Does Every Backlink Count?

Discussion in 'Search Engine Optimization' started by EGS, Oct 16, 2006.

  1. #1
    Hmm, been wondering this one for a while now: Does every backlink really count? :confused:

    I've been wondering for a while now if every backlink really counted, and helped your site, even if it is on a web page or site with irrelavent content. Answers, advice, and suggestions appreciated.

    Thanks. :)
     
    EGS, Oct 16, 2006 IP
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  2. Glen

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    #2
    If its noticed..then it counts

    Thats my opinion anyway
     
    Glen, Oct 16, 2006 IP
  3. master06

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    #3
    i think yes but you give some time to google bots.
     
    master06, Oct 16, 2006 IP
  4. DFischer

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    #4
    If it's not relevant, then it's counted, but negatively.
     
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  5. ewc21

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    #5
    It depends. Whether you're refering to links getting noticed by search engines or generating traffic to your site.

    If you're talking about including those with "nofollow" attribute values then it does not get valued by search engines, yet if it's still a valid link (not dead link) then it should still generate some value to your site.
     
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  6. Cryogenius

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    #6
    Irrelevant links will never count against you, otherwise it would be too easy to hurt your competition. Relevant links are, of course, better.

    Cryo.
     
    Cryogenius, Oct 16, 2006 IP
  7. hhheng

    hhheng Banned

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    #7
    No every backlink will help your link popularity, only those pages similar to your websites or important pages link to you are counted.

    But I heard no stories that linking to non related pages will harm your ranking. So try to link to anywhere except those adult, illegal sites etc (if your site is not similar to them). Though no help in ranking, maybe will attract visitors.
     
    hhheng, Oct 16, 2006 IP
  8. cocaine

    cocaine Well-Known Member

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    #8
    What about blog links.
    I noticed that blogsomes blogroll links do not get counted.
     
    cocaine, Oct 16, 2006 IP
  9. HAWK

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    #9
    Rubbish.

    Do you mean outgoing links? If so, they prob use rel=nofollow.

    To answer the question, yes - all links count, but at the end of the day it's about the quality, not quantity of backlinks.

    I guess the two considerations with low PR backlinks is will they direct traffic your way, and will they increase in PR in the future...?
     
    HAWK, Oct 16, 2006 IP
  10. etechsupport

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    #10
    IMO, the backlinks from important pages with relevancy generated overtime is going to count.
     
    etechsupport, Oct 17, 2006 IP
  11. arnold

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    #11
    yes, thewebhostingdir is right
     
    arnold, Oct 17, 2006 IP
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    #12
    Yes, but it depends on the time Google noticed the link
     
    parusa619, Oct 17, 2006 IP
  13. HAWK

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    #13
    Not necessarily. It is purely to do with the PR of the page that the link is on, and as a general rule, homepages have the highest PR. That is not always the case though...
     
    HAWK, Oct 17, 2006 IP
  14. ahkip

    ahkip Prominent Member

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    #14
    for unrelated link
    does it count as number of link? yes
    does it count for SEPR? no or really low power
    does a lot of unrelated hurt? yes it does. How? Because of those junk link, the power of related link will be discounted by SE..so at the end it will hurt you
     
    ahkip, Oct 17, 2006 IP
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    wisam74us Well-Known Member

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    #15
    Any link from good websites will help, but to rank well for a term may be few links from related high quality websites will be enough while you may need handreds of low qulaity irrelated websites to rank well for the same term
     
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  16. HAWK

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    #16
    No, that is not true. You CAN NOT be hurt by incoming links. If that was the case, people could sabotage other sites.
     
    HAWK, Oct 17, 2006 IP
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    #17
    You can always try and see if it hurts or not ... :)
     
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    #18
    I think that all links 'count', though some a vastly better than others. A link from a new unrelated domain would give a negligible benefit, while one from an on-topic trusted authority site would count for a lot more.

    Again, that's excluding redirect and nofollow links that have no benefit at all apart from the traffic they bring.

    It's also not technically correct to say that a link will never hurt you. Google's phrasing is that links will not usually hurt you. Although it would have to be a pretty extreme case as we've seen with some sites getting 'Google Bowled'
     
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  19. trojan

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    #19
    >But I heard no stories that linking to non related pages will harm your
    > ranking. So try to link to anywhere except those adult, illegal sites etc (if
    >your site is not similar to them). Though no help in ranking, maybe will
    >attract visitors.

    Linking to non relevant pages will actually harm your PR
    thats y reciprocal linking is not as effective as backlinks

    backlinks = one way links from other sites

    backlinks for non relevant or banned sites will not harm your PR
    since u've no control over this

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    trojan, Oct 18, 2006 IP
  20. HAWK

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    #20
    Correct...
     
    HAWK, Oct 18, 2006 IP