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Links & Authority
Link equity, backlink quality, digital PR, and off-page authority concepts that shape how trust is built beyond a single page.
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Backlink
A backlink is an external link pointing from one website to another, often used by search engines as a signal of relevance, trust, and authority.
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Link Building
Link building is the strategic process of earning relevant backlinks that improve authority, trust, and discoverability.
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Anchor Text
Anchor text is the words used in a hyperlink, providing context about the destination page.
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Link Equity
Link equity is the SEO value that a link can help transfer from one page or domain to another.
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Editorial Link
An editorial link is a backlink that exists because the linking site decided the destination was worth citing or recommending.
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Digital PR
Digital PR is an off-page strategy focused on earning media attention, brand mentions, and backlinks through credible story angles and useful content assets.
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Broken Link Building
Broken link building is the process of finding broken external links on other sites and suggesting your page as a relevant replacement.
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Toxic Links
Toxic links are backlinks that look low-quality or manipulative enough to raise trust concerns about a site's link profile.
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Disavow File
A disavow file is a submission to Google asking it not to consider selected backlinks when evaluating a site's link profile.
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Domain Authority
Domain Authority is a non-Google score created by SEO tools to estimate the comparative ranking strength of a domain.
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Domain Rating
Domain Rating is a third-party metric from Ahrefs that estimates the backlink strength of a domain.
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Reciprocal Link
A reciprocal link is a link relationship where two websites point to each other.