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textex
msg:4110799 | 3:01 pm on Apr 6, 2010 (gmt 0) |
While link campaigning, is getting links from non-US sites pointless if we are not targeting non-US markets? More specific, is the link juice received from non-US sites impact our rankings on google.com? i.e. if we pick-up a link from a co.uk site that ranks well on google.co.uk but not google.com pass any value to us looking to rank well on google.com?
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aristotle
msg:4111306 | 11:05 am on Apr 7, 2010 (gmt 0) |
If you are targeting the U.S., then it is probably best to get a large majority of its backlinks from U.S. based sites. But a few links from non-U.S. sites probably wouldn't do any harm, and could even help a little, since they would make the overall backlink profile look more natural. In my opinion the most important criterion for any particular backlink is that it come from a page with relevant content.
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LifeinAsia
msg:4111483 | 3:26 pm on Apr 7, 2010 (gmt 0) |
People seem to forget that many expats/immigrants from country A living in country B often still go to sites in country A.
You many now want to spend a lot of time/effort targeting non-US sites, but like aristotle said, it's doubtful that it would hurt you.
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textex
msg:4111497 | 3:42 pm on Apr 7, 2010 (gmt 0) |
Makes sense. Thanks guys!
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