This is still a very important topic and links are crucial when it comes to ranking. You simply must have them, but the question is no if you need them but how many backlinks do you need to rank? Well, this is a topic our Link Department experts will explore further today. Before we start it’s important to tell you what is more important than the number of backlinks you have in one text. It’s important to have good or healthy backlinks because in this case, it’s quality over quantity. Yes, there is such thing as bad links. Actually, we call them toxic backlinks.
Toxic links and how to get rid of them
Toxic backlinks are from sites that seem suspicious to Google for some reason. Linking to them can hurt your SEO. That is terrible of course since this is what we all work on – getting organic views and visitors. There are few ways to know if the links are toxic and don’t worry if you don’t have them there are ways to get rid of them and you should research this before you start adding links to your website. We left you an important article to read and get informed about.
How many backlinks do you need to rank and how many per day is safe?
As your website accumulates more and more links over time, it will allow you to build more and more links safely while still appearing completely natural without warning Google. So as you can see it’s a matter of how many referring domains your website has there is no universal answer. A website with 4,000 referring domains can have more backlinks daily or monthly than the one that has 10 or 20 for example.
How many backlinks does an average website have?
This is yet another difficult question to answer but it’s common and we need to cover it so you can understand better. This varies from website to website. You will see some websites that have as few as 22 homepage links and most of the pages that actually rank have two or fewer backlinks. For the website, you are now using for your research a good target for backlinks would be 20-70 homepage backlinks and maybe 4 backlinks to the page wanting to be ranked.
Can you rank without backlinks and what is a good rank?
First of all, let’s get one thing clear – what is a good ranking? You want your ranking to be somewhere between 60 and 100. That is an ideal amount and you need to maintain it there. Ranking from 40 to 50 is good but not great and below 40 isn’t that great and you need to work on it to get it higher. The other question is about ranking without links. Yes, it’s possible to rank without using them. Actually, there are some ways to rank without them. We recommend using longer tail keywords as they usually tend to be less competitive.
Getting good quality backlinks
Since we established that it’s not a matter of how many links you have. That will change as your webpage grows but it is important to get good quality backlinks. Here are few ways to achieve that :
- try to replicate competitors’ best backlinks (but make sure that yours are improved)
- make sure to really analyze competitors’ mentions you can learn so much from them
- build backlinks (we recommend the skyscraper technique for beginners since it’s proven to be good and you don’t need a huge budget for it)
- try guest blogging its very popular nowadays
- try to build a solid internal linking structure
- promote as much as you can
- give interviews
Those are just some basics, you still need to research a bit on your own but we have directed you in the right direction. Then you will know both how many backlinks do you need to rank and which backlinks could that be.
Avoid PBN’s
Since we are talking about what you should do, here is something from the “don’t” list. You should avoid PBN’s. For the ones that don’t know what they are – (private blog network) are hyperlinks built from a network of connected sites and blogs. Since they look unnatural to Google chances of getting a good rank from them are slim so we recommend avoiding them altogether.
Quick guide
So here is a quick guide that all people working on your website should know. Linking is important and it’s a very important part of ranking and ranking is the most important thing for your website. Some links can be great for your SEO, some will be just fine and there are ones that can hurt your SEO – we call them toxic backlinks (we have an explanation for the above).
In order to rank you need to have backlinks although there is a way to rank without them generally, it’s easier. We showed you what is considered to be a good ranking so you need to work on that over time. It’s important to know that yes, you can overdo it with linking and Google can even punish you for it but we can’t tell you how many backlinks do you need daily or monthly since this is depending on your website. You have some general rules above so take a look and then do thorough research on your own.
The most important thing for you is to educate yourself on the subject of how many backlinks do you need to rank, and of course, the people who are working on your website in order to make it. And don’t worry, you can correct almost any mistake you make on the way. It’s a learning curve and it’s all just a matter of practice. So make sure to contact Link Department experts if you need help. Don’t worry, you got this and hopefully, your website will benefit from this text.