I have a site with over 6,000 backlinks yet it gets out performed in the SERPs by sites with a lot less links. How can I make sure the links I am getting are quality ones.
I have been trying to get links from sites or blog posts based on the same topic as the site I am linking to, is there more to it than this?
I believe that it has to have the same topic (more likely) and higher PR too may help.
For example: My forum is a webmaster forum and a PR3 so I would trade links with people that have PR4+ that have webmaster related topics upon their site.
If your backlink is from a page that has a high PR and relevant to your niche - it is considered a quality backlink. If it is organic, it is more valuable.
I also view quality backlinks to be the ones that:
1. Helps in SEO
2. Draws direct targeted traffic
If your backlink is from a page that has a high PR and relevant to your niche - it is considered a quality backlink. If it is organic, it is more valuable.
I also view quality backlinks to be the ones that:
1. Helps in SEO
2. Draws direct targeted traffic
Exactly. Thank you TryUsOut, very well said. I hope that this explains it better for you CPhil.
Also if a page your link would be placed has a PR5 and there are 50 outgoing links on it, chances are you get minimal link juice as compared to getting a backlink from a PR3 page with just 10 outgoing links.
That's a great idea, TryUsOut...I will try that one too in my sites. Another thing, on a database-driven site, is it helpful to update the database content where pages are gets its sources?
Try to get incoming links that are PR4 or higher and don't have many other outgoing links on their page. The more outgoing links on a page the less your links quality will be.
What makes a quality link?
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