4 Kinds Of Content That’ll Generate Backlinks For Your Website (Without Begging)...When a website links to your content, it means that website vouches for that piece of content. In other words, backlinks represent someone else’s vote of confidence for your posts.
Although that in itself is already a good thing, the even better news is that Google rewards content that receives those votes of confidence. When Google sees different websites – particularly the ones that have authority – vouching for your content, it concludes that the post is informative and relevant, which means it deserves to appear higher up on search engine results pages. The higher your page ranks, the more chances people will click and go to it. That means more opportunities for conversions...
I personally have gotten quality backlinks without doing anything more than writing quality articles and implementing basic onsite SEO.