Linking to other sites improve SEO?

by FredTran

Posted: 13 years ago 20 replies

Does linking to other websites add to your site's SEO? Ive seen my competitors have huge lists of different blogs on their blog roll and most with no link back. I know inlinks increase SEO but is there any effect if I link to others?

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36burrows

13 years ago

Linking out to trusted authority sites which add further value to your visitors can help your site rank higher. It's not a mandatory thing however, you can still rank high without doing this.

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addison.agnote

13 years ago

Originally Posted by 36burrows

Linking out to trusted authority sites which add further value to your visitors can help your site rank higher. It's not a mandatory thing however, you can still rank high without doing this.

That's right. By linking to authority sites can help you increase your exposure on the web.

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mmickeals 13 years ago

Hello Fred,

This is a way to build the trust and authority of your site. Generally you would only use high trust authority websites for this. Examples would be google.com, yahoo.com, wikipedia.com, etc.

I have found that this can have a significant effect on rankings.
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FredTran 13 years ago

So linking OUT without no back in to trustworthy sites increases my ranking?

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Kiril S 13 years ago

Link out to an authority website with your keyword in anchor text. Don't forget to add rel="nofollow" to it.
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- guzpra 13 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by Kiril S
  
  Link out to an authority website with your keyword in anchor text. Don't forget to add rel="nofollow" to it.
  
  I think put dofollow in it is fine too,
  but the more important is the anchor text for external links contains your main keyword
  
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- satrap 13 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by Kiril S
  
  Link out to an authority website with your keyword in anchor text. Don't forget to add rel="nofollow" to it.
  
  Its interesting. I never heard this one. Why and how would an external link using your keywords as anchor text help with your ranking?...
  
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  guzpra 13 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by satrap
  
  Its interesting. I never heard this one. Why and how would an external link using your keywords as anchor text help with your ranking?...
  
  I guess google still consider the anchor text,
  but about affect in SERP.. I'm not sure either
  
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Targeted Traffic 13 years ago

Important guidelines that I’d recommend in outbound links from an SEO perspective are:

a. make sure it's not too many links (too many outbound links can be frowned upon by SE’s)

b. keep them relevant

c. use appropriate keywords as anchor text (the words you use as the link can help both you and the site you’re linking to with SEs)

d. only make link to high ranking sites (some SEOs argue that if you link to highly ranking sites for the keywords that you’re after that it will have more impact).

SEO benefits of outbound links are something I believe in but they are also something not to be worked up about too much.
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o2webtech 13 years ago

Yes but site needs to of your niche type and should have good PR to earn benefits.
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sharrydan 13 years ago

I use Wordpress Seo plugin by Yoast. When I run Page Analysis, it always suggests adding a few outgoing links. So I try not to forget that.

Google seeks to give higher priority to informative pages rather than sales pushing. And the logic seems to be quite self-evident: greedy pages have problems adding links that lead away from their site, generous pages have not - and win.
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JawadAshraf 13 years ago

If your out bound link is pointing to an authority site then it will build a trust relationship between your site and search engines but not SEO ranking. Although if your site get a trust relationship with search engines like having quality contents and authority links then your site's ranking will improve.
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saifbutt 13 years ago

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- lalitbansal004 13 years ago
  
  yes It is Good If You Use:-
  
  "only relevant and informative out bond links."
  
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- guzpra 13 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by saifbutt
  
  Make them no follow, it will increase your value
  
  Yes if you use Pagerank Sculpting technique
  
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rochan 13 years ago

Linking out to trusted authority sites which add further value to your visitors can help your site rank higher. It's not a mandatory thing however, you can still rank high without doing this.Make them no follow, it will increase your value
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webdesigndevelopment 13 years ago

Link to any authorize website is always good for SEO purpose. But make sure that you should get thoe link from your related niche sites. This will add value to the link and it will help you in getting site ranking.
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junne Banned 13 years ago

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- paulgl 13 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by junne
  
  you will definitely get results by linking to other domains but links from relevant pages get priorities.
  
  How can you people possibly friggin' say that crap?
  
  Complete nonsense.
  
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eurekapsycrille 13 years ago

Be aware of linking to other sites. According to Google Webmaster Guidelines, linking to bad "neighborhoods" will have bad effects to your site.
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Homer Lasa Hood

13 years ago

Originally Posted by FredTran

True - but if and only if you link to related, relevant, and high (authority) PR sites. Both inbound and outbound links are seen by Google as important factor in ranking you on SERPs. Sometimes you also have to link out from other site, rather than just hoarding your inbound links.

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owenlee 13 years ago

yup it does help in your ranking...the key to such linking is "relevant"
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