When any site links to your site, that’s a backlink. Example: Visit DavesWidgets.com

Step 2. Look at the Domain Authority of the site (abbr. DA)

Very important E.g. CNN, Amazon, The New York Times

Not so important E.g. The typical blog

What’s an important site? A site that has lots of other sites linking to it.

All Backlinks Aren’t Created Equal The more important the site, the more valuable the backlink

So how do you get backlinks? You have to do something worthy of someone linking to you. There are millions of ways, but here are a few: