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All About Google Backlinks

When you have the Google Toolbar (See the MyMommyBiz article The Google Toolbar for more information), you will be able to see one of the more important things Google uses to determine your rankings in the search engine.

Google also thinks it is important to know how many *other* people think your site is worth by giving you a link on their webpage. Every site that links to you that has a PR of 4/10 or higher counts towards your Google Backlinks. (PR=PageRank in webmaster talk) However, recently Google began mixing things up by showing only links which where lower than a PR4.

When you go to your main index page of your site, to the right side of your PageRank, you will see the little blue "i" with "Page Info". Click on the button, then select "Backward Links". This will show many of the pages that Google has found that deem your site worthy :)

Now, Google has a few "rules" so to speak, before it will include a certain page in your backlinks and count it towards your PR.

1 - Only sites with certain PageRank values are listed.
The linking page must have a PR4 or higher (although occasionally a lower PR ranked page will show). If the site's index page has a PR of 6, but the page your link appears on is only a PR of 3, it won't count in your backlinks. However, the opposite occurs during the times when Google is displaying backlinks that are lower than PR4.

2 - Your link must be coded a certain way.
A link such as http://www.yourdomain.com will not count towards your backward links. But if the link is coded so that you can click on "My Fabulous Website" and it will take people to your site, that will count. If the URL doesn't point to your website per se (ie. it is coded with a tracking code from the other persons site such as "http://www.theirdomain.com/links/yourdomain/jump.cgi") it usually won't count either. For more on determining whether your backlink will count or not, the article Checking the Validity of Link Exchanges is much more detailed on this.

3 - Choose your linking text carefully.
To add to #3, if your target search term is "Candles", it will help you in your search rankings if your link has the word candles in it. (ie. people can click on "My Fabulous Candle Site" and go to your webpage) To learn more about selecting the best link text to use, the article Using Link Text for Better Results
has more information.

4 - Higher PR sites are better than lower PR sites.
When you link to *other* people's pages, it helps your PR to link to someone with a PR6 rather than a PR2 - and you should always be wary of linking to someone with a PR0 because if that site has been penalized (rather than just being new) it can actually hurt your rankings because Google sees you are linking to a "bad neighborhood", so to speak.

5 - Check your link partner's PR value.
When you do link exchanges, you should also check to see what *their* PR is first. You would be surprised at the number of sites that have been banned, and you will want to be careful you aren't linking into too many bad neighborhoods, as that can also get you banned by association if you have lots of PR0 links to and from your site, but very few higher PR links.

6 - Check the PR values of sites you advertise on.
When you advertise online, check out the PR of the site and page where your ad will appear ~ if it is a PR4 or higher, and it appears when Google does its monthly crawl, it will count as a backlink. And again, be wary if the page your ad will appear on is a PR0. And also be aware that only certain links will count towards you backlink value, since certain sites use advertising programs that will route your link through a hoplink first.

 

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