the quest for good backlinks

Discussion in 'Link Development' started by mdj101, May 7, 2009.

  1. #1
    Hi All.

    I'm on a quest for good backlinks from sites associated with the same industry but I have a question.

    My site and services are based in the UK, although many of the websites are based on the US. Now although I probably won't generate any business with these sites I'm still keen to get links for SEO reasons.

    My question is, will google penalise me or give me any credit for backlinks from associated sites in other countries?
     
    mdj101, May 7, 2009 IP
  2. altesino

    altesino Peon

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    You should be fine. I've never heard of an issue will local vs. international sites. Its more important for backlinks to be from the same niche.
     
    altesino, May 7, 2009 IP
  3. sultanofseo

    sultanofseo Notable Member

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    if they are relevant sites, then no matter which geo the sites fall under, you will still be benefited in terms of SEO. you would benefit more if the backlinks are form same geo btw
     
    sultanofseo, May 7, 2009 IP
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    jitendraag Notable Member

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    Sure, links from same niche sites are good irrespective of the tld / hosting etc. But local sites would give you better link juice.
     
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  5. Ryan Jin

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  6. supersi

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    The country won't matter to Google (from a search engine spider point of view). You should still get value from acquiring links from sites in the US (or anywhere else for that matter).
     
    supersi, May 11, 2009 IP
  7. monfis

    monfis Well-Known Member

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    The geo location is not important, relevancy (theme related) matters.

    Anyway with this method you'll probably get a lot of good one way back links from the UK too.

    http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showthread.php?t=1305452
     
    monfis, May 30, 2009 IP