Back links are the back bone of an internet business. Then can literally make or break your internet business because the major search engines rank your website with regards to how many you have. All other things considered, the more you have, the higher your website will rank and the more free traffic you will receive.
There are many ways to pick up back links online, first let me explain what it is just to be clear. It is quite simply a link on someone elses website pointing back to your website. These can either be in url form; http:// yourwebsite ; or hyper linked with your keywords. A hyper link is just a clickable text with a hidden url code that will bring you to that url.
One way to pick them up is by contributing thoughts and opinions in relevant forums. To find a few forums in your specified niche, just do a quick search in Google. Then all you have to do is sign up and set up your signature file. Your signature will usually appear under your comments and this is where the link will be seen. For each post you make you will get one back link to your website.
Forums are a great way to pick up a bunch of back links and you should aim for at least 5 posts a day on a few different forums. After awhile they will really begin to add up. Whatever you do though, do not merely post only to get back links. Many times the moderators at these forums will ban you for spamming if you do not leave well thought out and meaningful posts.
Another great way to pick up back links that carry a lot of weight are through article marketing. Every time you write and distribute an article, the article directories will allow you to leave a link in your authors resource box. So the more unique articles you write, the more links you will get. Some search engines will not count them more than once from a duplicate article so it will do no good to submit one article to 30 article directories. Most likely you will only get credit for one back link.
Some other ways to pick up back links are by leaving comments on other peoples blogs, submitting press releases, submitting to online directories, link exchanges, and social bookmarking.
It is best to set up a daily goal. I usually shoot for 20 a day. Too much each day will not look natural to the search engines and too little you will get passed up by your competition. Consistency is what you are aiming for here. Try and get as many back links as you can through as many different mediums as possible over time.