Linkback - not all that?
Everyone says you need lots of inbound links to rank well. And we know “everyone” can’t be wrong, right? So, the more sites that link to you, the better… especially for ”high demand” phrases.
Take the phrase “weight loss program,” for example. With 296,691 searches/mo (est) in the top 3 engines, you’d expect to need a lot of incoming links to rank anywhere near the top.
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And competition? With 23.5 MILLION competing sites, you’d think it would take serious link juice to get to spot #1. Amazingly, the #1 site has … drumroll…. 128 incoming links. The #2 site? 62.
Of course, if one doesn’t check the competition, it’s easy to believe all the folks insisting that the yellow brick road is made of inbound links.
But then, you know the saying…. advice is worth at least what you pay for it. Sometimes less.
October 8th, 2007 at 3:18 am
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October 8th, 2007 at 4:12 am
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