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Are Backlinks still valuable for SEO?

by JoshuaReen
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After the release of Google Panda Update, are the backlinks still valuable for SEO? I will appreciate your interest for providing me some good answers.
#backlinks #seo #valuable
  • Profile picture of the author scottmacair
    Yes they are still valuable and probably will be for some time.

    Perhaps the question you should ask is: are unnatural backlinks valuable for SEO? 99% of the links I see being sold on Warrior are completely unnatural!
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    • Profile picture of the author trilogy9013
      Of course backlinks are still valuable. It just depends on the types of backlinks you get. Try to be as natural as possible and backlinking will become easier and you will see better results.

      Getting 10,000 links from a blog network is not natural and this is why so many people are freaking out after some of the recent panda deindexing. Remember to diversity the types of backlinks you are getting and make sure that you are getting "credible" backlinks with varied anchor text (no more than ~10-20% exact match keyword) and you will see good results assuming that you understand keyword research and did a good job there.
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    • Profile picture of the author keivn2
      Originally Posted by scottmacair View Post

      Yes they are still valuable and probably will be for some time.

      Perhaps the question you should ask is: are unnatural backlinks valuable for SEO? 99% of the links I see being sold on Warrior are completely unnatural!
      +1

      Unnatural links are just risky and vulnerable to penalty.
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  • Profile picture of the author ThereIsAlwaysHOPE
    Yes backlinks are still valuable... and so are other factors like contents and quality of backlinks.. etc
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    • Profile picture of the author eswariseo
      I agree with you. Backlinks are helpful in SEO. We can post links from competitors backlinks. This will helpful to increase our keywords position.
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    • Profile picture of the author jwmann2
      Of course they're valuable. Each backlink is a vote to your website. Look at the backlinks of the most profitable websites. They literally have millions of them. But they got them naturally.
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  • Profile picture of the author samual james
    yes they were and they will.
    Backlink is backbone of seo , but it depends on what kind of backlink you are getting.
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  • Profile picture of the author GeolinStella
    Of course it is valuable.
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    • Profile picture of the author jsmichael6
      Yes Backlinks are valuable, but not paid backlinks or links from bad neighbourhood.
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  • Profile picture of the author mikeslough11
    Obviously Back links are valuable..........

    But if we generate through software than we reduce our website back links.

    Thanks
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  • Profile picture of the author socialbookmark
    If search engines don't car backlinks, the search ensigns will dead because they can't rank results in a good way and they will lost their users day by day because the results are not trusted. Of course backlinks are still important.
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  • Profile picture of the author Mantasmo
    Always have been and always will be.
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  • Profile picture of the author nicktyler
    Some backlinks are valuable some are not. then some have a negative value according to the WMT e-mails that people are getting.
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  • Profile picture of the author orebian
    Variety of quality links + good content = Good rankings!
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  • Profile picture of the author waitingforyou
    who can offer me some effective article stations to build backlinks?
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  • Profile picture of the author heenakapoor
    Yes, backlinks are valuable for SEO after come Google panda. Google panda consider mainly consider content related to your website in every activity and backlinks increase the link juice of your website which is important for increase the ranking and Page rank of your website.
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  • Profile picture of the author OliviaSSLGuru
    Yes, still back links are much more valuable in search engine optimization.
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  • Profile picture of the author irfanmeo
    back links are valuable which are built naturally for quality content
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  • Profile picture of the author AnmolJ
    Yes They Are Still Valuable!
    But I Think You Should Also Do On Page SEO !
    It Also Boost Up Your Rankings !
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  • Profile picture of the author Jokinha
    Of course they are. The more quality backlinks you have, more rated will be your site in SE, and it will be easer to get into the search's first page
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  • Profile picture of the author mahacool
    They are very valuable combined with quality content. Content ensures the visitors stay on your site for longer.
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  • Profile picture of the author GregT7
    Just a question: has anyone had any problems with just getting a lot of really good backlinks from a small number of sites? Does Google penalize people for this?
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  • Profile picture of the author leorocking25
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    • Profile picture of the author Openxcell Inc
      Yes,backlinks are so important.They are useful for increasing the page rank of the website.They are hepful for gaining the traffics and visitors for your website.
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  • Profile picture of the author jimmyn
    Yeah, but for how long?
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    and there are so many way to build the link
    we know how to attract the google
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    • Profile picture of the author WebPen
      Originally Posted by jimmyn View Post

      Yeah, but for how long?
      Obviously nobody knows how long- but there's no reason to believe that it will ever go away.

      Remember the real reason why backlinks help a website rank. They're basically votes to say "hey this website is great for X topic- check it out". X topic is, of course, the anchor text.

      How will Google keep up with what sites are popular, and which ones aren't? 3 things-

      1) How many people visit the site

      2) The site's bounce rate (how long people stay on it)

      3) How many other websites are saying "hey, this is cool" via backlinks

      The difference is that Google is getting better at identifying the "omg thiz site is awsum becuz its mine and has an emd LOL" vs. "I'm an established website and I gotta tell you- this other site is some QUALITY, powerful stuff."
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  • Profile picture of the author StevenJones
    Diversify your link-building campaign. Create a backlink profile that is like a melting-pot of various links. Don't over do SEO and spam your sites, be patient when taking this route and you will be just fine.

    Backlinks worked, and they will keep on working. Though, what Google values best will fluctuate as well.
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  • Profile picture of the author adamv
    Of course backlinks are still valuable and the fact the the big "G" went after networks like BMR and ALN and deindexed the blogs in those networks is proof that they work.

    A lot of people have lost rankings lately but for most people it's not because of a penalty handed out after an algorithm update but rather because they had too many links coming from a network that had most of the blogs in the network deindexed. Think about it, if half of your links came from BMR and then BMR gets shut down, you're going to lose half of your links. If you lose half of your links your rankings will drop.

    Backlinks work, plain and simple. Thats why they are waging war on blog networks. Even blog network links can still be valuable but backlinks as a whole are as valuable as ever. Just don't rely too heavily on one network or one type of link. Mix things up and keep getting links.
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  • Profile picture of the author IMSince2003
    You should approach SEO a bit differently. Think about this: who are the experts in your niche? Where do they hang out? What does your ideal customer look like? Where do they hang out? The answers to those questions are the same places you should be posting useful content and ideas.
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