using the search facility of the forum would have certianly increased ur knowledge tremendously, u would have got more than u could handle.
well can someone just give me a basic over view right quick? and how do i know if my site has backlinks right now?
Backlink's are links that are directed towards your website. Also knows as Inbound links (IBL's). use a backlink checker like www.iwebtool.com/backlink_checker i found this all in google.
link:http://[B]yourwebsite[/B] should give u the no. of backlinks you have. Try submitting ur links in directories, do article submission with ur url in the article, exchange links with sites related to you.
Backlinks are links pointing to your site. You can get backlinks by posting to forums, directory submission, article submission, press release submission, blogging and link exchange to trusted site.
Search this forum. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backlink has some very basic info you might start from there.
backlinks are the inbound links that point to a paticular web page. Backlinks are important for search engine optimization (SEO) because some search engines, especially Google, give more credit to websites that have a good number of quality backlinks. Sites with better backlink counts usually rank better in SERPs.