[SOLVED] Back links?

What are back links?

Links to your site from other sites.
Basically!

Ok I figured that, I posted my site on the free web site critique forum, and It aid I had no back links.....but I do

If they are real links, like so:

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<a href="yoursite">Yoursite</a>

And they do not have rel="nofollow" in the tag, backlinks will be found eventually.
My site has tonnes of them, google analytics picks this up but google search engine only displays a few.

O ok....because they are real links.

Okay, how long has the link been there?

Want to link me to one of the sites that has a link to your site?
I could tell you my opinions on link text (important for SEO).

Do you guys mean the LinkBack button on top this thread ^ ?

Nope.

Ooopsss...! I just google them and now I now It's a search engine ranking "things"....

Backlinks are incoming links to a website or web page. The number of backlinks is an indication of the popularity or importance of that website or page. In basic link terminology, a backlink is any link received by a web node (web page, directory, website, or top level domain) from another web node (Björneborn and Ingwersen, 2004). Backlinks are also known as incoming links, inbound links, inlinks, and inward links.

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Source: wikipedia

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So if the links are posted on some of my sites, or on other sites, such as this, is that considered a back link?

Any link that links to your site from an external site is considered a backlink.

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The easiest way to establish some backlinks is to submit your site to directories. You can also ask people you know, suppliers, clients, friends to add a link on their site.

Try to keep it confined to relevant sites though. I.e. web design directories are ideal for a web designer, but websites devoted to tapestry would be less valuable to you.

And avoid buying links, Google doesn't like them that much, because she thinks they are spam.

K

Not true, javascript and links with rel="nofollow" do not count.

Good point Alex, so a lot of blogs and forums will add the "no follow" tag to deter spam...
Some search engines don't recognise this, and still count them though.
k

Search engines which aren't worth ranking for

I'm inclined to agree :-)
k

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Lots of good points brought up here, good thread. I'm in LOVE wif Google!!

Ya! I love the way you call Google a girl! I think maybe she is.

Thanx 4 the giggle about google KS!

later,

lb

Anything to brighten up a link building debate ;-)