Are relevant backlinks essential?

kkkrisss · 16-02-2009, 09:08:37 AM

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Originally Posted by jj1

If you can get a pr4 backlink from a non relevant site - great. I certainly would not turn that down. But - obviously - it's better to have a link from a relevant site.

One of our inner pages - the "about our company" page - got a pr 1 from backlinks from non-relevant sites (each website that I've done links to this page and also to our home page) and also a few forum signatures.

That is correct but I think the question here is which one is better?
I personally think that a PR4 from a non-relevant website is better than PR1 from a relevant website.

Arleigh · 16-02-2009, 10:58:30 AM

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Originally Posted by kkkrisss

That is correct but I think the question here is which one is better?
I personally think that a PR4 from a non-relevant website is better than PR1 from a relevant website.

IMO, I still prefer a PR1 from relevant website compared to PR4 from non-relevant site. Like what I have said before, search engines give more value on the relevancy of the site.

Business SEO · 21-02-2009, 12:37:02 AM

We prefer to create linkbait that produces thousands of backlinks over time. We know many of these links will have very little value for the SERP's. However, when you only focus on search rankings your link building is missing the reasons why links exist.

A link gathered through linkbait means that someone found our site and liked it enough to take the time to place a link on their website. That link generally is on a blog that says something about our site and that the link is pointed to. That my friends is free advertising.

We started an ethical link building program on 01/01. It has already produce thousands of links and website traffic is up over 300% since 12/2008. It also has helped improve and maintain our rankings.

One last thing there is nothing ethical or smart about leaving 'nice post' comments!

newbie · 26-02-2009, 09:50:58 AM

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Originally Posted by khalid

Many say that backlinks must be relevant to be useful in SEO, do you agree?

My arguement is, if I got a PR4 backlink from a site that wasn't in my niche, it is still a PR4 backlink! Plus a lot of people use article directories to rank and although the article content is relevant, the directory isn't necessarily.

What do you think?

Backlinks do not need to be relevant. However, relevant backlinks carry more weight with regards to your site ranking.

It would be "unnatural" to have only relevant backlinks.

No incoming links can harm your ranking - at worst, they simply carry no weight.

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Business SEO Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 17 No Classified Ratings Domain Trader Rating: (0% / 0)	We prefer to create linkbait that produces thousands of backlinks over time. We know many of these links will have very little value for the SERP's. However, when you only focus on search rankings your link building is missing the reasons why links exist. A link gathered through linkbait means that someone found our site and liked it enough to take the time to place a link on their website. That link generally is on a blog that says something about our site and that the link is pointed to. That my friends is free advertising. We started an ethical link building program on 01/01. It has already produce thousands of links and website traffic is up over 300% since 12/2008. It also has helped improve and maintain our rankings. One last thing there is nothing ethical or smart about leaving 'nice post' comments!