Off-Page SEO — Types of Backlinks (20 types × 20 examples)

Create public profiles with your website link on high-authority platforms — useful for brand citations and initial citations.

Submit URLs to social bookmarking platforms to increase discovery and potential referral traffic.

Add your business/site to general and niche directories for citations and local SEO benefits.

Publish articles with backlinks on article-sharing platforms or high-traffic content sites.

Contribute full articles on other authoritative blogs in your niche; typically the highest-value outreach link.

Participate in niche forums and add links when they genuinely help the conversation (avoid spam).

Create mini-sites or blogs on blogging platforms and link them to your main site.

Upload images with source/credits that point back to your site; great for visual assets and referrals.

Host videos on major platforms and place your website link in description or channel profile.

Share infographics on platforms and outreach to blogs that embed visual content (they usually credit with a link).

Add consistent NAP (Name, Address, Phone) across local business directories and citations.

Place classified ads with links on local and global classifieds platforms.

Answer questions on Q&A sites and add helpful links when directly relevant to the question.

Distribute newsworthy announcements to PR sites — press pickups can earn high-authority links.

Leave helpful comments on relevant blog posts — some allow site links in the comment or author box.

Upload PDFs, whitepapers or presentations with links to your site on document sharing platforms.

Add your website link in author bios or contributor profiles on blogs and publications.

Request insertion of your link into existing relevant content on authority sites (outreach-based).

Get listed on curated resource pages and link roundups relevant to your niche or industry.

Give testimonials, join HARO requests, or contribute expert quotes — media sites often link back when they use your input.