Backlinks - Frequently Asked Questions
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Hey folks.
I have been following WarriorForum for few years now. One thing that constantly keeps popping up new threads is backlinks, what they are, what backlinks are good, what are bad, what should I do and what shouldn't I do. It's always the same questions that have been answered hundred times already. The problem is that people might not know exactly what to search for so they make a new thread.
So what better way to tackle the problem than starting one definitive thread where people can ask questions about particular topic (backlinks in this thread) and experts can answer once. If there's different opinions (it's SEO after all), then it's all contained in the same thread so it's easier to digest.
My job as thread starter is to monitor this and make a list of questions in this post so people can quickly reference if their question has been asked.
Now please post any questions you have about backlinks in orderly fashion and people can start answering them.
Here's few questions & answers that I get asked frequently:
Q: How many links can I do per day?
A: It depends how old your site is. With brand new site, it's more about the quality of the links than quantity. I would suggest you keep it under 30 high quality links per day. When your site gets older (+6 months) you can ramp it up gradually and start using more low quality links.
Q: What's a good quality link?
A: Good quality link is a context link in high authority site. For reference one of the best links you could ever get is a link on BBC's website inside an article. The more it looks like it was created by site owner and not site user, the better.
Q: What's a low quality link?
A: Low quality link is a link from website that has no prior history with search engines. This doesn't necessary mean low quality link in the long run but search engines have troubles at trusting a page they haven't seen before.
Q: Should I vary my anchor/link text?
A: Absolutely. It looks very suspicious if all links pointing to your site use the same link text. When brainstorming link texts, you should always think how people would link to your site. What link text you would use to link to your site if it wasn't your site?
Q: How important is the context of the site from where the link is to the money site? I'm sure Google attaches more importance to a link from a site which is of the same context, but how much more?
Q: Does Google value multiple links from the same site?
I have been following WarriorForum for few years now. One thing that constantly keeps popping up new threads is backlinks, what they are, what backlinks are good, what are bad, what should I do and what shouldn't I do. It's always the same questions that have been answered hundred times already. The problem is that people might not know exactly what to search for so they make a new thread.
So what better way to tackle the problem than starting one definitive thread where people can ask questions about particular topic (backlinks in this thread) and experts can answer once. If there's different opinions (it's SEO after all), then it's all contained in the same thread so it's easier to digest.
My job as thread starter is to monitor this and make a list of questions in this post so people can quickly reference if their question has been asked.
Now please post any questions you have about backlinks in orderly fashion and people can start answering them.
Here's few questions & answers that I get asked frequently:
Q: How many links can I do per day?
A: It depends how old your site is. With brand new site, it's more about the quality of the links than quantity. I would suggest you keep it under 30 high quality links per day. When your site gets older (+6 months) you can ramp it up gradually and start using more low quality links.
Q: What's a good quality link?
A: Good quality link is a context link in high authority site. For reference one of the best links you could ever get is a link on BBC's website inside an article. The more it looks like it was created by site owner and not site user, the better.
Q: What's a low quality link?
A: Low quality link is a link from website that has no prior history with search engines. This doesn't necessary mean low quality link in the long run but search engines have troubles at trusting a page they haven't seen before.
Q: Should I vary my anchor/link text?
A: Absolutely. It looks very suspicious if all links pointing to your site use the same link text. When brainstorming link texts, you should always think how people would link to your site. What link text you would use to link to your site if it wasn't your site?
Q: How important is the context of the site from where the link is to the money site? I'm sure Google attaches more importance to a link from a site which is of the same context, but how much more?
Q: Does Google value multiple links from the same site?
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