If you have a link building strategy, getting backlinks and finding new ways to obtain them should be something that you constantly focus on as part of a daily routine in your work at home business. Better still if you can get them for free and they happen to be top quality links from one of the biggest sites on the planet – eBay!
As an eBay member you can create your own profile page. Your profile is a nice way to increase your eBay credibility but it doesn’t really bring visitors to your other websites and doesn’t allow link backs. But there is something else that does.
Here’s where the link juice is…
Your eBay About Me page. Start to build your own About Me page using HTML complete with clickable links but only after you’ve read eBay’s About Me Guidelines so that you do not violate any eBay terms and conditions. There are certain links you can not have but you may be surprised at just how relaxed eBay is with their terms.
Your Ebay Blog:
You may already know that eBay allows you to create your own blog. But not many realize there is a better way of using your eBay blog to help you in your link building. Essentially what you should do and how you can get the best out of your eBay blog:
- do not start an eBay blog like a normal blog. For God’s sake, don’t start posting hundreds of pages like it’s your WordPress blog. Keep your blog posts to a bare minimum perhaps 2 to 3 posts.
- Use one of your pages to build a List of Resources in which you link out to your Resource Partners. It helps to diversify your link exchange program.
- Obtain quality inbound links to your eBay blog as you would similarly do for your other websites.
- Do not be afraid of linking out to others but especially so to bloggers who are already your link partners. It’s called linking to a link. The rationale is this. When you link to them, you build their authority and in turn you’ve boosted your own page authority and backlink.
Sample eBay Blogs:
Here is mine:
…and yippee! it has been indexed just after 2 days!
That it took only 2 days for Google to index this page and already given a page 2 SERP for one of my keywords I’m currently ranking ‘work at home ideas‘ speaks well about eBay and more importantly this page is now getting a certain amount of Google Juice from it. It’s indeed a pleasant surprise for me although my primary interest in this page remains in facilitating link exchanges with others. It goes to show also that what you decide to name your ebay blog is extremely important (see screenshot).
Here’s one from an SEO Specialist friend Scott Coplen:
Why Link with eBay?
Well when I last checked, this site has 56 million inbound links at Yahoo and a PR 8. That alone is good enough for me. But apart from the linking potential it offers, your eBay blog does bring you additional traffic to your own sites or work from home business blog. On the first day that I got my page indexed, I had 65 views for this eBay blog and about 20 views for the post I included “The Easiest Way To Get Backlinks Starts Here“. It may not seem much, but considering it’s the first day and I didn’t do anything to promote it, I’m just a little short of being ecstatic.
Although I’ve yet to venture into the full spectrum of what eBay offers to work from home business owners, my first impression of eBay has been better than I thought. In terms of backlinks, linking opportunities and its vast Google Juice sharing, eBay has shown why it’s one of the greatest sites on earth.
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October 31, 2008 at 1:03 pm
Good tip Peter, I got this tip back in Sep and started my blog. Like you said it was indexed in 2 days.
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October 31, 2008 at 6:58 pm
Hi Larry, thanks for dropping by. Well it looks like we got something to talk about going forward. What are the benefits you’ve seen so far?
-Peter
October 31, 2008 at 1:21 pm
Wow Peter.
What great information. You guys are building my “TO-DO” list very rapidly. I need to get busting and get some of this stuff done.
Thanks again for a great post.
Leon Bowes
October 31, 2008 at 7:00 pm
Hey Leon, good to see you here again. Well it’s free and who doesn’t want free links from eBay right?
-Peter
October 31, 2008 at 5:31 pm
Peter,
I had not even considered eBay as a link building aid. Thanks for the tip and I will check it out now.
Alan Thomas / Work From Home Computer Business Opportunity
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October 31, 2008 at 7:04 pm
Alan, you’re welcome. Yes do check it out. Link building is so important so if there is a new way of getting free backlinks from a great site, why not.
-Peter
Work At Home Ideas
November 1, 2008 at 12:40 am
Nice one Peter. Glad to see you sharing such great tips for link building here..
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November 1, 2008 at 3:50 am
Hey Ben, thanks I’m glad you like it. Hey I still see you replying to comments. I thought you’ve gone to ‘Fight For Your Land’. Is it really you or your clone or you’re doing this on your blackberry. Don’t forget to ‘charge….’
-Peter
Work At Home Ideas
November 1, 2008 at 7:28 am
Now there is an idea I would never have thought of. Imagine using ebay for links. Thanks for the info Peter.
November 1, 2008 at 7:58 am
Hi Sire, yeah, I guess if we look hard enough and read more, we could find a few good ones like this every once in a while. Anyway I love this because its FREE.
