Types of Backlinks

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SEO newbie here. I've been looking around the forum and I can't find an answer to my question. Searched, looked at stickies, and googled but no cigar. Hopefully this thread will get the SEO sticky filled for its 'type of backlinks' section. Right now it's simply marked with TBD.

My question is in regards to different types of backlinks. What are they and what are the benefits/downsides to each?

This isn't a nofollow/dofollow discussion. There are plenty of posts on nofollow already and a lot of quality information. My question is geared more towards the categories of backlinks such as:

Social Bookmarks

Blogs

Web 2.0s

Contextual

Social Media

Forum Profiles

Videos

Beyond what each is good for and what the downsides of each is, I'd like to know exactly WHAT each is. Forum profiles and videos are self-explanatory, but the rest are terms that I've seen thrown around without having a solid grasp as to what they are.
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  • Social Bookmarks (think of digg,reddit,delicious)

    Blogs (could mean network, guest posting on blogs, blog roll links)

    Web 2.0s (usually a free wordpress, blogger, etc that you build up and link to your main site)

    Contextual (Inside of a post i.e. Today I went to the store and bought LINK HERE. It was so tasty nom nom nom)

    Social Media (facebook likes, twitter retweets, google+) check addthis. It could also be your main twitter page, facebook, youtube (where the links are)

    hope this helped some what
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    • I overall agree with ya goosefrabah the only two differences I would make in the terminology is first that Web 2.0 is all the areas mentioned in the post:

      Social Bookmarks
      Blogs
      Contextual
      Social Media
      Forum Profiles
      Videos

      And second I would include what was put into the Blogs area and then include the following:

      Blogs (usually a free wordpress blog, blogger blog, squidoo lens plus could also mean network, guest posting on blogs, blog roll links)

      That is my understanding
      Hope that helps
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  • Dofollow or nofollow doesn't matter at all in the Post Panda Era. How good is a dofollow site if it is not bringing traffic in?
  • Thanks Goosefrabah. Your response was the most helpful
    Hopefully the SEO sticky will get updated with this information soon. It seems like something super basic, but as a newbie it is hard to find a source of info that explains it clearly and all in one place.
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    Any place where you can put your site's identity is a link. i don't classify them these ways. for me every kind of links are important. from profile links to Social bookmarking.
  • Blog and Forum profiles is easy to do and it surely drive traffics to your site.
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    • If you want to backlink for your site i think you should emphasize on solid seo with rich & unique content otherwise you have chance to hit by google's penguin updates!
  • Well dude, Press release is really very important part in seo, it’s get to much traffic & inquires and if you want to get backlink so, you can do quality press release submission in high page rank sites.
  • I never really believed it until I tried it but Twitter is an amazing source of SEO value. I ordered a package from Retweet Me | Harness the SEO value of Twitter and saw SERP boosts across multiple KWs.
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      I actually didnt believe this could be possible. But After reading your review I tried it out and was given terrific service. Time to wait and see what happens.
  • IMO, all are good with different weight value. Why? Links are made to help boost a site's rankings unless they are from spammed resources. So the benefits that you can get from those links usually are good ranking and traffic (if done well).
  • social bookmarks: link from websites offering free bookmarking service to users. ex: digg, reddit, stumbleupon, etc.

    web 2.0s: can't explain exactly what they are but the best example of most popular web 2.0s properties is squidoo, hubpages, wordpress, blogger, livejournal, weebly, tumblr.

    contextual: link within a website content. could be from another blog, or article directories, or wiki

    blogs: link you get from other blogs, could be in blogroll or the contextual link i explained above

    social media: think of facebook, twitter, google plus, identica, etc.

    all of them are good so long as you don't build them too aggressively.

    hope it helps
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  • Guest posting, quality blog comments, forums and video marketing are very effective to drive huge traffic and earn rankings.
  • Someone elaborate me Contextual linking...How i utilizing this in effective ways
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    • If you have your hyperlink sandwiched inside context , its called contextual links. WEB 2.0 , wiki links etc are sources for contextual links. These days, search engine give more importance to these kind of links. If you can get relevant contextual links , its much better.
  • I have a qestion is Vedio website like TouTube give dofollow back-link or look for engines,because i didn't seem in my web page back-link look for.
  • Guest post on high authority Blogs and Websites in your niche. Check the Blogs and Websites are highly ranked with Alexa.com - getting loads of activity which Google loves.

    When your Guest Post is published on those sites then make them even more authorative by submitting the them to bookmark sites.
  • Does any one knows how to build links for non English websites ?
  • These are diffrent types of backlinks used for SEO.
    Directories
    Guest Blogging
    Blog Comments
    Forum Comments
    Social Bookmarking
    Web 2.0/Social Profiles
    Press Release
    Link Swap
    Link Exchange
    Link Bait
  • I do pretty well with a daily mix of social media and Tumblr links.

    Granted, I only rank for long tail, but that alone generates several thousand daily visitors.
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    Types of Backlinks

    SEO newbie here. I've been looking around the forum and I can't find an answer to my question. Searched, looked at stickies, and googled but no cigar. Hopefully this thread will get the SEO sticky filled for its 'type of backlinks' section. Right now it's simply marked with TBD. My question is in regards to different types of backlinks. What are they and what are the benefits/downsides to each?