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Generating 1000s of quality backlinks by encouraging(!) hotlinking.

20th November 20076 Comments
If your website revolves around images or video there is one huge opportunity you may not yet have taken advantage of - hotlinkers. Most people try to prevent hotlinking but I encourage it, the reason I encourage hotlinking is because I provide the code people can use to hotlink, and that code includes a link back to my website. If the hotlinker doesn’t modify the code, the backlink will help to boost my search engine rankings and will also bring some direct visitors. This extra traffic I receive will help to pay for the server costs of the hotlinked files and hopefully make a profit on top of that. Let me show an example of the method I use at Naruto Wallpaper.

Encouraging Hotlinking

Notice the input box beneath the wallpaper. The full code listed in the input box is - <a href="http://www.narutowallpaper.biz/Sasuke/Sasuke-Uchiha/"><img src="http://www.narutowallpaper.biz/images/wallpapers/sasuke-uchiha-small.jpg" alt="Sasuke Uchiha" /></a><a href="http://www.narutowallpaper.biz/">Naruto Wallpaper</a>

What this code does is display the wallpaper with a suitable alt tag and a link on the image to Naruto Wallpaper. There is also a link listed beneath the image with the anchor text ‘Naruto Wallpaper’ which also links to Naruto Wallpaper. With these two targeted backlinks the rankings for ‘Naruto Wallpaper’ will improve with each new hotlink.

The great thing about this method of backlink generation is that it grows exponentially, as people hotlink your images your search engine rankings improve which in turn brings more visitors to hotlink your images. However, you do have to remember that your bandwidth usage could become huge so monetizing your traffic is essential to cover your server expenses and to generate a profit.

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6 responses so far ↓

  • 1 [a]wa // Nov 21, 2007 at 11:23 am

    Nice method…Thanks…

    How about the method on placing the social bookmark icons on our page…
    Encouraging visitor to digg or bookmark it…

    is it still worth it ?

  • 2 admin // Nov 21, 2007 at 5:41 pm

    Yes that is a good idea but it only has an effect if you already have high traffic. The same rule applies to my technique, since only a small percentage of people will chose to hotlink your images (maybe 0.1%) so you need 1000 visitors to acheive each hotlink backlink.

  • 3 Travis // Nov 23, 2007 at 12:05 am

    Hello I was wondering what wallpaper or image script you use?

  • 4 admin // Nov 23, 2007 at 12:07 am

    I use Wallpaper Site Creator. Actually, I developed that script and am now selling it.

  • 5 Rakesh // Jan 2, 2008 at 1:53 am

    Excellent but all are not going to add it on your website. There are many who only copy your picture and add it on your website. you cant find them. Yes if they copy your content then there are many tools to catch them but with this image you can’t. So your idea is good but with wider view it is somewhat complex.

  • 6 admin // Jan 2, 2008 at 1:57 am

    Honestly I don’t really mind people hotlinking, I’m just taking advantage of the situation. Roughly 1/5 people use the code I provide, and with each new link there is a slight traffic and SEO benefit.

    The money I make from the SEO/traffic benefits outweighs the cost of the bandwidth the hotlinkers use.

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