Peter
November 1, 2008 at 9:21 am
I really need to get movin’ also. I’ve known of these things for some time and even tell others…just haven’t found the time myself.
Thanks for the reminder!
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November 1, 2008 at 9:44 am
As probably the only person on this earth who has little knowledge of eBay, this is an intriguing tip. I’ll have to consider it at some point, I suppose. lol
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November 1, 2008 at 10:04 am
Did my comment go to trash or are you moderating?
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November 1, 2008 at 10:09 am
Dennis, no I was moderating and also something else came up. I got 2 unauthorised transactions in my paypal, so I’m dealing with it now. I really thought paypal was very safe. Any thoughts how this could have happened.
-Peter
November 3, 2008 at 4:03 am
Oh you are letting the cat out of the bag again..LOL…. it’s nice of you to share it here with your readers. Hey, I know more about you from your ebay page than from your blog here.
Anyway, nice tip, buddy…
Yan
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November 3, 2008 at 4:47 am
Hey Yan, thanks for dropping in. Yea, I always have 2 minds when I write my about me page. Just how much to say about yourself.
-Peter
November 3, 2008 at 3:33 pm
This is really impressive. I’ve read a lot of stuff about backlink building strategies but this is the first time i hear that we could get a backlink from eBay.
Thanks for the info
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November 3, 2008 at 5:59 pm
@maxloaded: Thanks for dropping by and I’m glad you liked it. Yea not many know about this so I’m glad you came. Hope to see you around here soon.
-Peter
Work At Home Ideas
November 6, 2008 at 7:41 am
This kind of back link really help? follow or no follow link relationship?
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November 6, 2008 at 8:46 am
iCalvyn: Thanks for dropping by. I’ve found a post in which you can read about how this blogger uses the same approach to get PR6 link from eBay:
http://www.amapanet.com/how-to-get-pr6-backlink-from-ebay-blog.html
Peter Lee
Online Business Ideas
November 6, 2008 at 5:32 pm
Of all the link building strategies I have read, I had not heard of this one. Interesting!
November 6, 2008 at 6:27 pm
@SEO Services: Thanks for dropping by. You’ve not heard of this as it’s been a closely guarded secret until recently. Well now you know. Hope to see you here again.
-Peter
Work At Home Ideas
November 7, 2008 at 10:44 am
Great information,..this is really impressive.
November 8, 2008 at 4:31 am
@MoneyBlog: Hi thanks for the visit. I just went over to your blog. You sure do have lots of contents on your blog. Keep in touch.
-Peter
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November 11, 2008 at 7:33 pm
About Me pages work just as well for the soical network sites too
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November 11, 2008 at 11:48 pm
@Caleb: Hi Caleb, thanks it’s good to know. I didn’t know that. Thanks for sharing. Is it also dofollow? (I know eBay is)
-Peter
Online Business Ideas
November 21, 2008 at 3:27 am
Great tip. Everyone of tips are gold. I will sign up with ebay and get some links today.
November 26, 2008 at 12:26 am
I thought ebay was only for buying and selling, you have shown yet another way to think outside the box. I will give this method a go.
Jason
November 26, 2008 at 12:35 am
Wow. That’s a very novel idea. Judging from your initial results, it wouldn’t hurt to try it.
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November 26, 2008 at 12:40 am
@Liweng: Glad you are going to get yourself some free links. See you around.
@Success University Review: Hi Jason, Yes like Yan said here I am letting the cat out of the bag. Not many people know this so you’re one of the lucky readers here. But consider other free social bookmarkting sites too. I may write about this later.
-Peter
Work From Home Ideas
November 26, 2008 at 5:44 pm
Awesome Peter, this is going on my list of things to do. Love it!
November 27, 2008 at 11:28 am
@Ed Hardy: Hi Ed, thanks for dropping by. Take care!
-Peter
Work From Home Ideas
November 29, 2008 at 1:25 pm
Peter, this is awesome! I’ve seen about using eBay’s classifieds to advertise your online business, but I never knew you could setup a blog. This will most definitely help in building quality backlinks. Thanks for this very useful information.
Alan Mater
November 29, 2008 at 7:04 pm
@Work From Home Opportunities: Hi Alan, thanks for the visit. Yup! and it’s a good linking strategy. I now have about 270 views on my blog plus a few comments to, which is good to know.
-Peter
Work From Home Ideas
December 18, 2008 at 4:38 am
Wow, this is the first I have ever heard of this idea and it is great! I had never thought of using ebay as a link building strategy. It is even more surprising to see this working for your considering that your feedback score on ebay is zero. This may even work better for those that have active ebay accounts with larger feedback numbers.
