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Keyword Help.. am I doing this right?

by MoneySavingLisa
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Hi guys! I'm a newbie in need of help. I have some keywords I want to try and rank in, but I think I'm doing something wrong, or in the least, need a program.

For example, one of the keywords for my blog I'd like to use is Printable Coupons. When I go to Blekko.com to check out the competition in terms of seeing how many links a website is getting (example the 4th one down) it shows they have 17,213 incoming links. But when I go to the 5th link down, it shows 153,058 links coming in. I'm under the assumption was that I'd just have to beat the number of links that link #4 is getting.. but why is link 5 higher with inbound links?

I'm obviously doing something wrong, or doing it right and need something different to analyze the keywords. Can anyone steer me in the right direction on this?
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  • Profile picture of the author Kauzmo
    Links are not the only way to improve your results in the search engines. Fresh, relevant content now plays a major role.
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    • Profile picture of the author ralchevd
      Originally Posted by Kauzmo View Post

      Links are not the only way to improve your results in the search engines. Fresh, relevant content now plays a major role.
      That is absolutely true. Just the amount of links have never been more important than the quality of the links.

      All the panda factors are now the most important part in SEO.
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      • Profile picture of the author Linerider
        Hey Lisa,

        You are on the right tracks, but Google takes into account more variables than just the number of links. All links are not equal. Are you familiar with Page Rank? One backlink from a website with a Page Rank of 8 is worth more than thousands of backlinks from a site with a Page Rank of 1.

        In addition to this, Google considers things like: relevancy of website content, the anchor text of links, how often the material on the site is updated, site speed and much more.

        Link building is just one part of improving your ranking in Google.
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  • Profile picture of the author strategic seo services
    Originally Posted by MoneySavingLisa View Post

    Hi guys! I'm a newbie in need of help. I have some keywords I want to try and rank in, but I think I'm doing something wrong, or in the least, need a program.

    For example, one of the keywords for my blog I'd like to use is Printable Coupons. When I go to Blekko.com to check out the competition in terms of seeing how many links a website is getting (example the 4th one down) it shows they have 17,213 incoming links. But when I go to the 5th link down, it shows 153,058 links coming in. I'm under the assumption was that I'd just have to beat the number of links that link #4 is getting.. but why is link 5 higher with inbound links?

    I'm obviously doing something wrong, or doing it right and need something different to analyze the keywords. Can anyone steer me in the right direction on this?
    The quality, not the quantity, of links is important. The fourth site down probably has backlinks on pages with a higher page rank than the fifth site. Also, the on page optimization of the fourth site is probably better for the targeted keyword.
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  • Profile picture of the author MoneySavingLisa
    Thanks guys! This makes sense to me now.
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