make a difference. After reading this post I had no option but to trust whatever you say from now on. I will like to let you know that I am your newest subscriber. I just launched my e-commerce shop 24th November 2017 and was looking for some good link building methods when I ran into this post. I have bookmarked this URL and implemented few of your tips. My goal is to implement all tips in this post.
Keep it up man, you are doing fantastic. Looking forward to getting more from you.
Special thanks to you for this post.
Hey, thanks very much and good luck with your new shop!
Thank you for your useful information.Thanks a lot
No problem Ann
Great post, Thanks for this informative article.
Cheers Rakibul, glad you like the info
Thank you for your information.
No problem Ann
Thanks for the info. I have been using most of these but there were some I had missed. I may give Reddit a go next.
Sounds like a good idea to me
So nice information
Glad to help
Very good post. It was of help. Thanks
Thanks Carla
Thank You,
For Posting a Nice Article
Great Work and Keep Continue
Will do, thanks
Thanks for the great info – always looking to add to my backlinks and you had a few tips I have never seen before.
Thanks Jason, always pleased to help
Wow I thought I had done all I could but there are plenty for me to add … Thanks for the great post off to get cracking then lol
Hi Martin, haha always more to do :)
Thank you for a very great article
No worries Alfian
so amazing tips finally got some idea about social media link building.
Glad the article gave you some good tips
Some usefull tips. Good reading
Thanks Peter
Recently found this amazing site. Many useful articles and tips for SEO. Thanks for the great post.
Cheers Eddie, I hope the articles have been useful
Nice Website for some important data to get it….
Thanks Malik
Nice This article is like a hard slap on my face. Honestly I already know like half of them but still not doing it until now. Thanks Matt…
Hahaha, get going with them then
Nice article, thank for always sharing the knowledgeable
Knowledge is power, good luck to you
Social Media backlinks are awasome and thanks for this post
You gotta love those social media backlinks :)
Hey,
This is a great article. I knew we could take advantages of social media links but this article brings all the ideas on one page and that is some great resource. I got some new link ideas from this.
Thanks for sharing this article.
Hey Aishwar, no problem
Great Article. Thanks for the tons of information you shared.
No worries Brian, hope you found it useful
Hi Matthew,
I think this method is very useful to get backlinks from social media. I would definitely try it out. Thanks
Glad you found it useful
Thanks for the great tips! I’m glad I found your article this helps me a lot.
Pleased to have helped
wow, thats great.. this is fortunatelly i can get the secret of facebook link building. thanks a lot off, Mr.
No problem
I really enjoyed the article! I learned and you gave me some ideas! Thank You!
No problem Jesse!
Thanks for the http://knowem.com citation Matt. I am going through each social network they list and creating a profile for my business with link back to my site. Some of them also have their own lists of even more networks.. Most of them can link to each other as well which I believe could also be helpful.. By the time I’m finished I will literally have hundreds of new backlinks and business citations scattered all over the net and all linking to each other like a big spider web.
No problem Sam!
Great article, I liked the Whatsapp one, this is totally different. I would like going with Deviantart and getpocket as well
Great tips thanks!
First time I learn about Twitter description link :)
No worrys Muzammil
getting so much helpful , thanks
No worrys Shohan
nice
Thanks Saju!
First of all, this is an amazing article and a wonderful source. I know that I’ve implemented some of what you mentioned and I’ll keep working on it to make sure that I get as many backlinks as possible from social media sources.
Second, I’m stunned by how you take the time to answer each and every one of the posts. I can tell that you’re taking it very seriously and treat every comment like it’s the only comment on the post. Amazing, well done.
No worrys, without the readers the blog is nothing!
Excellent article Matt! It’s so refreshing to see genuine, actionable insight amongst all the noise!
No worrys I try my best!
Hi Matthew,
I just don’t understand how you do come up with such ideas. Truly wesome.
No worrys John :)
This is a very helpful article. I have learned a lot from here. Thanks for your great job.
No problem Tuhin!
great post. getting so much help using your suggestion. keep posting information like those. thanks a lot.
Glad to be of service Rudro!
The post has been pretty much done. The methods of this post can be used for the site. Thank you
No problem Saju!
