Getting your website ranked high up in search engines like Yahoo and Google can be a very hard and long task. It can even cost a significant amount of money if you hire a professional to do it for you. However there are easier, and cheaper methods to do this yourself. One of those methods is getting backlinks to your website.

Building backlinks will play and important role in how well your site gets ranked in the search engines for the keywords you are targeting. Most people will not even take the time to get links back to their site, but those who do take the time and effort will see the bigger reward in the end.

Now below I have listed 5 quick and easy ways you can go about getting backlinks to your website. These are proven ways that work time after time. So use them for all your sites you own.

1. Create some kind of link bait. Link bait is something that draws people in to link to your site. This could be a free tool that you have on your site for people to use. People will then link to this page so they can share it with others, and use it themselves.

2. Make your own software program and submit it to all the free download sites. There are thousands of sites that allow you to download programs. These sites are highly trusted sites, and they will link to your page where people can download your program you created giving you high quality backlinks.

3. Email other websites and ask to do a simple link exchange. If your page is relevant to theirs they are more likely to do a link exchange. It is important though that you only seek out other sites that are related to yours as its key to link to relevant sites.

4. Write and submit articles to article directories. After each article you submit leave a small link back to your website. Doing this once after each article you write will quickly add up to a number of different backlinks going to your website. This method may not be good as the others, but it is still highly recommended.

5. Try doing a simple Google search for free link directories. You should get hundreds of results back of places you can submit your site to. Just make sure you submit your site to the category that best fits your site.

Follow the above steps and within a few days or week you will start to see your site climb the ranks of Yahoo and Google.