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

  1. Into Windows on May 26th, 2009 2:57 pm

    That’s a handy tip. Will do it now.

  2. Pradeep Singh on May 26th, 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.

  3. Chester's Clean House on May 26th, 2009 3:57 pm

    Thanks for the tip. Who can’t use more backlinks!

  4. Max Pool on May 26th, 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.

  5. Nikhil on May 26th, 2009 6:04 pm

    Thanks for share…
    I want to do it now..

  6. Mike on May 26th, 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.

  7. Thai on May 26th, 2009 7:11 pm

    Someone already took my name. :( How does it work for someone like John Smith or Junior Garcia?

  8. Presidente on May 26th, 2009 7:13 pm

    Thanks! Just created my Google profile, I was completely unaware of that option. :)

  9. Martin Gray on May 26th, 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! ;-)

  10. Tom the Webmanager on May 26th, 2009 8:16 pm

    Cool tip. Let´s Go for Backlinks from Google and for Google ;-)

  11. Daniel Scocco on May 26th, 2009 9:21 pm

    @Max Pool, there is a chance they announced that merely to discourage spammers :) .

  12. Haris on May 27th, 2009 12:08 am

    Bingo.
    thanks Daniel for this handy and powerful tip.
    i have just done it.

  13. gitar-bagus.com on May 27th, 2009 12:35 am

    I will try…

    Thanks

  14. SEO Come on May 27th, 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.

  15. worldbali.com on May 27th, 2009 12:38 am

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

    so many thanks

    i’ll try

  16. GoBusiness101 on May 27th, 2009 4:25 am

    Cool tips! You definitely found a gold.

  17. LithiumMind on May 27th, 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.

  18. PB on May 27th, 2009 5:44 am

    Thanks! Just created my Google profile, I was completely unaware of that option. :)

  19. Tom Bradshaw on May 27th, 2009 9:55 am

    Nice tip, they all count!

  20. Forex Download on May 27th, 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.

  21. excITingIP.com on May 27th, 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

  22. Small Business Marketing on May 27th, 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?

  23. Is You Geeked Up on May 27th, 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?

  24. Isaac Miller on May 28th, 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!

  25. hale on May 28th, 2009 1:52 am

    cool tips and I will try

    Thanx ;)

  26. Decky H Rooroh on May 28th, 2009 5:12 am

    Nice tip !.

  27. Making The Best Better Team on May 28th, 2009 5:55 am

    Haven’t tried this trick yet..thanks for the heads up! :)

  28. Tatil on May 28th, 2009 5:15 pm

    I’ll be a good blog and continuous tracking thank you master anaikin

  29. screen-capture on May 28th, 2009 5:54 pm

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

    Thanks :o )

  30. Thomas on May 29th, 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.

  31. Daniel Scocco on May 29th, 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.

  32. screen-capture on May 29th, 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

  33. Taylor on May 29th, 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!

  34. Daily Good Tips on May 30th, 2009 2:09 am

    Thanks Daniel I just tried your guide.

  35. Anish K.S on May 30th, 2009 2:42 am

    Thanks for the sharing, i will check to get back link.

  36. QUESTRADE COUPONS - All Coupons, discounts, promo codes, offers, and reviews on May 30th, 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.

  37. gitar-bagus.com on June 2nd, 2009 8:57 am

    yeaaaahh….i’ll try………

  38. Eric Uhlir on June 3rd, 2009 4:35 am

    Great tip thanks!

  39. rodolfo on June 3rd, 2009 11:42 am

    Great, very simple.
    Thanks!

  40. Agnel on June 3rd, 2009 11:45 am

    Great tips. Just now I added. Thanks

  41. V.C on June 4th, 2009 8:53 am

    Great !
    I’m looking for backlinks in google so thank for posting.

  42. xman on June 4th, 2009 9:39 pm

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

    Thx Daniel for tip!

  43. gaus surahman on June 5th, 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 :(

  44. screen-capture on June 10th, 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

  45. กล้องวงจรปิด on June 15th, 2009 5:46 am

    Thank i just fill my url in google profile

  46. Backlink on June 21st, 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???

  47. slifear on June 25th, 2009 7:16 pm

    thanks daniel,

    i will try it

  48. Medyum on June 26th, 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.

  49. Goozik on July 21st, 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.

  50. Bolsa de Trabajo on July 28th, 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.

  51. Josh on August 8th, 2009 7:16 am

    Just created myself one..thanks for the info!

  52. Edward on September 3rd, 2009 11:46 pm

    Thanks for the great tip.

  53. Himanshu on October 20th, 2009 10:44 am

    Thanks Daniel, I’ve added mine.

  54. Ed on October 20th, 2009 2:42 pm

    Was pretty simple to do. Building links always helps newer websites attract quality traffic.
    Thank you.

  55. Ed on October 21st, 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.

  56. Jenny on November 4th, 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

  57. Ed on November 5th, 2009 2:49 pm

    Does Google Profile have a PR? What does linking as many WEB 2.0 profiles as possible mean?
    Thank you.

  58. Power 4 Home on December 2nd, 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 :-D

  59. Ed on December 4th, 2009 7:05 pm

    Great site to learn a lot from for sure. Welcome aboard @Power4Home.

  60. Pinoy Blog Tips on January 19th, 2010 7:44 pm

    It’s really great to have a Google profile, and gaining a backlinks from it is a great bonus

  61. Ed on January 20th, 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.

  62. chuckiesd on February 1st, 2010 11:15 pm

    This is really cool tips. I never seen and think about it.
    Thanks buddy.

  63. Ed on February 2nd, 2010 3:40 pm

    @chuck this is definitely a very interesting thought and site.

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