How to Build Backlinks with the Broken Link Building Method

How to Build Backlinks with the Broken Link Building Method

A broken link is one that points to a page on a site that has since been moved or deleted. In other words, these are pages that return a 404 error.

Broken link building involves some bit of work, but it’s a safe way to generate fresh, high quality backlinks for your site.

Here’s what you need to do:

#1 Use tools such as Check My Links or Broken Link Checker to find broken links from a site you want to fetch a backlink from.

#2 Once you’ve found the broken links, reach out to the site owner and let him know about them.

#3 Share relevant links from your site that the site owner could use to replace the broken links with.

Voila! You’ve earned yourself a high quality backlink.

Links to broken link building tools:

1) Check My Links - https://github.com/ocodia/Check-My-Links
2) Broken Link Checker - http://www.brokenlinkcheck.com/

Outreach Email Templates for Link Building (includes broken link building email template) - https://moz.com/blog/outreach-letters-for-link-building-real-examples-14902

Learn more link building methods here: http://www.99signals.com/high-quality-backlinks