Hi, Are inlinks important for search engine optimization? While using Yahoo! Site Explorer, there is a list of in-links of my website. Are in-links useful in improving search engine ranking? Some inlinks are for instance the blog post url.
Followed inbound links are THE single most important thing to help your URLs rank (assuming they have the keywords you want to rank for as the link text or in the link text).
Inbound links, as Canonical said, are the single biggest factor in ranking. Have a look at the Link Sales section here. Why does it flourish? Because inbound links play a big role in ranking. As for your blog post URL coming up there too, your post page probably contains a link to the home page of your site ( or the site you are checking links for)
You could have an absolute perfectly coded website with all other factors in place. However, if you don't have links pointing to your website you'd be lucky if you could rank on your name.
yes, definitely. Any followed link that your blog receives gonna help you in coming up in serp pages. you can get the anchor text optimized to rank well on certain terms.
I bet none of us will be able to rank well without inbound links. So, is it important? absolutely yes.