Internet marketers understand backlinks are paramount to their business. You have to have them pointing people to your website and offering. Otherwise, how will the people find you at all.

One of the main reasons you want to have good backlinks when you first build your website is to get indexed. Backlinks allow the search bots to follow established websites to yours. This allows them to find your site, index you, and start the process of gaining search engine rank positions for your desired keywords. Backlinks are important part of the Internet marketing business.

Let’s discuss the top ten 3rd party backlink sources for Internet marketers.

10. Squidoo Lens

Squidoo lenses are easy to create and make an excellent source for you to create a backlink. Just start a lens on your niche, write some relevant content, then link the anchor text to your home site. Squidoo ranks well in the search engines and should prove to be a reliable resource for your backining and traffic needs.

9. Blogger

Yes, blogger is the old school name, but it is still owned by Google and that makes it important and relevant. Blogger or now called Blogspot is a blog creation site where you can create a free blog on their server. The playbook is the same as above. Write relevant content to your niche and link the anchor text to your home site.

There is thinking that Blogger links carry more weight than others because it is owned by Google. Not sure if that is true or not, but why not build the site and get a quality backlink in the process.

8. Hub Pages

Similar to blogger, Hub Pages offer yet another third party website to host your thoughts on the subject. The important thing to remember about Hub Pages is that you are only allowed to link to a particular site one time. If you try to put more links to a single website, you Hub Page will be deactivated. Trust us, we know from experience. They are not playing.

7. Wet Paint

Wet Paint is another third party website to build a site on for your backlinks. Just heard of this one this year, but have been steadily using it and the link does register. Quick and simple to set up an account and you can build as many individual sites as you need for your various niches.

6. FeedAgg

FeedAgg does something a little different that the others. This site takes your rss feed, burns it, and post on the FeedAgg.com website. The link to your main site is automatically created for each article published.

5. MySpace

Did you forget MySpace. com has a blog on it for each and everyone that is signed up? This blog is your ticket to write content about your niche again and link back to your site with the anchor text. Obviously, MySpace is a larger site and adds some juice to your backlinking strategy.

4. FaceBook

Everyone is on Facebook these days, or the Book as it is called. You can leave links in your Groups or Pages are the preferred method, but it is not essential. However, a link from FaceBook is a good link in my book.

3. Stumble Upon

If you are not submitting your websites to Stumble Upon, then I have to wonder what planet are you coming from. Stumble Upon allows users to visit random websites according their interest level. If you website is in that niche, then it may show up. And Stumble Upon can give you some good traffic sometimes. Be sure to check it out.

2. Digg

Digg is the grand daddy of these social media marking websites as it has the presence and the branding to back that claim. I am sure you have seen the Digg logo, but be sure to submit your website and post to this site every time.

1. Social Marker

There are more social marking sites that you need to be getting your website to, but instead of just listing out all of them I decided to give you the resource that will allow you to send your page, details, link to 50 of these sites at one time. Yes, you are welcome.

As budding internet marketers, we go through a growing process of learning this business inside out and backlinks are in this developmental process. When I first started, I had no idea about gaining backlinks and why they are important.

Backlinks are a very important resource for internet marketers. Therefore, we have developed a Top Ten list of ways to get backlinks for you to use, grow, and link.

10. Buy Links

If you have been in this business for any time, we are sure you have come across Desmond on digital point, but if you haven’t then be sure to give him a try. He charges $13.99 for 1,000 backlinks for your site. It is not a bad offer and he delivers promptly. There are thousands of other choices, so don’t think  you are limited in this area.

9. Link Farms

According to Wikipedia

On the World Wide Web, a link farm is any group of web sites that all hyperlink to every other site in the group. Although some link farms can be created by hand, most are created through automated programs and services. A link farm is a form of spamming the index of a search engine (sometimes called spamdexing or spamexing).

We are not really big on this form of link building, but it is out there and being used. You may as well have all the options.

8. Article Marketing

Article marketing is where you write an article and allow other internet marketers to use the article provided they make no alterations. Great for internet marketers on both sides, the user gets the content, the writer gets the backlinks that are included in the article. There are a variety of websites that allow you to post your content for others to browse.  One of our favorites is http://ezinearticles.com

7. Guest Posting

Internet marketers are constantly creating content. Content creation is a big part of the business. You can take some of those articles and post them on other websites in your niche as content for the site owner and backlinks for you. It is easier than you think to get guest posting opportunities and it doesn’t take much more than an email to the site owner.

6. Forum Marketing

Believe it or not, people really do still frequent forums and discussion boards. It may be hard to believe in the social media, web 2.0 websites, but it is true. And many forums have solid PR ranking that allows their backlinks to give your mojo back.

The process is simple. Visit forums in your niche, follow the discussion, and make rational, useful comments that enhance the discussion and leave a link back to your site in your signature, then enjoy the backlink that is left.

5. Website Directories

Directories are like the yellow page on the Internet. These are very easy to submit to and many are free. Sometimes you are required to return the link, but be careful of trading links as it is frowned upon by the Google bots.

4. Comment marketing

Comment marketing is the process of identifying relevant websites  inside your niche with “Do Follow” and make comments that enhance the conversation and help the readers. You want to be seen as a possible resource/expert in this niche you have selected. The comments allow you to place a backlink to your site and the Google and search bots will follow the links on “Do Follow” blogs, thus we focus our efforts on them.

3. Third Party Backlink Websites

Some Internet marketers are building third party website platforms to create mini sites that have a link back to their home site. Some of these third party sites are Squidoo, Blogger, or MySpace. Create a lens or blog post about your niche and link to your website using the appropriate anchor text.

2. Social Media Backlinks

The social media phenomenon hit everyone in the Internet marketing community. The great thing about these sites that they have a lot of pull and influence on the search bots and their backlinks are extremely valuable for you as you continue to build and grow. Websites like Facebook, YouTube and the link are a great source to get people talking and clicking on your home site.

1. Outsourcing

That’s right, outsourcing is the number one way to gain backlinks to your site as an Internet marketer. We say this because you can get the same work done by someone else and free yourself to tend to more pressing issues in your business.

You have to see that you are the operator of an internet marketing business, not just having fun. Tend to your business. Do the right things for it’s growth and development. Sometimes the right thing is going to be outsourcing, so do it wisely.