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  • #629659

    Hi all

    I was wondering, how many backlinks in a month actually make a difference in respect to your SEO efforts. Of course, there’s no one answer to this, but just trying to get an idea, so:

    How many links do you usually (intend) to build on a monthly basis? Nowadays that ‘low quality’ links don’t really cut it anymore, how many ‘good’ links do actually make a difference, broadly speaking? Also, I guess, the old saying “A few high quality links make all the difference” doesn’t quite apply anymore either. For instance, I am not the type that builds or manages to build a multitude of links in a month. Of course, you can leave your signature in posts and so forth, but I am talking the PR3s and 4s or authority sites in general. If for example you managed to get two one way PR4 links in any given month, should you see a difference in regards to your sites’ performance or is that just not enough?

    Thanks for your help and input everyone!!

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    #832927

    Hey everybody

    Just wanting to give this thread a kickstart, hence no one left a response here. Asked the same question a few weeks ago over at GPWA and it turned into quite a good discussion with the odd piece of great advice, (so I think anyway):

    http://www.gpwa.org/forum/how-many-quality-links-do-make-difference-sites-search-engine-optimization-210975.html

    Cheers

    #832935
    cuddlypaws
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    If this question were easy to answer, everybody would do so.
    I think the answer depends on your own website. (google trust, domain age etc) For me, the key is that your backlink profile looks naturally to google. Nothing else.

    Especially for new(er) websites you should start with low quality and just a added backlinks. No new website gets ten PR5 backlinks from authority sites within first year. No natural backlink profile => no serp changes on the long term.

    The more google trust, more visitors etc your website has, the more you can concentrate on high quality backlinks. One good backlink in natural backlink profile will help more than 10 good backlinks in an unnatural bl profile.

    Same regarding the number of backlinks. 100 new backlinks for a 1 week old website within first month will not help a lot. 100 new linking websites to an established website will surely increase the rankings.

    #833018

    The trick is to stay under the radar, especially with a newer site. I’ve experimented with lots of different configurations over the last few months and noticed that its possible to rank for very long tails without any backlinks as long as the site is regularly updated with fresh content.

    Older sites or sites set up on aged domains can take some backlinking, but less is more right now. Each site is an individual case, so its really hard to generalise over what is right or wrong. Sergej said it right – unnatural looking links can cause problems, so try and keep the link profile natural looking and err on the side of caution.

    #833026
    Anonymous
    Inactive

    I have an old domain ( lametco.com ) with a pr2 that has 8 edu links plus others.

    But pr gives it no advantage in traffic because it has no revenue to it.
    I wonder why I keep it.

    #833056

    Yeah, PR doesn’t affect serp ranking much if at all. I have PR4 sites that don’t rank for anything but PR0s that do.

    It’s down to relevance, authority and some luck I guess. But then, trying to second guess Google is anyone’s guess right now.

    #834624
    quocphu2503
    Member

    @Hermski 251081 wrote:

    …Asked the same question a few weeks ago over at GPWA and it turned into quite a good discussion with the odd piece of great advice…

    Funny you should say that, that is the problem today, GPWA has better forum and CAP has better articles and news. Can they join forces or something ? :)

    #834645
    KateB
    Member

    It’s depend on your site

    #834749
    migs
    Member

    Not an easy question to answer, because it really depends on the web site. After the latest Penguin update, it looks like quality is more important than quantity. I would just focus on getting high quality links from within your niche, and see how things progress over time.

    #834756

    About PR’s, Latest Casino Bonuses is a good example for that. PR0 and at least 500k uniques per month… :thumbsup:

    #834958
    mjolly
    Member

    Google works in mysterious ways, seen sites with low pr and low inbound links outrank quality sites with tons of links, to me google seems like a lottery

    #835011

    I think its more important then ever to make sure you are diverse in your link building but a bit picky at same time making sure to avoid any links on sites that have been penalized in the past. Quality links at a slow and steady pace seems to be a nice working formula along with as always solid unique content. As to how many of these quality links are needed well only google really knows for sure.

    #835052
    rodrigo
    Member

    Behind the trust value is the secret

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