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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

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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.

Aliasesinbound linkincoming link+1 more

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Link Building

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Link building is the strategic process of earning relevant backlinks that improve authority, trust, and discoverability.

Aliasesbacklink buildingoff-page link building

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Anchor Text

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Anchor text is the words used in a hyperlink, providing context about the destination page.

Aliaseslink textanchor phrase

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Link Equity

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Link equity is the SEO value that a link can help transfer from one page or domain to another.

Aliaseslink juiceauthority flow

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Editorial Link

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An editorial link is a backlink that exists because the linking site decided the destination was worth citing or recommending.

Aliasesearned link

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Digital PR

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Digital PR is an off-page strategy focused on earning media attention, brand mentions, and backlinks through credible story angles and useful content assets.

Aliasesdigital public relationsonline pr

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Broken Link Building

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Broken link building is the process of finding broken external links on other sites and suggesting your page as a relevant replacement.

Aliasesbroken link outreachdead link building

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Toxic Links

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Toxic links are backlinks that look low-quality or manipulative enough to raise trust concerns about a site's link profile.

Aliasestoxic backlinksspammy links

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Disavow File

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A disavow file is a submission to Google asking it not to consider selected backlinks when evaluating a site's link profile.

Aliasesgoogle disavow filelink disavow file

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Domain Authority

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Domain Authority is a non-Google score created by SEO tools to estimate the comparative ranking strength of a domain.

AliasesDA

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Domain Rating

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Domain Rating is a third-party metric from Ahrefs that estimates the backlink strength of a domain.

AliasesDR

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Reciprocal Link

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A reciprocal link is a link relationship where two websites point to each other.

Aliasesreciprocal linkslink exchange