External Backlinks for better SEO ranking
Best practices, examples, and some guidelines
David Michaels, Michaels Inc.
michaels.tech
Why focus on external backlinks?
What is an External Link?
An external link is a link that points at an external domain.
Good external links vs. spammy links
Good backlinks point content and topics that are relevant to the page that they are listed on and add value.
Spammy links offer no value to the content page that they are placed on:
Great places for external links
Checking your External Links In Google
In Webmaster Search Console, Under Traffic > Links to Your Site, Google groups links by domains linking to your website.
The most and pages on your website that are linked to the most. Unfortunately, they separate how your data is linked, aka anchor text, from these two groups of information. Google’s incoming link count is very comprehensive – they seem to count every page on every domain linking to you, even if a domain has a sitewide link. You can also export your links in CSV or Google Docs. Google also has an Internal Links report under the Traffic section that shows which internal links are used the most on your website.
Checking your External Links In Bing
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Check out your competitor’s backlinks
Use alexa.com
And magestic.com tools:
https://majestic.com/reports/comparator?q1=example.com
Magestic Search explorer:
https://majestic.com/reports/search-explorer?q=olfa+knives&scope=url
Issues with external backlinks:
Apple
Google announced that the Interstitials Update was rolling out, and many of us know very well that Pinterest.com pleasantly uses/used interstitials like this:
Has Pinterest.com been hit by Google’s Interstitials Update?
Link Outbound to Authoritative Sources
Make your content authoritative by linking out to the URLs of sources to support your content 2 to 4 times per 1000 words. ��Outbound links to related pages is a relevancy signal that tells Google’s Rankbrain that your page’s topic shows that your post is authoritative.��The sites you link out to reflect on you — link out to authority sites whenever possible.
Articles on Best Practices
1. Best SEO Practices to Dominate In 2017, SEMRush
3. Can You Rank in Google Without Links? New Data Says Slim Chance, Moz
4. 15 SEO Experts Share Link Building and Keyword Research Predictions for 2017 http://crwd.fr/2kbdHyU
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Domain names with backlinks
Buy a relevant expired domain name with backlinks to start your site �
How can we get a good backlink for an app?
Buy Existing Domain Names with good backlinks
Buy Expired Domain Names
External Backlink Tools:
Search onelook.com and see what names have some relevant and suggestive meaning�Use the Google Keyword planner
Use Long Tail Pro
Use SEMRush
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