backlink

A backlink is a link on one website that points to a page on another website.

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A backlink is a link from one website to a page on another site. Search engines treat the number and credibility of incoming links as one signal of a page's importance, so earning backlinks is a core part of search engine optimization. Backlinks differ from internal links, which connect pages within the same site.

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Early backlinks, meaning links from other sites to his own, came from launch platforms such as Product Hunt and from niche communities on Reddit.


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