Comments on: Back Linking – Over Hyped or a Necessity http://mjthompson.net/394/back-linking-over-hyped-or-a-necessity/ The Ramblings Of An Internet Marketer Tue, 07 Sep 2010 03:02:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Ato8 http://mjthompson.net/394/back-linking-over-hyped-or-a-necessity/comment-page-1/#comment-503 Ato8 Mon, 28 Sep 2009 09:13:08 +0000 http://mjthompson.net/?p=394#comment-503 Mark, Thanks for your resourceful blog. Very useful comments there about quality links and good on-page SEO. Mark,
Thanks for your resourceful blog. Very useful comments there about quality links and good on-page SEO.

]]> By: Paddy Moogan http://mjthompson.net/394/back-linking-over-hyped-or-a-necessity/comment-page-1/#comment-478 Paddy Moogan Fri, 18 Sep 2009 11:41:04 +0000 http://mjthompson.net/?p=394#comment-478 So to summarize do you need hundreds of back links? Nope - you only need one more than your competitors :) I couldn't agree more about the on-site SEO, I've seen websites have huge increases in ranking just from small tweaks to the site itself. Obviously depends on the competition but remember what the goal of Google is - to provide a great experience for their users. If your site does this then you are half way there. So to summarize do you need hundreds of back links?

Nope – you only need one more than your competitors :)

I couldn’t agree more about the on-site SEO, I’ve seen websites have huge increases in ranking just from small tweaks to the site itself. Obviously depends on the competition but remember what the goal of Google is – to provide a great experience for their users. If your site does this then you are half way there.

]]> By: Peter http://mjthompson.net/394/back-linking-over-hyped-or-a-necessity/comment-page-1/#comment-470 Peter Wed, 16 Sep 2009 12:00:00 +0000 http://mjthompson.net/?p=394#comment-470 Yes.. but if you want (one of your own pages) to get ranked in the search engines there's no two ways about it - you need backlinks. The more competitive your target keyword phrase, the better backlinks you'll need... Yes.. but if you want (one of your own pages) to get ranked in the search engines there’s no two ways about it – you need backlinks. The more competitive your target keyword phrase, the better backlinks you’ll need…

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