Grab Your Free Backlink on Google Profiles

by Daniel Scocco

I am in a hurry today, but I will leave you guys with a quick and juicy tip. As far as linkbuilding goes, every small bit helps, right? If that is the case, there is one Google service that you can use to grab an easy backlink: Google Profiles.

You just need to fill the information that they ask about yourself, include the URL of your website, add some pictures and bingo, one more backlink. As long as you add enough information, your profile will be displayed in Google’s search results, and it should count as a normal backlink because Google does not use the nofollow attribute on the website links.

This service is also useful if you are not worried with building links, because it gives you an opportunity to create a profile page and possibly to get it ranked for your name on the first page of results. So what are you waiting for?

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67 Responses to “Grab Your Free Backlink on Google Profiles”

Into Windows on May 26, 2009 2:57 pm

That’s a handy tip. Will do it now.
Pradeep Singh on May 26, 2009 3:23 pm

Thanks for this tip. I have made a profile of mine.
And ya i think, important thing rather then getting one back link, is to have a profile page on google.
Ya i agree that our google profile can rank first for our name and thats really helpful in fact. People can even explore your homepage after they land to your Google profile.
Really thanks.
Chester's Clean House on May 26, 2009 3:57 pm

Thanks for the tip. Who can’t use more backlinks!
Max Pool on May 26, 2009 4:18 pm

Unfortunately Google already announced that Google Profile pages will not carry over any weighted Google Juice.

However, it is a great way to get another very high authority page in the SERPs for your name, plus some nice entry points for the spider to start indexing your site.
Nikhil on May 26, 2009 6:04 pm

Thanks for share…
I want to do it now..
Mike on May 26, 2009 6:53 pm

I’ve heard about this before, but does anyone think it would matter if I wasn’t able to get my name for the google account.

In other words I have Last Name, First Name instead of First Name Last Name.
Thai on May 26, 2009 7:11 pm

Someone already took my name. How does it work for someone like John Smith or Junior Garcia?
Presidente on May 26, 2009 7:13 pm

Thanks! Just created my Google profile, I was completely unaware of that option.
Martin Gray on May 26, 2009 8:10 pm

Really great tip, i will be keen to see how affective it is because my name is Martin Gray and i used to google rank highly for my web design portfolio. However another Martin Gray has overtaken me – well he has written a book, traveled the world and now has a film about his life!
Tom the Webmanager on May 26, 2009 8:16 pm

Cool tip. Let´s Go for Backlinks from Google and for Google
Daniel Scocco on May 26, 2009 9:21 pm

@Max Pool, there is a chance they announced that merely to discourage spammers .
Haris on May 27, 2009 12:08 am

Bingo.
thanks Daniel for this handy and powerful tip.
i have just done it.
gitar-bagus.com on May 27, 2009 12:35 am

I will try…

Thanks
SEO Come on May 27, 2009 12:36 am

I’ve already used for months, but I can’t see much help, not sure if Google will treat it seriously or not. Anyway, it is absolutely worth trying.
worldbali.com on May 27, 2009 12:38 am

i search in internet how to improve the traffic rank, i get it…

so many thanks

i’ll try
GoBusiness101 on May 27, 2009 4:25 am

Cool tips! You definitely found a gold.
LithiumMind on May 27, 2009 4:51 am

Another tip is also to have any of your friends create a blogger account and add your website as he/her favorite site.
PB on May 27, 2009 5:44 am

Thanks! Just created my Google profile, I was completely unaware of that option.
Tom Bradshaw on May 27, 2009 9:55 am

Nice tip, they all count!
Forex Download on May 27, 2009 10:23 am

Great! Going to make a profile right now. I love free backlinks and serp juice. The more I can get the happier I am.
excITingIP.com on May 27, 2009 1:27 pm

That is a good tip Daniel. Since my website is new, I could use it to gain some visibility. Thanks,

excITingIP.com
Small Business Marketing on May 27, 2009 3:51 pm

I never knew about the Google Profile. It seems like they have created it just for SEO purposes. Thanks for the tips! Do anyone have any other suggestions from Google?
Is You Geeked Up on May 27, 2009 6:16 pm

