Comments on: How Many Incoming Links Should You Have? http://www.mellonstock.net/blog/how-many-incoming-links-should-you-have/ News and Information About the World of Link Building Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:02:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Steve Wilson http://www.mellonstock.net/blog/how-many-incoming-links-should-you-have/#comment-24 Steve Wilson Mon, 27 Aug 2007 21:41:30 +0000 http://www.mellonstock.net/blog/how-many-incoming-links-should-you-have/#comment-24 An old link is good if it is still relevant. If no one has linked to the page linking to yours in 6 years then it wouldn't be as important as a page people were still linking to as a resource. So, a new link could be more valuable than an old one. The age of the link is only one thing to consider and it's not really the most important. The most important thing is if the page linking to your site has 1 link or 1000 linking to it. If it has 1000, then that page has some authority and when it links to yours then it transfers some of that authority to you. If you were to judge a link based solely on age, then the old link would be worth more than the new one. An old link is good if it is still relevant. If no one has linked to the page linking to yours in 6 years then it wouldn’t be as important as a page people were still linking to as a resource. So, a new link could be more valuable than an old one.

The age of the link is only one thing to consider and it’s not really the most important. The most important thing is if the page linking to your site has 1 link or 1000 linking to it. If it has 1000, then that page has some authority and when it links to yours then it transfers some of that authority to you.

If you were to judge a link based solely on age, then the old link would be worth more than the new one.

]]> By: MONEY BLUE BOOK http://www.mellonstock.net/blog/how-many-incoming-links-should-you-have/#comment-23 MONEY BLUE BOOK Mon, 27 Aug 2007 21:20:10 +0000 http://www.mellonstock.net/blog/how-many-incoming-links-should-you-have/#comment-23 Hmm...doesn't quite answer my question. Guess I wanted to know if the age of the incoming link affected its quality in terms of Google SEO. For example, if the incoming link was made in 2001, would it still be as valuable as a link made in 2007? Hmm…doesn’t quite answer my question. Guess I wanted to know if the age of the incoming link affected its quality in terms of Google SEO. For example, if the incoming link was made in 2001, would it still be as valuable as a link made in 2007?

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