How to get back-links to your website
You’ve probably come across the term ‘back-links’ in relation to search engine optimisation (SEO). Here’s a quick guide to getting back-links to your website, together with a useful list of free UK listing directories to help you do it.
What are back-links?
Back-links, or inbound links, are links from other websites that are directed to your own website. They’re really important for search engine optimisation (SEO), the practice of achieving a good ranking on search engines like Google.
Key benefits of back-links
Search engines value websites with a lot of quality back-links, so they could help bring more traffic to your website and get your name out and about on the web.
Examples of back-links
• A blogger linking to a page on your website
• Your website address being shared on social media
• A review on a site like TripAdvisor
How to get back-links
One way to get back-links and improve your ranking is to utilise free listings on website directories. Here are a few to get you started:
Google My Business – www.google.com/business
Somerset Business Directory – www.somersetbusinessdirectory.com
DMOZ – www.dmoz.org
Free Index – www.freeindex.co.uk
Applegate – www.applegate.co.uk
Pinbud – www.pinbud.co.uk
City Listings – www.city-listings.co.uk
Cylex UK – www.cylex-uk.co.uk
BizBuzz – www.bizbuzz.com
Local Data Search – www.localdatasearch.com
Touch Local – www.touchlocal.com
Biz Wiki UK – www.bizwiki.co.uk
Hotfrog UK – www.hotfrog.co.uk
192.com – www.192.com
Free Directory – www.the-free-directory.co.uk/
Yelp – www.yelp.co.uk
Yell – www.yell.com
BrownBook – www.brownbook.net
Opendi – www.opendi.co.uk
FreeBd – www.freebd.co.uk
B99 – www.b99.co.uk
Enter UK – www.enteruk.co.uk
UK Local Search – www.uk-local-search.co.uk
Yalwa UK- www.yalwa.co.uk
The Web Directory – www.the-web-directory.co.uk
Digi Britain – www.digibritain.co.uk/
UK 4 Business – www.ukforbusiness.co.uk