This a guest Blog post, by Garen Arnold, who blogs about everything SEO every Friday.
Backlinks you need them in order to rank high in the search engines. They seem to be a big concern for a lot of affiliate marketers. Or shall I say seem to be a huge deal! I talk to a lot of experienced to novice affiliate marketers, and one of the keys that always tips me off about an newbie affiliate marketer is they seem to think the more backlinks, the better your site will rank in the SERPS.
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