A backlink A hyperlink from another website that points to your website is also known as an inbound link.
Not every backlink is worth just as much
The impact of a backlink depends on a combination of several factors: the authority of the linking website, the thematic relevance of that domain to your industry, and whether the link is “dofollow” (passes value) or “nofollow” (generally does not pass value).
High-Quality Versus Harmful Backlinks
A single backlink A backlink from an authoritative, relevant industry site is generally more valuable than hundreds of links from insignificant or irrelevant sites. Backlinks from well-known link farms or spam networks can even be harmful; Google’s Disavow tool exists specifically to ignore such harmful links.
How to Map Out Your Backlinks
Tools such as Ahrefs, Moz, and Semrush provide insight into the complete backlink profile of both your own website and your competitors, including which domains are linking to them, what anchor text they use, and how the authority of those linking domains compares to the rest of the market.
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