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How Important Is Link Building?

DougD

Published on November 14, 2015

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Hi Folks

I've been on WA for a few months now. I've followed what I have learned on WA with some pretty good results and it's great to be part of the community. I've had a burning question and i have waited to stumble over it during the training, but I have not seen it yet, which is the question of link building.

Many SEO experts, some that operate outside of WA talk about the importance of link building. There are many strategies and also varying dependence on it. Some of the strategies with link building seem a bit worrying and to be honest I would not give a second look at some of the blackhat stuff out there. But..... I want a definitive answer on how important link building is and what we know about it. If it's a good thing, what strategy should we be adopting? What exactly constitutes a link? Apart from the obvious link to your website from another website, what about website comments? Do these count for anything?

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Doug

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