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Backlink growth should look consistent with other authority signals such as brand search, content growth, online mentions, and click behavior.
@@tjrobertson52 · asserts
sionally. And like I said before, links are just one factor that Google uses. When you're doing SEO the right way, the signal you're trying to send to Google is that your business is growing, you're becoming more of an authority in your space. And Google has a pretty good idea of what this looks like when it happens authentically. You're publishing more c...
The Right Way to Build Links for SEO Most backlinks? Google ignores them. Here's how we actua...
@@tjrobertson52 · 2026-04-11
If you know anything about SEO, you probably know that backlinks matter for ranking in Google. And yes, this is still true even with AI search. However, you probably don't need as many backlinks as you think. And if you don't understand why backlinks help and which backlinks help, you're likely to waste a lot of time and money. I'd like to just get into h...
If you know anything about SEO, you probably know that backlinks matter for ranking in Google. And yes, this is still true even with AI search. However, you probably don't need as many backlinks as you think. And if you don't understand why backlinks help and which backlinks help, you're likely to waste a lot of time and money. I'd like to just get into how we think about backlinks at our agency. If you don't know, a backlink is just another website linking to your website. It's one of many factors that search e...
sionally. And like I said before, links are just one factor that Google uses. When you're doing SEO the right way, the signal you're trying to send to Google is that your business is growing, you're becoming more of an authority in your space. And Google has a pretty good idea of what this looks like when it happens authentically. You're publishing more content to your website. More people are searching for your brand by name, people are more likely to click on your website in the search result. People are talki...
places. The next thing I recommend doing is building links with existing relationships. Try to think of every person or business you know with a website. You're then gonna reach out and ask if they can link to you. But don't worry, you aren't asking for a favour. You're gonna do this in a way that's mutually beneficial. There's typically three approaches. 1. You offer to write them a testimonial that they can place on their website with a link back to yours. 2. You offer to write them an article they can put on...
hem. In either case, it's well worth it. These are websites that Google is telling you they already trust. Then if you still need links, you can reach out to a trusted link building agency. Let me know if you need a recommendation. I'll put you in touch with my friend Scott over at outreacher. But of our 40 SEO clients, I only recommend this for two of them.
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