What kind of link will be take as backlink?

About Backlinks

[alexandrahan]

I have been reading in the forums, and know that backlink is very important for google ranking, however, I have no idea that what kind of link will be take as backlink. I guess there are hundreds of sites linked to my site, however I only got around 50 backlinks. Any comments will be appreciate!

[gypsychild]

This is also something I'm not sure about, ie, which type of links actually pass on PR and count. A list would be really helpful.

[mcavic]

Any HREF link should count for passing on PR. But Google only shows backlinks that are over a certain PR when you ask for a list of backlinks.

It would be nice if it showed all of them.

[gypsychild]

So in this example link, linkingsite.com would pass full PR to me even though my site isn't mentioned here?

[linkingsite.com...]

[Kirby]

But Google only shows backlinks that are over a certain PR when you ask for a list of backlinks.

This is an urban legend. I have several PR3 links and one PR2 link that show as backlinks.

[mcavic]

For one of my sites, I have no backlinks showing, although there are several.

www.linkingsite.com/cgi-bin//jump.cgi?ID=0000

I'm not sure about that. If jump.cgi uses a 301 redirect, then it might count as a backlink. For best effect, though, the link should point right to www.yoursite.com.

[gypsychild]

>This is an urban legend. I have several PR3 links and one PR2 link that show as backlinks.

Not so long ago, it used to be PR4 upwards only.

>If jump.cgi uses a 301 redirect, then it might count as a backlink.

If you're looking for a PR boost that doesn't inspire confidence to pay for advertising.