Link authority
Posted: Thu Feb 06, 2025 9:10 am
92. Authority of the Linking Domain: The authority of the referring domain may play an independent role in the value of a link.
93. Links from Competitors: Links from other pages ranking in the same SERP may be more valuable to a page’s ranking for that specific keyword because they are highly related pages.
94. Links from “Expected” Sites: Although speculative, some SEOs believe that Google won’t fully trust your site unless you have links to it from a set of “expected” authoritative sites in your industry.
95. Links from Bad Communities: Links from so-called “bad france mobile database communities” can hurt your website .
96. Guest Posts : While links from guest posts are still valuable, they may not be as powerful as true editorial links plus, “ massive ” guest posts can get your site into trouble.
97. Links from Ads: According to Google , links from ads should not be followed or use the rel= sponsored attribute. However, Google may be able to identify and filter out follow links from ads.
98. Home Page Authority: Links pointing to the reference page’s home page may be of special importance when assessing the authority of a website and therefore also carry significant weight.
99. Nofollow Links : This is one of the most controversial topics in SEO. Google ’s official statement on the matter is:
“In general, we don’t pay attention to them.”
This suggests that they do, at least in some cases… Having some level of nofollow links may also indicate both natural and unnatural link profiles.
93. Links from Competitors: Links from other pages ranking in the same SERP may be more valuable to a page’s ranking for that specific keyword because they are highly related pages.
94. Links from “Expected” Sites: Although speculative, some SEOs believe that Google won’t fully trust your site unless you have links to it from a set of “expected” authoritative sites in your industry.
95. Links from Bad Communities: Links from so-called “bad france mobile database communities” can hurt your website .
96. Guest Posts : While links from guest posts are still valuable, they may not be as powerful as true editorial links plus, “ massive ” guest posts can get your site into trouble.
97. Links from Ads: According to Google , links from ads should not be followed or use the rel= sponsored attribute. However, Google may be able to identify and filter out follow links from ads.
98. Home Page Authority: Links pointing to the reference page’s home page may be of special importance when assessing the authority of a website and therefore also carry significant weight.
99. Nofollow Links : This is one of the most controversial topics in SEO. Google ’s official statement on the matter is:
“In general, we don’t pay attention to them.”
This suggests that they do, at least in some cases… Having some level of nofollow links may also indicate both natural and unnatural link profiles.