Backlinks are effective

[prasanth5]

Backlinks are effective in the sense that they bring traffic to our site from the other sites where our links are displayed.  This can be done in different ways either manually or through the service providers.

[amomswish]

There are several sites where you can get a free back link, if you display their link on your page. This is a great way to get traffic without spending any money.  Search for Free Backlinks on Google and you should find a huge list of sites.

[Tormod]

Only go after niche backlinks as opposite niche websites getting backlinks from can often be viewed as spam by search engines

[prasanth5]

Spam is the most feared thing at present in marketing arena.  We have to guard ourselves always against spamming.

[coolman]

I do not think back links will contribute to spamming in any way.  Backlinks can be done through article marketing in a genuine and legal way. 

[Derran]

Spam is the most feared thing at present in marketing arena.  We have to guard ourselves always against spamming.

Google has taken additional steps to make sure spam backlinks are not encouraged for SEO results..this is a slow process but these spam backlinks will slowly be less effective.

[maker1]

Yes, in short we can say that permitted backlinks are safe for driving traffic to your website.  There is nothing wrong in getting permission from the forum or blog owner.

[mrslacks]

YEs Backlinks are great for this and also for SERPS but I would have to agree a Spambacklink is not beneficial to anyone!

[ryosuzuki]

What's the point of this discussion. We're stating the obvious here when we're saying that backlinks are effective. Everyone knows that you need plenty of backlinks and good quality ones at that.

And hey geniuses, of course spammy backlinks are bad for your SERP rankings, why would anyone think otherwise... bunch of morons.

[imyours]

Backlinks are great but we have to protect ourselves from spammers.