Backlinks (or back-links (UK)) are incoming links to a website or web page. In the search engine optimization (SEO) world, the number of backlinks is one indication of the popularity or importance of that website or page (though other measures, such as PageRank, are likely to be more important). Outside of SEO, the backlinks of a webpage may be of significant personal, cultural or semantic interest: they indicate who is paying attention to that page.
Here is a free tool to help you check the number of backlinks you have to your site.: BackLink Checker
There are several ways to generate backlinks.
1. Article Marketing.
Now that you have an article posted to your blog. Take that same article and submit it to several of the higher page ranked article directories ie ezinearticles, goarticles etc. Its a fast, effective easy to get backlinks to your blog.
A couple of tips:
a. Input anchor link in resource box as your keyword is linked back to your
website. Example: To know more about Blogging and more…
b. Always have a call to action in your resource box
c. Give a free gift in your resource box to entice people to click your link.
2. Comments
Another great way of getting backlinks is with comments. Find high page rank blogs related toyour subject. Develop a ‘relationship’ with that blog by commenting often..once a week or so..but you must leave a relevent comment dont just write..”hey great blog” or “hi”. Many blog will give you the ability to place you link in the comment box thus getting you a backlink. A great way of finding these high PR blogs is with a This Software or you can manualy do the search with google.
There are many other methods to generate backlinks to find out more visit: Blogging ( A Step By Step Guide to Blogging )