Backlinks are one of the key factors in ranking on the first page of Google, but building quality backlinks requires time and money.
That’s why most bloggers focus on long-tail keywords so they don’t have to acquire too many backlinks to get traffic on their blog.
But can you get traffic to a blog without building backlinks?
The answer is YES!
Here, I’ll talk about the ways that could help you bring traffic to your blog without building backlinks.
Drive traffic from Social Media
If you don’t want to build backlinks, you can take advantage of social media platforms.
Create a profile on all these sites.
- Quora
- Medium
- Telegram
You can grow your social profiles on the sites mentioned above, and once you have enough followers, you can start promoting your blog.
It doesn’t mean you should create a profile and start linking your articles right away. You’ll be banned from most of the platforms if you do this.
First, you’ll have to provide value to the readers for free.
When you insert links in your content, you send the visitors to a different platform, which is not a good thing for these sites. Therefore, you should only insert links where they make sense.
In order to rank higher in Google search results, you have to write long-form content, but with this strategy, there are no restrictions.
Whether you write 500 words or 5000 words, people will read it if they find it helpful.
Target underserved topics
These types of topics are harder to find, but not impossible.
If you dive deeper into keyword research, you’ll find some topics that are not fully covered. You can create niche blogs on such topics.
Such topics are only searched a few times a month, but once you build topical authority, you’ll start ranking for multiple keywords on Google without any backlinks.
If you visit sites like Quora and Reddit, you’ll find weird topics and questions. You can search for such questions on Google, and if you don’t find the right answers, you can target such keywords.
You can briefly answer the question and provide a link to your blog for more information. If the viewers find it helpful, they will visit your blog.
Drive traffic from Google News and Google Discover
If you love to talk about news-related content, you can write articles about trending topics.
Once you’ve published enough news-related content on your blog, you can submit your website for Google News approval.
If you get approved your articles will appear in google discover and google news.
These articles don’t have to be too long. Most of the articles that you’ll find on Google Discover are under 1000 words, and they also don’t require any backlinks.
Final thoughts
It’s really hard to acquire good-quality backlinks, and it takes time to rank a new blog, but with the help of these tips, you can grow your blog quickly.
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