BASICALLY, backlinks are nothing more than links on other websites that point to yours, they are also called incoming or inbound links. Some call backlinks “the backbone of Search Engine Positioning.” Backlinks are important for PageRank; the more established, better ranked, most optimized that the page linking to your website is, the better it will help for YOUR rank.

Backlinks originally were only important to navigate the web, but now its importance is so great when it comes to SEO and PageRank.

A few EASY ways to get backlinks for your site:

Upload videos to different video sites such as YouTube, DailyMotion, or Kewego. Make sure you place your link in the description of the video and anywhere else they would allow it.

Find internet forums for your niche, every niche has somewhere people go to have related discussions. Sign up to each of them and in your signature box, place the link to your site.

Article Marketing. Start posting related content on sites like EzineArticles and Squidoo, make sure your link is in each post.

Find Blogs in your niche that rank real well, start posting comments on their posts and make sure you use your website’s URL

Start a blog on a new domain, and new hosting account, post daily and make sure you have links in the sidebar or atleast the footer.

Try those out and you’ll start getting backlinks IMMEDIATELY