As far as SEO is concerned link building is one of the most important activities to enhance the web page ranking. When other websites refer to your website through links, search engines may increase your domain authority to provide better search rankings. When the backlink is from a website having more domain authority, it is believed that such links accelerate the credibility and search rankings of the website.
Are you looking for link building opportunities by learning the stats availed on the subject? Want to know why backlinks are so important when it comes to achieving higher Google rankings?
To help you understand the opportunities, challenges, common tactics, and costs behind successful link building, the team from Red Website Design shares 25 link building stats in this infographic.
Here are a few points on the link building that make the list:
- Links are one of the top two criteria considered in Google’s ranking algorithm.
- The third most important factor for search optimization is external linking.
- In the near future, 53% of marketers believe link building will have the same impact on search rankings, while 41% think it will have less of an impact.
- 52% of marketers think that brand mentions impacting organic search rankings.
- 92% of marketers believe that links will still be ranking criteria in Google algorithms.
- 13% of search experts consider link building is the most valuable SEO tactic.
- Long-form content gets an average of 77.2% more links than short articles. Therefore, long-form content appears to be ideal for backlink acquisition.
- 51% of SEOs say bloggers should include two to three internal links in a blog post while 36% say three to five should be included.
Check out the infographic for more detail.
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