What is a linkwheel, and how can I create my own? It is one of the easiest ways to get free backlinks that are permanent, easy to create and niche-specific.
Linkwheel Definition
A linkwheel is the newest SEO backlink building method that involves creating multiple blog posts on multiple different sites and interlinking them in a wheel. You create the content, you create the site, giving you complete control of the niche of the site (no more blog comments on unrelated blogs).
Linkwheels are the new trend in SEO and use the power of Web 2.0 and distributed systems on different servers to help interlink properties and increase SERPs extremely quickly.
An Example Linkwheel
So for a typical linkwheel you will have 1 hub, and 12 spokes on the wheel. Each of the spokes links to each other, and all the spokes link to the hub. Using Web 2.0 sites, you can easily create your spokes, with your linkwheel following this pattern. In this pattern, your hub site is the site you want to promote:
Site 1 – Blogger: links to Site 2 Wordpress and to Your Hub Site
Site 2 – Wordpress: links to Site 3 Squidoo and to Your Hub Site
Site 3 – Squidoo: links to Site 4 WetPaint and to your Hub Site … etc.
Site 12 – EzineArticles: lines to Site 1 and to your Hub Site
Your linkwheel would complete itself by the final site linking back to the first site, but never do you have a single site linking back to the same site it has already linked to. You want to avoid building reciprocal links as this is a sign of association/friendship etc. between two sites.
For a complete example take a look at one of our case studies that shows you how we’re delivering 60 organic visitors per day for a $5/per click keyword for a client. (Over $300 in free traffic everyday)
Why Is a Linkwheel So Effective?
The reason a linkwheel is so effective is it takes into account how Google’s search algorithm is built. It’s designed to promote sites like The New York Times or the Wall Street Journal to the top of the search rankings. The reason NYT ranks so well in Google is because there are so many blogs and sites linking to their articles, and all these links tell Google that the site is an authority on the web, hence rank them higher.
This same principle is applied using linkwheels. Each linkwheel spoke is an individual site, and with all of these sites linking to each other, each spoke gains 1 link of authority, and then all of these sites link back to your hub, giving your hub 12 links from other authority sites. So if you build a bigger linkwheel, you can have 116 links back to your hub site, making your search engine rankings climb even faster.
A Big List of Sites for Linkwheels
So if you’re looking to build your own linkwheel, it’s really a simple process. You want to select the number of spokes in your linkwheel, and then select your Web 2.0 sites.
Here is a good set of Web 2.0 sites to choose from:
Blogsome.com
Blogger.com
Squidoo.com
Wetpaint.com
Wordpress.org
EzineArticles.com
VOX.com
Quizilla.com
Weebly.com
LiveJournal.com
HubPages.com
Onsugar.com
Prlog.org
Devhub.com
Yolasite.com
Terapad.com
Beep.com
Webnode.com
Viviti.com
We utilize the above sites in our linkwheels in addition to 52 other Web 2.0 sites, giving each linkwheel we create the maximum power and yielding you the best results for your online marketing efforts.
For more information on our services and how we can help you build linkwheels in scale and deliver hundreds of high-quality backlinks to your properties, visit our pricing page to get started.