How To Get Free Backlinks From Ebay

Fri, Oct 31, 2008

Blogging Techniques, Link Management, Traffic, Work From Home, seo


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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.

More on eBay’s About Me page

My About Me Page:

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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  • Good tip Peter, I got this tip back in Sep and started my blog. Like you said it was indexed in 2 days.

    <abbr>Larrys last blog post..Advertising Methods Compared</abbr>
  • 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
  • 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
  • Hey Leon, good to see you here again. Well it's free and who doesn't want free links from eBay right?
    -Peter
  • 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
    <abbr>Simple Work From Home Opportunitys last blog post..Starting Your Goal Setting Plan</abbr>
  • 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
  • Nice one Peter. Glad to see you sharing such great tips for link building here..

    <abbr>Ben Peis last blog post..Pei Profit Dot Com Christmas Giveaway</abbr>
  • 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
  • Now there is an idea I would never have thought of. Imagine using ebay for links. Thanks for the info Peter.
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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!

    <abbr>Dennis Edells last blog post..Oct.’08 Post Round-Up for Direct Sales Web Marketing</abbr>
  • 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

    <abbr>Mitchs last blog post..Forum Marketing Supertips</abbr>
  • Did my comment go to trash or are you moderating?

    <abbr>Dennis Edells last blog post..Oct.’08 Post Round-Up for Direct Sales Web Marketing</abbr>
  • 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
  • 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

    <abbr>Blog for Beginnerss last blog post..Google Debunk Webmasters’ Myths</abbr>
  • 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
  • Hi Yan, you have rightly remarked that 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.
  • 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

    <abbr>maxloadeds last blog post..Aliens: How advanced could they be?</abbr>
  • @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
  • This kind of back link really help? follow or no follow link relationship?

    <abbr>iCalvyns last blog post..TeamViewer, Alternative Remote Control Software</abbr>
  • 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...

    Peter Lee
    Online Business Ideas
  • Of all the link building strategies I have read, I had not heard of this one. Interesting!
  • @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
  • i have to agree with him because its true
  • Great information,..this is really impressive.
  • @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
    Work At Home Ideas and Opportunities
  • About Me pages work just as well for the soical network sites too ;)

    <abbr>Calebs last blog post..Article Marketing Reloaded</abbr>
  • @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
  • Great tip. Everyone of tips are gold. I will sign up with ebay and get some links today.
  • i never heard that you can get backlinks from ebay thats really cool i will sign up foe ebay now
  • 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
  • Wow. That's a very novel idea. Judging from your initial results, it wouldn't hurt to try it.

    <abbr>Webmaster Staffings last blog post..Outsource Domain Registration and Management</abbr>
  • @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
  • Awesome Peter, this is going on my list of things to do. Love it!
  • @Ed Hardy: Hi Ed, thanks for dropping by. Take care!
    -Peter
    Work From Home Ideas
  • 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
  • @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
  • 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.
  • Jo
    Peter, as always, your information is extremely helpful. Thanks.

    <abbr>Jos last blog post..Why Do So Many New Businesses Fail?</abbr>
  • 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

    <abbr>joe comps last blog post..Eyeglasses For You That Really Cheap</abbr>
  • @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
  • Hi,

    I didn't know about this, well thank you very much for the information.
    This is awesome!

    <abbr>Jennifer Eden Cruzs last blog post..Highly Effective Search Engine Optimization Strategies Part 1</abbr>
  • @ Jennifer Eden Cruz: Thanks for dropping by. Glad you liked it.
  • 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
  • @ The Medical Billing Trainer: Linking is an important aspect of our business. Glad you can use this information to get started.
  • jessica05
    I want to thank the writer of this post for this awesome info
    http://www.bobsbanter.com
  • @ jessica05: Thanks for dropping by and glad you liked it.
  • Your site contain a many useful information. I look for a lot of this experience. Thanks!
  • @Rose: Thanks for your kind words. Glad you liked it.
  • this strategy is still new for me....I hope working well,thank you for information
  • 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
  • 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
    www.plumbtraders.co.uk
  • 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.
  • Nice article. and I agree with Peter.
    Thanks!
  • Thanks for the tips Peter! I'll try these.
  • 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.
  • This another effective link resource that should be added to every optimizer's portfolio.
  • You are right this is definitely one more potent weapon that can be added to our SEO armoury.
  • belajarseoblogspot
    I wanna make my own now.. Thanx for your great tip !

    Regard,
    belajar seo blogspot
  • aboljoe
    Backlink to high PR can boost your SERP. You can get more backlink by using recent comment ! Don't spam !!!
  • Thanks for the great info...
  • symptomsofpanicattacks
    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. Panic Attack Symptoms
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