Example of backlinks on a “Where to buy” page
Posted: Thu Jan 23, 2025 3:25 am
Here's another example of backlinks on the Oculus "Where to Buy" page. The buttons point to Microsoft, Walmart, etc.
Here is yet another example from a news article about Semrush:
example of backlinks for Semrush
In this example, Semrush received an unsolicited backlink after a newsworthy event.
Any link from someone else's website to yours is a backlink, but as we've stated, not all links are created equal.
In fact, you'd probably trust a recommendation from someone you respect more than one from someone you've never met. Google does basically the same thing with links.
This trust translates into PageRank , one of Google's algorithms that evaluates the quality and quantity of backlinks pointing to a page. This evaluation determines the overall importance and authority of a page.
If your site receives backlinks from quality websites zalo data related to your industry, strong signals are likely being sent to Google that your site is considered an authority in your industry.
Types of backlinks
As we said, not all backlinks are the same. Let’s learn about the different types of backlinks your site can acquire:
Nofollow links
Links are like votes for trusted resources, but what if you don't want to vouch for a website and still need to link to it?
Nofollow links use the rel="nofollow" attribute to inform Google and other search engines that they should not pass authority (PageRank). A nofollow backlink looks like this:
Since nofollow links don’t pass PageRank, they won’t necessarily help you rank higher in SERPs. However, Google announced in September 2019 that it was evolving the nofollow attribute .
Here is yet another example from a news article about Semrush:
example of backlinks for Semrush
In this example, Semrush received an unsolicited backlink after a newsworthy event.
Any link from someone else's website to yours is a backlink, but as we've stated, not all links are created equal.
In fact, you'd probably trust a recommendation from someone you respect more than one from someone you've never met. Google does basically the same thing with links.
This trust translates into PageRank , one of Google's algorithms that evaluates the quality and quantity of backlinks pointing to a page. This evaluation determines the overall importance and authority of a page.
If your site receives backlinks from quality websites zalo data related to your industry, strong signals are likely being sent to Google that your site is considered an authority in your industry.
Types of backlinks
As we said, not all backlinks are the same. Let’s learn about the different types of backlinks your site can acquire:
Nofollow links
Links are like votes for trusted resources, but what if you don't want to vouch for a website and still need to link to it?
Nofollow links use the rel="nofollow" attribute to inform Google and other search engines that they should not pass authority (PageRank). A nofollow backlink looks like this:
Since nofollow links don’t pass PageRank, they won’t necessarily help you rank higher in SERPs. However, Google announced in September 2019 that it was evolving the nofollow attribute .