I wonder at what point ebay would consider your about me and blog pages as too spammy? I would hate to lose my ebay account that I have had since 1999 and built up solid feedback on.
January 27, 2009 at 3:03 pm
Peter, as always, your information is extremely helpful. Thanks.
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February 14, 2009 at 3:01 am
this tip is awesome peter.i don’t if we can build blog with ebay.hmm it gives me more idea out there hohoho lol.thank you peter
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February 14, 2009 at 7:08 am
@joe comp: Well of course everybody wants a free backlink from ebay. But there are still some who don’t know about this. Good that you’re in the know now.
****
Peter
March 16, 2009 at 1:58 pm
Hi,
I didn’t know about this, well thank you very much for the information.
This is awesome!
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April 4, 2009 at 11:45 am
Peter,
I am continually amazed at the advice you give out. I used to sell on Ebay until they made their changes regarding selling electronically delivered materials from their site. Since I have not sold there in a while I had no idea that Ebay blogs ever existed until I read your post. Thank you for the idea and I will be using this tid bit of information to build my linking structure.
The Medical Billing and Transcription Mastermind
April 8, 2009 at 7:02 am
I want to thank the writer of this post for this awesome info
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April 10, 2009 at 7:00 am
Your site contain a many useful information. I look for a lot of this experience. Thanks!
April 10, 2009 at 7:14 am
@ Jennifer Eden Cruz: Thanks for dropping by. Glad you liked it.
April 10, 2009 at 7:17 am
@ The Medical Billing Trainer: Linking is an important aspect of our business. Glad you can use this information to get started.
April 10, 2009 at 7:18 am
@ jessica05: Thanks for dropping by and glad you liked it.
April 10, 2009 at 7:20 am
@Rose: Thanks for your kind words. Glad you liked it.
April 15, 2009 at 5:50 am
this strategy is still new for me….I hope working well,thank you for information
April 24, 2009 at 1:23 pm
i have to agree with him because its true
April 24, 2009 at 1:38 pm
i never heard that you can get backlinks from ebay thats really cool i will sign up foe ebay now
April 24, 2009 at 1:42 pm
and your ranking well for work from home very cool i will certainly use ebay for my linking purpose and the fact that google indexed that page very fast shows its true potential
April 24, 2009 at 3:16 pm
very interesting i have to agree with sire using ebay is something someone who had nothing else better to do and enlightened the rest of the bloggers out there but help us
June 10, 2009 at 6:39 am
Hello Peter,
Its a very good article. Really I never thought of using Ebay for backlinks. But your article helped me a lot.
Once again Thanks for your stuff.
Rahul
Online Marketing Manager
Plumb Traders
June 11, 2009 at 7:18 am
thanks!
You made some good points there. I
did a search on the topic and found
most people will agree with your
blog.It will greatly help me in my
SEO
activities.
June 11, 2009 at 10:17 am
Thanks, good article! Maybe someone needs backlinkchecker? Try http://www.BackLinkStat.com.
June 11, 2009 at 4:17 pm
I get SPAM posts just like this one on my blog quite often.
June 15, 2009 at 5:38 am
Novel idea and i have never heard this before. Surely its a very good idea and will pay rich dividends considering the popularity of e-bay. Thanks for your ideas.
June 25, 2009 at 8:05 pm
Nice article. and I agree with Peter.
Thanks!
August 11, 2009 at 1:47 am
Thanks for the tips Peter! I'll try these.
September 21, 2009 at 5:11 am
Getting links from Ebay is really an innovative idea. I have never even guessed it. Many many thanks for sharing it. This will surely add a few more links to my blogs.
September 21, 2009 at 5:49 pm
This another effective link resource that should be added to every optimizer's portfolio.
September 28, 2009 at 8:17 am
I wanna make my own now.. Thanx for your great tip !
Regard,
belajar seo blogspot
September 30, 2009 at 11:24 am
You are right this is definitely one more potent weapon that can be added to our SEO armoury.
October 6, 2009 at 1:18 am
Backlink to high PR can boost your SERP. You can get more backlink by using recent comment ! Don't spam !!!
October 6, 2009 at 7:54 pm
Thanks for the great info…
October 7, 2009 at 12:16 am
Hi Yan, you have rightly remarked Peter is “letting the cat out of the bag again”. It is this attitude of his that makes his blog so very much attractive and useful to the readers.
