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From the point of view of a given web resource , a backlink is a regular hyperlink on another web resource (the referrer) that points to the referent. [1] A web resource may be (for example) a website, web page, or web directory. [1] A backlink is a reference comparable to a citation. [2]
Competitor backlinking is a search engine optimization strategy that involves analyzing the backlinks of competing websites within a vertical search.The outcome of this activity is designed to increase organic search engine rankings and to gain an understanding of the link building strategies used by business competitors.
"Linkback" is the generalized term used to reference four methods of communication between websites. While sometimes confused with one another, linkbacks and backlinks are not the same type of entity. A backlink is what the person referring to a page creates while a linkback is what the publisher of the page being referred to receives.
In the field of search engine optimization (SEO), link building describes actions aimed at increasing the number and quality of inbound links to a webpage with the goal of increasing the search engine rankings of that page or website. [1]
For a given relation the backlinks of a page can be produced in-page. A series of queries, one for each relation (which seems cumbersome but can be put in a template like ), provides an in-page list of backlinks sorted by relation. Moreover, forward links and attributes of the resulting pages can also be provided, and also backlinks of backlinks.
The reference list shows the full citations with a cite label that matches the in-text cite. The cite label is a caret ^ with a backlink to the in-text cite. When a named in-text cite is invoked multiple times, multiple alphabetic back links are created after the cite label in the reference list.
Organic linking, also known as natural linking, is a marketing strategy that involves creating high-quality content that attracts other websites to link back to it.Unlike paid or manipulative linking, organic links are earned through the value of the content itself. [1]
(There is a related set of templates for some free content resources that are not run by the Wikimedia Foundation. Rather than creating a sidebar link, they create text suitable for using as a bulleted entry in an "External links" section. A list of such templates can be found at Wikipedia:List of templates linking to other free content projects.)