Value of backlinks?

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   wyanjenposted 13 years ago

   My question is not whether backlinks are valuable. I can't think of a better way to phrase it.
   
   Hubs that I have worked hard to link back to are performing better as time goes on. I'm not sure I am understanding why, though. The links themselves generate almost no traffic.
   
   I'm wondering: Is it the traffic, or the link itself that matters? I've been frustrated about how little traffic my links bring in so I haven't been working as hard at it lately.
   
   Is the value of a backlink the amount of traffic it generates, or simply the fact that there is a link pointing to your page?
   
   

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   Mishaposted 13 years ago

   Links themselves. Think of them as votes for your page.

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      ssaulposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      Since i start backlinking, some of my hubs that i have written two weeks ago already have PR 1, that is so amazing, i can't believe it. I am gonna keep backlinking more of my hubs..

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   wyanjenposted 13 years ago

   Thanks pal
   
   
   I've been noticing that some of my older hubs are showing ***** for incoming links. I didn't put that many links to them... so I started wondering!
   
   I guess I'll get back to work then. It didn't seem to me like what I was doing was helping out a whole lot –- at first, anyway.

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      Mishaposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      Backlinks take their time to work, that's for sure, and this is what usually deceives people. I don't think you need to really follow some kind of a formalized strategy, though diversity certainly is the name of the game, including nofollow. Again, voting analogy works fine here - you want all groups of voters to vote for you.
      
      As for your ***** I would guess some people naturally backlinked to your hubs, cause you are publishing quality content.

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         thisisoliposted 13 years agoin reply to this

         Apparently Google loves you if you link to my sites from all of yours
         
         Is that diverse enough for you Misha?

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            Mishaposted 13 years agoin reply to this

            He-he, show me your bank account statement, and we can talk. We are talking a few hundred sites here

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   thisisoliposted 13 years ago

   You dont need to do much backlinking to get 5* on here.  The value in backlinks is down to whether or not they are do follow or not, and the value of the source of the link.
   
   If you ever have $100 a month to spare I would suggest investing in the SEOMoz tool. It actually gives you a lot of info on backlinks and help builds a backlinking strategy (it is not an austo submitter/content spinner, it is just a fantastic way of tracking down relevant places to backlink).

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   wyanjenposted 13 years ago

   That sounds awesome oli!
   But I don't have $$ to spare.
   
   
   Yet (hee hee)

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   wychicposted 13 years ago

   Speaking of getting good backlinks for your site...I've found that a combination of SEO Quake and NoDoFollow (Firefox plugins) can make it really easy to find good places to link. I search for sites that allow comments, try to find PR 3 or higher, and find something interesting and relevant to leave a comment and link on. Most of them are nofollow (though I have had a few people pick up my articles and include them in their own content with dofollow links), but the PRs are still rising, so I deem them worth it . An added plus is that I often get inspired by the content of the sites that I comment/link on, so I have new ideas to run with.

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      wyanjenposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      I've never heard of the NoDoFollow plugin.
      Thanks for the tip!

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