Merge pull request #848 from DIYA-bot/patch-1

[DOCS] Refine and Expand SEO Backlinks Article

Author: sanjay-kv

blog/google-backlinks/index.md

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 The higher your website’s rating in relevant, organic search results, the more Google’s automated systems “respect” your authority. A high-quality backlink indicates to search engine crawlers that your online presence is genuine — that you are an expert in your field. This is the most important factor in Google’s assessment of your website’s authority, followed by registry listings.
 
 #### Backlinks work well with social media
-Backlinks are used in combination with social media marketing or social media management to encourage clients to establish their own brand reputation through social media. Because Google is emphasizing SEO on social media, your website’s authority in its industry will be viewed as greater by Google, resulting in more traffic.
+While social media links are typically 'nofollow,' promoting your content on social platforms increases its visibility. This can lead to more people discovering your content and choosing to link to it from their own websites, thus indirectly helping you earn valuable backlinks.
 
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@@ -51,21 +51,17 @@ Backlinks with a `nofollow` attribute do not pass the authority. Nofollow links
 
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-## 📈 What impact do backlinks have on SEO?
+## 📈 Why Backlinks Remain a Crucial Ranking Factor?
 
 Despite the fact that Google and other search engines are constantly updating their proprietary algorithms, the importance of link creation has not changed.
 
 While Google has been coy about what it considers to be important ranking factors, it has stated that **links are a Top 3 ranking component**. Backlinks are frequently mentioned in industry research, with some claiming that they are the most essential component in search rank.
 
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-### 📌 Importance of Backlinks – Do backlinks still matter today?
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-Backlinks are important because they provide your site with **page and domain authority**, which may help you boost your search rankings. Just as we do when we’re making a decision in the real world, search engines look for evidence that they’ve found the right entity to satisfy the searcher’s needs.
+Backlinks provide your site with **page and domain authority**, which may help you boost your search rankings. Just as we do when we’re making a decision in the real world, search engines look for evidence that they’ve found the right entity to satisfy the searcher’s needs.
 
 ### ✅ Yes, backlinks still matter today.
 
-Nowadays the number of websites that link to a website still matters a lot (as of 2022, it is strongly correlated with high search rankings). The **quality** of the sites that link to you, on the other hand, is significantly more essential than the **quantity**.
+Nowadays the number of websites that link to a website still matters a lot (as of 2025, it is strongly correlated with high search rankings). The **quality** of the sites that link to you, on the other hand, is significantly more essential than the **quantity**.
 
 > 📊 A link from a high-quality website like the *New York Times* is worth more than 50 links from unknown blogs.
 
@@ -75,7 +71,13 @@ In summary, the most efficient strategy to enhance your Google ranking for the p
 
 ## 🌟 What makes High-Quality Backlinks?
 
-To begin, you’ll need people to connect to your website in order to generate backlinks. Connecting to any website, on the other hand, may affect your SEO results, since Google may interpret it as spam and penalize your site as a consequence.
+**Relevance:** The link comes from a site related to your topic.
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+**Authority:** The linking website has a strong reputation (high Domain Authority/Rating).
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+**Placement:** The link is placed naturally within the main body content.
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+**Anchor Text:** The clickable text of the link is relevant to the linked page.
 
 > 🖼️ *Image Courtesy: Freepik*
 
@@ -86,9 +88,18 @@ Backlinks from **high-domain-authority websites** are necessary to improve your
 ## 🛠️ How can you get high-quality backlinks, in 2025?
 
 Obtaining high-quality backlinks is one of the most important goals for website owners in any niche. The more relevant donors you can target, the better your chances of scoring high across the board for all of the semantic keywords in the list.
+**Guest Blogging:** Writing articles for other websites in your niche.
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+**Broken Link Building:** Finding broken links on other sites and suggesting your own content as a replacement.
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+**Creating Linkable Assets:** Developing unique content that others will want to link to, such as original research, in-depth guides, or free tools.
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+**Digital PR:** Promoting your content and brand story to journalists and bloggers to earn mentions and links.
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+**Unlinked Brand Mentions:** Finding where your brand is mentioned online without a link and requesting that a link be added.
 
 ### Alternative link-building tactics:
-- Help you outperform competitors that focus only on on-page SEO.
+- Help you outperform competitors that focus only  on-page SEO.
 - Build a diverse network of connections rather than relying on a single tactic.
 - Include links from reputable business sites, although they shouldn’t make up the **bulk** of your link profile.
 
@@ -104,4 +115,4 @@ In conclusion, I hope you enjoyed reading this article on **“What are backlink
 
 **Signing off:**  `Sanjay Viswanthan`
 
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