October 7, 2009 at 12:21 am
You have rightly said that you had never thought of getting links from Ebay, same is the case with me. We all know Ebay as an affiliate site which can make us a lot of money but Peter has showed us that Ebay has something more to give to us – valuable links.
October 27, 2009 at 4:20 am
Wow awesome info about the Ebay blog. Can any niche get started or does it have to be about working from home?
October 27, 2009 at 4:21 am
I guess I will just have to check it out and test it out with one of my niches to see if it can help me. Thanks again for the information.
December 4, 2009 at 6:57 am
I think ebay discontinued ebay blog since end of Oct 2009. And they also do not allow html in the about page anymore. I think there are too many spamming and cause them to close their door.
December 4, 2009 at 9:24 am
Hi Catherine,
Yes I think you are right about ebay blog discontinuation but I have checked many times and my about page is still there. Hopefully it stays that way. Thanks for sharing this information.
January 10, 2010 at 7:40 pm
If this technique still works, I'll definitely have to add it to my linkbuilding arsenal.
January 27, 2010 at 2:53 am
I have never thought about using ebay to get backlinks. You learn something new everyday.
January 30, 2010 at 4:33 am
earning money online: Yup that's an easy way to get high PR backlink.
March 6, 2010 at 8:41 am
It would have never ever crossed my mind to use Ebay, even if it did I would of thought they would use nofollow. Unbelievable, thank you!
March 6, 2010 at 5:52 pm
Yeah, neither did I. Might try this myself and see the results.
April 5, 2010 at 5:54 am
Thanks for this I really didn't think this was possible I'll give it a try and post my results.
April 5, 2010 at 5:56 am
We'll I tried…..
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While eBay Blogs provided useful and interesting information, we have decided to focus our efforts on what matters most to our members: making eBay the best place to buy and sell on the Web.
We appreciate all the great articles that were published on eBay Blogs, and we'd like to thank these eBay member/bloggers for their contributions to the eBay Community.
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May 3, 2010 at 12:07 am
Well of course everybody wants a free backlink from ebay. But there are still some who don't know about this.
May 20, 2010 at 6:47 pm
Quite an awesome trick for backlinks. You just have to make sure the auction goes on long enough that search engines have time to index the pages.
May 21, 2010 at 12:32 am
I found a clever way of getting free backlinks from ebay and wrote and posted it. Thought I share it here, buy please follow the ebay guidelines and.
May 26, 2010 at 6:32 am
I found a clever way of getting free backlinks from ebay and wrote and posted it. Thought I share it here, buy please follow the ebay guidelines and.
May 26, 2010 at 11:32 am
I found a clever way of getting free backlinks from ebay and wrote and posted it. Thought I share it here, buy please follow the ebay guidelines and.
July 31, 2010 at 12:20 pm
Hi Peter
It's the first time I've found your blog, but I really like the comment about using an eBay blog for backlinking. I already use the About Me page for driving traffic, getting links, and building my list, and I know a lot of others who do the same.
It seems that more and more people are realising the potential of eBay as an SEO tool, rather than just for selling things. Great for us, maybe not so great for eBay
October 15, 2010 at 2:41 pm
I've been building micro niche sites for a while now – but now I am looking to move into a larger niche.
October 16, 2010 at 5:08 am
@http://www.troydraves.com: You're smart – building micro niche is both interesting and profitable. Good luck!
February 13, 2011 at 9:37 am
If you sell/buy a lot on ebay then its worth doing, if not the chances of your page getting indexed and the link being worth anything are next to zero. If however you sell lots of products, every product you list will have a link to your profile, every person you leave feedback for will have a link to your profile and the link in the profile will start to carry some weight.
April 2, 2011 at 9:40 am
peter, do you advice angela and paul link packages? they are similar as ebay, you create a profile in different websites and put your link on them.
April 2, 2011 at 8:25 am
EBay used to be good too but I think they have been taken off and you cannot post it. Yes Angela and Paul link packages are good although I have not used Pauls’. I used Angela’s high page rank links for the last 2 years and they have worked for all my niche sites. http://angelasdiscountmarket.com/b_b_Peter_Lee.html At $5 for 60 high page rank links, it’s a steal. Have you used them?
April 6, 2011 at 10:38 am
I would recommend Angela's links. They are often removed but a lot of them have staying power.
April 29, 2011 at 10:30 am
Really helpful post for me because i wanted more backlinks for my website so i will definitely use this for my website. Thanks a lot for this great help.
May 23, 2011 at 5:37 am
Nice blog, thanks for sharing the information.
November 28, 2011 at 12:59 pm
This is really interesting. I will have to put this into action today andhopefully get that quality link from ebay. Thnaks bro!