How powerful one free backlink can be?

Can a single free backlink help your rankings?

The simple answer to this question is yes. Just one link can improve your site rankings and PR. The trick is that this link should be from a high PR website with many backlinks.

In my experience just one single link from main page of PR3 website can give to a brand new website PR1 and if the anchor text has a keyword you are targeting for, competition is low and all on page SEO is done right, then you can be a number one for that keyword.

Sounds good, but how do you get a free backlink from high PR websites?

If your site offers a great value to its visitors, has tons of quality content then there is a chance that other webmasters will link to you. But the sad truth is things like that are not common and you need to work hard to get that link.

Another option is to buy a link, but smart webmasters don’t place links to low quality sites even for money. Again you need to make sure that your site provides value to visitors. Also keep in mind that links like that can be very expensive and not all webmasters, especially beginners can afford it.