Backlinks and Referring Domain Tips

In case you missed @SteveBaileySEO Tweets on Back-links / Referring Domain here they are:

• One of the primary ranking factors is still the number of referring domains (backlinks) pointing to your site.

• Each different website that links to a website, or a specific page on your site is considered a single referring domain.

• In past posts I used the term Domain Backlinks. Referring Domain is another way to say it. (a link from their website pointing at yours)

• Good to have a mix of high and low authority sites. All high authority backlinks look like its been unnaturally managed for SEO ranking.

• Are backlinks as important as good on-page structure? Trick question.. Backlinks build on top of a good foundation of on-page SEO.

• Some backlinks have more authority than others. In general, the Better Business Bureau backlink is more important than your friends blog.

• One of the primary ranking factors is still the number of referring domains (backlinks) pointing to your site.

• The goal is to build the total number of domain backlinks from quality sources, such as industry, or consumer interest groups.

• Domains pointing to your site in SEO are called Backlinks. Count each domain as 1 backlink no matter how many times they link to you.

• Do you know how many domains are pointing to your site? You should. it’s an indicator of relevance to Google.

Steve Bailey provides SEO advice and management at RemoteLink. You can follow him on Twitter at @SteveBaileySEO or visit to his blog on all SEO matters.