Thanks! I was looking for some more ideas to get backlinks and I never knew about Google Profiles. Is it a new or recent service?
Isaac Miller on May 28, 2009 12:06 am

Did anyone else get their free business cards from google? I got mine and they’re awesome! I think a google profile is a great tool to direct people to, you can have your twitter page, facebook, myspace, digg, etc. all in one place!
hale on May 28, 2009 1:52 am

cool tips and I will try

Thanx
Decky H Rooroh on May 28, 2009 5:12 am

Nice tip !.
Making The Best Better Team on May 28, 2009 5:55 am

Haven’t tried this trick yet..thanks for the heads up!
Tatil on May 28, 2009 5:15 pm

I’ll be a good blog and continuous tracking thank you master anaikin
screen-capture on May 28, 2009 5:54 pm

Your link to the “Google Profiles” is broken.
Where exactly do I fill in the info, url??

Thanks )
Thomas on May 29, 2009 12:50 am

So Daniel, does this mean we’ve just acquired a PR10 backlink from google? If so, thanks for the share dude. Priceless.
Daniel Scocco on May 29, 2009 9:31 am

@Screen-capture, it is working fine here.

@Thomas, in reality no, you would need a link placed on Google’s homepage for it to be a PR10 .

That link won’t have huge SEO value, but it might help a little bit. Plus there is the added benefit of controlling one extra result in the SERP for your name.
screen-capture on May 29, 2009 6:41 pm

Hi Daniel,

Is it because I’m overseas the link doesn’t work do you think
http://www.google.com/profiles
All I’m getting is a message saying that there is not such a url.

Cheers
Taylor on May 29, 2009 10:04 pm

Regardless of how well it works Google made it very easy to accomplish. I flushed out a full profile in less than 10 minutes by using the bio from my Facebook account.

Thanks for the heads-up, I didn’t even know they existed!
Daily Good Tips on May 30, 2009 2:09 am

Thanks Daniel I just tried your guide.
Anish K.S on May 30, 2009 2:42 am

Thanks for the sharing, i will check to get back link.
QUESTRADE COUPONS - All Coupons, discounts, promo codes, offers, and reviews on May 30, 2009 9:21 am

All this time and i never thought of doing that before…Your blog is becoming more and more useful with great tips…Big Bookmark for me.
gitar-bagus.com on June 2, 2009 8:57 am

yeaaaahh….i’ll try………
Eric Uhlir on June 3, 2009 4:35 am

Great tip thanks!
rodolfo on June 3, 2009 11:42 am

Great, very simple.
Thanks!
Agnel on June 3, 2009 11:45 am

Great tips. Just now I added. Thanks
V.C on June 4, 2009 8:53 am

Great !
I’m looking for backlinks in google so thank for posting.
xman on June 4, 2009 9:39 pm

screen-capture: you must be logged in google account and then add your profile.

Thx Daniel for tip!
gaus surahman on June 5, 2009 2:52 pm

I’d like to tell you that I did create my google profile before I read this article. What I am trying to say is, yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeha, my google profile page got Alexa rank #1 on earth. Check this out: http://www.google.com/profiles/gausarts

Okay, forget it. It’s google’s Alexa rank
screen-capture on June 10, 2009 6:19 am

Thanx xman for your kind help, and thanx to you Daniel for the tip.
I will go ahead and add my bio right away, logged-in to my Google account this time

Cheers
กล้องวงจรปิด on June 15, 2009 5:46 am

Thank i just fill my url in google profile
Backlink on June 21, 2009 11:55 am

thanks!You made some good points there. I did a search on the topic and found most people will agree with your blog.
thanks for the good post???
slifear on June 25, 2009 7:16 pm

thanks daniel,

i will try it
Medyum on June 26, 2009 5:38 pm

Unfortunately Google already announced that Google Profile pages will not carry over any weighted Google Juice.

