backlink

Inbound website reference

A backlink is a hyperlink from one website to another.

In search engine optimization, backlinks function as endorsements—sites with many quality backlinks rank higher because other pages are essentially vouching for their content.

We need to build more backlinks to improve our search ranking.

Also called an inbound link.

SEO

authority

Power to enforce obedience

crawler · sitemap · algorithm · domain · webmaster · analytics · keyword · optimization · search · visibility

hyperlink

anchor

Secures ships to seabed

embed · navigation · bookmark · hypertext · referrer · permalink · contextual

citation

reference

Directing attention elsewhere

cross-reference · footnote · bibliography · endorsement · credibility · authority · acknowledgment · quotation · corroboration · scholarly

Categories
Opposites
link direction

backlinkexternal link

URL to another website

citation

link source

backlinkinternal link

Webpage's self-referencing connection

breadcrumb · site navigation

Family

backlinks

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Top 500,000
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