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Newbie here, I need someone to explain me backlinking etc

by falcon_warrior
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Im new here, hi

What is this 'backlinking' ive seen people talking about? Also, can someone explain me why people are selling these high PR(what are they?) links? Thanks.
#backlinking #explain #newbie
  • Profile picture of the author J smith
    backlink is a link that points at your web site. Search engine treat links as votes (amongst other things) to determine how well to place your site in search results. Since search engine traffic is free and targeted there is no reason not to try to get it if you can.

    PR is page rank, high pr sites have more pull with their links, so people might be willing to buy them if the results are worthwhile.
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    • Profile picture of the author falcon_warrior
      I see. So if a high PR site has a link to my site, then my site generally might get more traffic?
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      • Profile picture of the author Alaister
        google views websites with higher page ranks as higher in authority.

        If you have links from lots of websites with high PR it just means Google may be more favourable to you in their rankings.
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      • Profile picture of the author BigHef
        Originally Posted by falcon_warrior View Post

        I see. So if a high PR site has a link to my site, then my site generally might get more traffic?
        Generally, if a high PR site links to yours, you will see improved rankings in the search engines as a result - especially for the anchor text they use for the link to you.

        Grab some backlinks with a keyword you want to rank highly for and your rankings for that keyword should rise
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      • Profile picture of the author Hafsoh
        Originally Posted by falcon_warrior View Post

        I see. So if a high PR site has a link to my site, then my site generally might get more traffic?
        The answer is no!
        PR is just an indication of how well your site is received on the internet ie number of backlink. Traffic to your site will depend on a number of factors... Getting high PR is good, but getting high traffic is better
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  • Profile picture of the author Igor Kheifets
    Backlinks are more about your
    authority and trust with google then traffic.
    But when you have a high trust with Google,
    naturaly you will get more traffic.

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  • Profile picture of the author falcon_warrior
    Thanks for clearing this misconception, thanks. So basically backlinking is where people link to my site, and then the rankings of my site increases, am I right?
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  • Profile picture of the author einfohound
    That is correct, in general.

    One word of advice for "paid" links. Google is starting to crack down (devalue) links that are from "link-farms" and paid linking sites. Sure, they have to figure out if the site that is linking to yours is one of these, but when they do, the value of that link will go away.

    Also a point to remember is that the the "value" of that link passed back to your site is divided by the total number of links on the linked from page. That is, it is of more value to you to have the only link on a page of a PR3 site than it is for you to have a link on a page of a PR8 site when that page has 20 other links on it. In the first case, you get the total value of the PR3. In the second case, you get PR8 divided by 20.

    It is generally of more value to you in the long run to develop your own backlinks via traditional methods (article marketing, blog/forum posting, etc.) than it is to pay for backlinks.
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    • Profile picture of the author falcon_warrior
      Originally Posted by einfohound View Post

      That is correct, in general.

      One word of advice for "paid" links. Google is starting to crack down (devalue) links that are from "link-farms" and paid linking sites. Sure, they have to figure out if the site that is linking to yours is one of these, but when they do, the value of that link will go away.

      Also a point to remember is that the the "value" of that link passed back to your site is divided by the total number of links on the linked from page. That is, it is of more value to you to have the only link on a page of a PR3 site than it is for you to have a link on a page of a PR8 site when that page has 20 other links on it. In the first case, you get the total value of the PR3. In the second case, you get PR8 divided by 20.

      It is generally of more value to you in the long run to develop your own backlinks via traditional methods (article marketing, blog/forum posting, etc.) than it is to pay for backlinks.
      That was very useful, thank you
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