How to get more backlinks for your blog

The Google search ranking algorithm has changed many times over the years. Recent changes have seen machine learning used to distinguish better looking websites. Despite all these advances, most SEO experts still agree that the backlink is still the most important signal for ranking. The backlink and the corresponding anchor text are still as sought after as ever. Here are a few tips for getting more backlinks for your blog:

Blog comments

Commenting on other blogs that have do follow links allowed is still an effective method for getting backlinks. While these have been supposedly reduced in importance, it still counts as a backlink. One way to easily find sites that allow dofollow comments is to look for sites in your niche that have the commentluv plugin. These give both a link back to your site and a link to your latest post at the time of posting.

Directories

For a long time most webmasters abandoned directories as a source of backlinks due to the spammy nature of many. In a recent update the Google search team mentioned that links from directories were deemphasized further. Most read that to mean that directories still counted for some weight in the algorithm.

Press releases

Although an old tool, press releases can be a source of backlinks. Especially to the general domain. These domain directed links are still important as a ranking signal. However, you will need some form of announcement to be able to commision a press release.