Finding Backlinks to Your Articles and Blog Posts: Tools and Challenges
By
Nicholas A. Ferrell
Summary
The article discusses the challenges bloggers and content creators face in finding backlinks—instances where other websites link to their published writing and media. It references discussions by Herbert Lui and Maddy Miller about the difficulty of discovering where one's content is being discussed across the web, as well as the challenge of making linked-to authors aware of those links. The piece explores various tools and methods (including Webmentions) for tracking backlinks and improving cross-site engagement.
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bskyFinding Backlinks to Your Articles and Blog Posts: Tools and Challengesthenewleafjournal.comKey quotes
· 3 pulledI recently stumbled upon blog posts by Herbert Lui (How to find people who link to your blog) and Maddy Miller (I wish reply articles worked better) discussing some of the challenges in engaging in website-to-website discussions.
Both blog posts noted that it can be difficult to find where other websites discuss your published writing and media.
They also note that it can be difficult to make people you link to aware of those links.
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