{"id":3620,"date":"2019-09-18T16:02:53","date_gmt":"2019-09-18T15:02:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.usdigital.co.uk\/?p=3620"},"modified":"2019-11-22T12:51:42","modified_gmt":"2019-11-22T12:51:42","slug":"the-importance-of-backlinks-in-seo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.usdigital.co.uk\/blog\/the-importance-of-backlinks-in-seo\/","title":{"rendered":"The Importance Of Backlinks In SEO"},"content":{"rendered":"

For your site to rank effectively, you must encompass a wide array of digital marketing techniques. Factors such as the quality of your content<\/a>, effective on-page optimisation and many technical SEO<\/a> aspects are crucial in rankings. Additionally, an old classic that is also still as important today as it was in the early days of SEO is your backlink profile. However, what do we mean when we refer to backlinks and what are the importance of these? Here at USDigital we have compiled a guide for you on backlinks and their importance in the world of SEO<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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What Are Backlinks?<\/h2>\n

Backlinks, also referred to as inbound links, are created when another site links to yours. Backlinks should be natural, you should not use artificial means to obtain them. The quality of your backlinks matters far more than the quantity.<\/p>\n

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Why Are Backlinks Important In SEO?<\/h2>\n

Backlinks are important in SEO as the linking site is effectively vouching for your content. Inbound links from highly reputable, trustworthy and authoritative sites to your own effectively tell search engines that your content is of a similar ilk. When a search engine notices that a webpage or site has a variety of high quality inbound links, that the site is worth linking to and visiting, they will be more likely to rank your content higher on their result pages. There is a strong correlation between a high quality and authoritative backlink profile and effective site ranking and search visibility.<\/p>\n

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Shady Link Building Tactics<\/h2>\n

If the world of internet marketing was simple then we would only need one type of link attribution. However, as we all know it is never that simple! In the early days of SEO there was only one standard regular link attribution. The result of this was spammy and unmoderated link building tactics. Common schemes would involve social bookmarking, automated directory submissions and comment spam.<\/p>\n