Hi Matthew,
I think this method is very useful to get backlinks from social media. I would definitely try it out. Thanks
Hamza
Please let us know how you get on
it’s amazing post about backlinks and I liked it so much…………………..thanks matthew
No worrys Sahil!
Hi Matthew,
Socia Media Backlinks are cool, really cool because it also gives more exposure to your blog which means more traffic!
I have tried just few out of all these, and would definitely check other ones too.
Have a nice day!
Yeah make sure you make as many of them as you can :)
Thanks for the amazing article.I will try all these tips to promote my blog
No problem!
Another great piece of info from matthew!! Let me see how it goes.
wigh you luck always sir :)
No problem Sandeep =D
Hey Thanks Matthew :)
For such an Informative Content, Love it
Regards
Soni
I hope you put it to work Soni!
Nice, Useful Artical. Thanks
No problem!
Hi Matthew,
Thanks for share your Social Media Back Link Knowledge. This is a very helpful link building strategy.
Please if you have some Google+ business pages link building tips please share.
They are all on this post sorry
Another great informative post from you I will start implementing these techniques on my new niche site.
It’s a great foundation for any site :)
This is interesting Mathew. To be sincere I gained alot here. Though am using many of these methods before but I will make sure that I add those am not using now.
Thanks so much….
No problem!
Amazing tips to build social media back links. Just had a quearion,is Whatsapp link just for getting traffic or will it add some seo value to my site?
Traffic at the moment
Great list. I am going to try each technique one by one for my growing blog
No worrys Rafia
Thanks for help us with this post
No worrys Rakib
If you ave more than one link pointing to the same page on any one page, Google will only count the first one. Is that right Matt?
Yes
Wow… I love dis thanjs
Thanks Fadele
Although not all of me apply, but some point above can help me make anchor in some social media
I hope you put it to good use!
I checked through and I see that I already do many of these ways you listed. It is cool though. I am off yo subscribe to your lifr for the SEO material. I so wanna be a guru lol. Thanks
Haha no worrys Jim!
Great article! There are a TON of items that I added AND I found a mistake in one of existing links. Thank you for the information.
No worrys Larry!
God, it’s been ages but good to see quality posts on your blog, Matt.
Great suggestions.
One comment though: For Pinterest. Watch out when you’re submitting multiple pins (that are your own/link to your own stuff) to groups on Pinterest. Pinterest has a weird algorithm and your account can get suspended indefinitely or banned from the social media site, if they smell too much self-promotion.
1 pin per day submitted to a group/a board is safe, though. :)
Hugs from Bucharest.
Roxanne
Thanks for the extra tip and glad to see you are still here!
A great list to work through. Thank you for sharing this Matt. I know a lot of people just not have the time to go through this one by one. Just because of this article I received a few new clients because being a virtual assistant a few clients contacted me to go through this list and get the links added on their profiles. Saved them a lot of time and the new business coming in was good for me too :). A great help.
That is great to hear Navin, would you mind submitting a testimonial at https://www.matthewwoodward.co.uk/submit-your-testimonial/
This blog is very helpful for that who are learning SEO or SMO like me. i want to say thanks Mr. Matthew for sharing this information with us.
No problem Ankit!
Nice article on backlinks
No problem!
Hi, Matthew!
This post has covered nearly all areas of link building opportunities at the mentioned social websites. Thanks for the article.
No problem Hari!
One of the most useful content I read in a while. I created some profiles while I was reading your article, and added links in profiles I already had and was missing the opportunity. Great job!
No problem Feras!
Yehh a good explanation on improving SEO.
As today’s world is going online it’s necessary to improve your SEO rank on your website.
So I think you provided the best info regarding this.
The information is really valuable to improve your SEO skills.
Hope you provide us with such useful info in future
I try my best :)
how many can i put backlinks perday on the social media pages??
bcoz i know that is google dont like many put much more backlinks perday
allowed only 7
and thnx u
You can do them all in one day no problem
It been a while since I’ve visited this site but as always your post are always magnificent. Do you have a post on social media sites with followed links or some other relevant sites.?
Thanks alot this post was helpful.
Isn’t that was this post was about?
Base on what you said
”Can I tell you one of the most common misconceptions in SEO?
