Depends on your own definition of what "generate backlink". Do you make a difference between yourself clicking in step 2 on the link you created in step 1 and a random visitor doing the same?
Hello,
How to generate backlink?
For example:-
I'm create blog content and given this content added link of my website.
So,
1) It generate backlink automatically
or
2) When click on this link which I have added on content in that case it generate backlink.

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