Thursday, June 19, 2008

Relevant Backlinks

In order for any website to rank competitively in major search engines, you must get quality backlinks for your site.

The question at hand, is what 'defines' quality. Some people claim PageRank is the deciding factor, while others will tell you a different story. At LinkBuildersPro, they claim that relevant links are what make or break you, not necessarily the PR. Since 2006, search engines have become extremely advanced with being able to easily detect sidebar and footer links - which more often than not are 'paid' text links. Receiving inbound links which are surrounded by highly relevant content will be dramatically more effective than a simple text link in an obscure section on a website. For years, LinkBuildersPro has used white-hat methods like directory listings, article listings, and social network listings to help clients increase their natural search engine rankings.

Since link building is without question, extremely important to rank well in search engines, it's always encouraged to investigate
the type of sites your links will appear on before they're up. While a quality link can help you, backlinks from 'link farms' and irrelevant content can seriously harm your natural search engine rankings.

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