Social Media backlinks are not pointless.
I get why many marketers think they are (perhaps including you). It’s because they’re no follow and they don’t ‘count’ in the realms of usual SEO.”
I know the post is about social link but what I was asking for is a followed link.
Well thanks for the great post.
This is great, but you need to have a share button for Facebook so I can share it more easily. You only have a Like button. Thanks.
There is one at the top and bottom of the page
Thanks for the tips Matthee,I really don´t understand the tip of the twitter pictures. I type the URL in the tweet, and add the picture, but the picture is not clickable. could you please explain the way to set a link into a twitter picture? Thank you
Setup twitter markup on your site
Great links sir. I never considered most of those links but now I will try them
No problem Mark!
Thank you Matthew! Got some new techniques like “AMA”, starting them right the way.
No problem :)
Dear Matt!
You are rocking with your strategy about SMO
Thank You
Descoonline.com
No worrys Desco!
IMO, Instant Messengers are under rated for link sharing
The WhatsApp tip you mentioned have been on my mind for past 4 months and recently started suggesting my clients to use IMs for link sharing.
Another way to use IM is to use the “Status” feature of WhatsApp to promote time sensitive offers (perfectly fits the “1 day left” promotions”) as it lasts for 24 hours.
One can also add a promotional image in place of the DP. This tip can work for any Instant Messenger.
Yes they can be effective as well for traffic rather than links
Awesome Post Matthew, Really cool stuff according to latest trends, social links will never harm any website, further, i will use all of them according to your explanations in this post.
I could not get completely “Link #10: Your Photo And Video Tweets”, could please explain again, please?
That is true :)
What don’t you understand?
Good and well balanced blog Matthew, But can you please something more interesting about social bookmarking and its link structure.
What do you want to know exactly?
That’s what I do before starting anything just to let other aware that we are up with another topic.
23.1 Add your link to Quora credentials!
This is great Matt. I’ve always ignored social media links as last resort because I find they dont index easily and provide no real immediate benefit. I like Quora and Reddit.
They are a good starting base
Nice post, thx for info
No problem!
thanks a lot
No worrys Keef!
Wow.This is really epic post for social media backlinks.Do you think that using ifttt network can help you to increase Google ranking?
Yes for sure!
Very complete. Thanks
No problem William!
Its really a ultimate site to catch the details now i easily make powerful backlinks for my site. I will make backlinks by follow your steps. I’ll give you 5 stars for this keep giving details to us.
Thanks Rudra!
It’s a awesome topic so really by doing this we will get the backlinks as i am newbiew to bloggin i am little bit concers about it
It’s easy to do!
it was so helpful
tnx alot
No problem Mohammad!
It was a excellent informational list. Thank you
No worrys :)
I found this article really very useful for creating and adding backlinks of my site.
No problem!
Wow, Very nice article. I was searching some of the beneficial ways to create and add backlinks of my site. And found this article really very useful.
Will you please tell me apart from backlinks, how I can get more traffic on my website ?
Just search the blog theres a ton of tutorials
I have created backlinks with all social media sites you have mention.
Good job on taking action!
I am reaaly interested in this…
it Might just work
Let us know how you get on
It was a great informational list to get back links from social media websites. The great part was how one can build links & its description, rather than just random points. Great work Matthew! You are awesome!!
No problem Purpal :)
Hi
This post realy great, i was use Google+ for share my link
Glad it helped!
Thanks for this article matt. I have bookmarked it. This is very useful for me as a new blogger and don’t have much experience. So far I just use facebook, in the future I will utilize other social media for my blog backlink
No problem, make sure you come back and take action!
That was a very very useful and extremely helpful article. Thanks Matt, for the tips.
No problem Mike!
It`s fantastic. Its good to build connection with strong pages such as the social media you gave us. I will ad quora.
No worrys :)
Thank you I love you Blog Very Help Full
No problem Khan!
I think i need to try these. Nice post , I will always wait your another article
Thanks Akbar!
This article is like a hard slap on my face. Honestly I already know like half of them but still not doing it until now. Thanks Matt (for the slap)
No worrys, let me know if you need another one
Thanks for share, You are magnificent!