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How to Get Quality Backlinks for SEO Success
For SEO purposes, the best backlinks come from well-established websites that are somehow relevant to your own website. With that being said, inbound links in general will increase your link popularity.
For example, if your website is marketing-related, a link from MarketingProfs.com would be great.
Direct Traffic vs. Search Engine Benefit
I'll go a step further and say that the best backlinks are those that give you direct traffic in addition to search engine boost.
For example, I have some quality inbound links from the Broker Agent News website as a result of sending them articles and having them published. I did not send these articles for link purposes-I sent them to educate my audience and enjoy some direct website traffic. The link from their website to mine is a bonus.
This is an excellent link for me because (A) it comes from an older, well-established website, (B) it comes from a website related to my own, and (C) it provides direct traffic as well as search engine benefit. This is the essence of "quid pro quo" online ... I bring value to Broker Agent News by providing quality articles, and they bring value to me by way of exposure and visibility.
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Backlinks (links from other websites to yours All the SEO tactics you've learned on this website can also be applied to a blog. To get the most SEO benefit, publish the blog under your current web domain (www.yoursite.com/blog) as opposed to the blog company's domain (www.blogspot.com).
Related question: How do search engines rank websites?
