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Can you please explain difference between back links vs. inbound links?
and how to do find out how many I have of each one?
and then how I do get more of them?
Thank you
back links are links from sites that you have linked to which in tern link to you (reciprocal links), inbound links are links to your site from other sites which you dont link back to them. for example you may have an interesting page that someone likes and the placed a link to it from their site.
as for geting more of them, you could try exchanging links or writing articles that have a link to your site, that people can use on their site.
Query for Google:
link:www.example.com (note that Google under-reports numbers so it's not the best to use)
Query for Yahoo:
linkdomain:www.example.com
Query for MSN:
link:www.example.com
It's quite interesting to look at who links to you, there may be people interested in your subject area that you didn't know linked to you (often these are the best type of links as they will have linked through an appreciation of your site, exacly what Google likes to see)
How do you get more?
Sorry for this reply, but reading this forum will really help as there are many factors that make link development an artform. There are also many pitfalls, so dedicate a timeslot each day to pop in and find out a little more. You can alsways ask if you get stuck, but you'll get a better response if you have tired to understand the major issues first.
I would hold off on link building until you have a little knowledge of it, especially do not go and add links to the sites that you find already link to you.
Yes, there are people who are linking to me that have found me on their own and that is great, google likes that. I will keep reading the forum and thank you .
Not true. An inbound link is just a link TO your website. It can be one way, reciprocal, from articles, blogs, websites - any link to your site.
back links are links from sites that you have linked to which in tern link to you (reciprocal links), inbound links are links to your site from other sites which you dont link back to them.
I've never heard this distinction made. I too thought backlinks and inbound links were synonymous.
Yahoo Site Explorer, btw, has yet another name for them which I like a lot... "inlinks." It's shorter than "inbound links" and not ambiguous like "backlinks."