However, it is a great way to get another very high authority page in the SERPs for your name, plus some nice entry points for the spider to start indexing your site.
Goozik on July 21, 2009 12:00 pm

Thanks so much for this great tip. Great way to backlink some things I was able to take advantage of in minutes. Just one more great reason I read your blog, easy to implement advice.
Bolsa de Trabajo on July 28, 2009 6:36 pm

If you want a free backlink with pagerank 7 follow these steps:

1.- Register in mtv.com
2.- Sign In
3.- Create a blog post in the blog section
4.- Post your link with the anchor text inside the post you create.
Josh on August 8, 2009 7:16 am

Just created myself one..thanks for the info!
Edward on September 3, 2009 11:46 pm

Thanks for the great tip.
Himanshu on October 20, 2009 10:44 am

Thanks Daniel, I’ve added mine.
Ed on October 20, 2009 2:42 pm

Was pretty simple to do. Building links always helps newer websites attract quality traffic.
Thank you.
Ed on October 21, 2009 11:55 am

Besides this, what other ways can you suggest to a new site owner to help build more quality back links? Does anyone have any experience with the paid back link builders?
Thank you.
Jenny on November 4, 2009 3:41 pm

I have just created my Google Profile, thanks to you. As for now it has no PR, according to SEO Quake. However, the back link that you can make is a dofollow. In fact, it seems that you can link as many WEB 2.0 profiles as you like.

Perhaps, the PR of your Google profile could be enhanced thru social bookmarking and this is one good back link. But, as far as I see, it isn’t thru that you’ll have a free back link from Google by just creating a Google Profile.

Thanks Again
Ed on November 5, 2009 2:49 pm

Does Google Profile have a PR? What does linking as many WEB 2.0 profiles as possible mean?
Thank you.
Power 4 Home on December 2, 2009 8:29 am

I like your style, the fact that your site is a little bit different makes it so interesting, I get fed up of seeing same-old-same-old all of the time. I’ve just stumbled this page for you
Ed on December 4, 2009 7:05 pm

Great site to learn a lot from for sure. Welcome aboard @Power4Home.
Pinoy Blog Tips on January 19, 2010 7:44 pm

It’s really great to have a Google profile, and gaining a backlinks from it is a great bonus
Ed on January 20, 2010 3:50 pm

@Pinoy it definitely is a great bonus. After all backlinks are a great way to build free publicity for your site.
chuckiesd on February 1, 2010 11:15 pm

This is really cool tips. I never seen and think about it.
Thanks buddy.
Ed on February 2, 2010 3:40 pm

@chuck this is definitely a very interesting thought and site.
hussain on March 25, 2010 9:09 pm

Daniel,

Thanks, This is a good tip for backlink. Most importantly backlink from Google Profiles come always on top in backlinks.

Thanks,

Rashid
SEO Tips - Are All Backlinks the Same on June 26, 2010 8:44 pm

And the race is on. Who can get the most PR 7 backlinks in the least amount of time and still have a site indexed by Google when the smoke clears? A little melodramatic? Maybe, but it does make a point. The fight over backlinks is one of the biggest SEO fights in the game. Everybody seems to think it’s the holy grail of search engine optimization. But is it? And are all backlinks the same? Most think they’re not. And while that’s technically true, they aren’t the be all and end all that some would think. This article explains.

Okay, let’s be honest. A PR 7 backlink is going to be worth a heck of a lot more to your web site’s climb up the SERPs than a PR 0 backlink. But how much different are they really? Well, for starters, in case you’ve been out to tea somewhere, Google has recently downplayed the importance of PR and even took it out of one of its tools. They’re not saying it doesn’t count anymore. They’re just saying that it’s not the big thing that people think it is. And personally, I couldn’t be happier. But that’s another story.

Truth is, I’ve got some sites that have PR 5 and 6 backlinks that are nowhere to be found near page 1 of Google’s search engine while I have sites with PR 1 and 2 backlinks that are on page 1. Why? What’s the reason? Well, the simple explanation is that there is a lot more to ranking with Google, or any search engine for that matter, than just backlinks. If that were the case, people would just beg, borrow and steal to get them. But even more important is the content on the site itself and even more important than that is the relevancy of the keywords to what people are searching for. Add to that mix the amount of time that the site has been online and………..(?)
Ed on June 28, 2010 1:32 pm

You hit the nail on the head in the article above. It all makes a lot of sense.
Mazher Rasheed on December 3, 2010 4:40 pm

Nice post i really like points the one you are talking about i even got new money making website and i never paid for any traffic or things but i have over 1000 backlinks in just one month,So i can only say this you are doing good job to sharing these things with everyone.