Link Building 101: Learn How to Earn Quality Backlinks for Your Website

Increasing the visibility of your real estate website starts with making sure that people can find it through search engines, social media, and links from other high-quality websites. Link building is an integral part of that process because the quality and number of links you have back to your site is a vital part of the formula that Google uses to rank websites.

Whether you're launching a brand new real estate website or looking to increase the reach of your existing site, link building is one of the tactics that you can use to help accomplish your online marketing goals. Today, we're going to take a closer look at building links for your real estate website.

Link Building Starts from Within

Before you get busy building external links, it's a good idea to make sure that your website's internal link structure is as strong as it can be. Make sure that your best, most popular content is linked from your homepage, and that the content throughout your website is linked in an intuitive way that allows site visitors to easily move from one piece of relevant content to the next. Creating internal links that enable visitors to find the content on your website will also help you earn external links because site visitors will have an easier time finding the content that is most relevant to their website.

Quality Over Quantity

In the early days of SEO, it was not unusual to see businesses simply repurchase a large catalog of links to their website, but those days are long gone. Today, Google penalizes sites that buy links, so it's critical to focus on quality links instead of just aiming for quantity. A single link from a reputable, well-known, high-traffic website is worth so much more than a bunch of links from unknown sites or shady directories. Focusing on quality means that link building will take more time, but the results are more than worth it.

Create High-Quality Content to Earn Organic Links

Earning those quality links requires both networking and great content. The content on your website is one of your most effective tools for earning links, but it's got to be high quality content to get the job done. Give them a reason to link back by creating real estate content that demonstrates your expertise, touches on the issues that matter most to homeowners and highlights all of the things that are special about the communities where you do business. Make sure that you share your content on social media, as well, to maximize both your audience and your possibility of earning links.

Don't Be Afraid to Ask

Not every person who clicks on your content and enjoys it will be ready to provide a link, but sometimes all they need is a little extra motivation. Asking for links from site visitors, colleagues, and relevant, reputable websites is one of the keys to earning links for your real estate website. Look for people with online influence in the real estate industry, check out which sites they link to, and seek opportunities to partner on content creation or earn links directly.

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