Quality or Quantity?

[johnogden]

We had been thinking that we should seek only relevant links - i.e. not link farms. Yesterday I read a piece by Brad Callen where he suggested accepting any link, to get the numbers up. I respect Brad's opinion but wondered if others agree?

[kid disco]

Disagree...

Quality, Quality, Quality... :cool:

[gabs]

Logic vs luck ;)

[Bruno]

Quality of Quantity :) (did i say right:) )

[etech-racheal]

According to me, quality of backlink is important. When your backlinks are relevant & high quality then those backlinks helps alot to rank high in search engines. So while doing link building it is important to focus on quality of backlink.

[fire_lady]

I still go for quality link. If you could have best of both (big quantity of quality links) the better :D

[legal-nurse-consultant]

I have a site that is very high in Google, but has far fewer links than competing sites. The person I designed the site for is an author, and got book reviews from Ask, WSJ, NY Times & others, with links from each. Good quality links are worth more, because they are harder to come by. The easy way is never the best.

[SEOIndia]

Quality. Low relevance will do, but go for high PR. Though my experience says quantity also goes a long way. Go for whatever link u can get ur hands on . just avoid gambling , porn and such sites

[findinforums]

to rank well you'll need both.

[palconit]

quantity of quality backlinks is what we all need. :)

[St0n3y]

Quality first. And PageRank has NOTHING to do with the definition of quality.

[ContentWorth]

Do both but focus on the relevancy of the links and avoid link farms altogether. The more quality links the better.

[Alfonso2]

Hmm, I've been seeing "Lots" of sites topping the SERPs with lots (thousands) of backlinks to irrelevant sites.. how's this happening? these sites are a part of co-ops. Just wondering.

[appraisal57]

High PR links!

[MattDavies]

I usually find links pretty hard to come by for the sites I'm working on, and rarely feel that a link is of sufficiently low quality that it would do more harm than good.

There are certain things you shouldn't do however, such as blog or forum spamming. My reasoning for this is...

1. You'd probably be spamming forums and blogs that your customers read... this might be the first time they've come across the site or brand, and it would be an awful first impression.

2. If the SEs become aware of it, you're screwed.

That's about the only avenue I wouldn't take nowadays. I'll happily accept most other links so long as they are reasonably relevent or neautral (such as directories).

[amitpatel_3001]

Quality then comes quantity :)
First go for Authority links then go for quantity of links like links from article and directory pages.

[97th Floor]

3 quality links from content apges that aren't linking to anyone else, can be worth more than hundreds of crappy run of the mill Back links

[parusa619]

In terms of content - Quality
In terms of backlinks - Quality & Quantity

[cessai]

i'd still go for quality, for me it's very important.

[ST3PHAN13]

I agree, quality is what to look for when focusing on anything related to SEO, link building, & content - even when looking for services/ outsourcing/ inhouse related to your site as a business.

[torpengkute]

We all agree that quality is greater than quantity... But you must have give points on your Content First... "Content in King" Because why all of us go for the Quantity its because we all look for the relevancy of a certain sites thats why I'll Focus on the content first.

[debram]

It’s really hard to make blanket statements about what works and what doesn’t when it comes to linking, ranking and the Web in general. The link marketing needed to promote sites in competitive spaces is vastly different than those in less competitive areas; you can’t say you need quality over quantity in most of these cases. As a matter of fact, the reverse is usually true. In competitive industries, she who has more links usually rules and they don’t necessarily have to be ‘quality’ links.

IMO, part of the reason there’s so much confusion and speculation about linking and how it affects rank is because we talk about strategies and tactics as if they apply to the Web/Net as a whole. The reality is – not all sites need the same thing and not all links are created equal.

There are givens I think - good content well promoted and updated frequently will attract an audience over crap any day. But even good content needs a wizard behind the curtain pulling strings to keep it going.

And sometimes, depending on where you are, and who you’re keeping company with, that means might makes right.

[ChrisWebPub]

I wouldn't spend too much time going for off topic poor weight links, but that doesn't mean to ignore them if they're available..... any link to your site can help, so if they're offered or easily gotten you might as well get them. If you're going to put serious time into link building though you will get more bang for your buck by focusing on on topic quality link sources.

[jirada]

so, the truth is max number of high quality links

[megri]

Quality Quality Quality One link is good than 100 non Quality links

[amitpatel_3001]

Quality Quality Quality One link is good than 100 non Quality links

Were you referring to quantity links ;) :p

[megri]

I am talking about Quality

[hiredesigner]

Totally disagree. Go for quality links not for quantity.

[amitpatel_3001]

oops you are right megri i got confused with the spellings :|

[cessai]

i'd still go for quality, for me it's very important.

this is what i said before... but now, IMO, they are both important. i will say, Quantity must be with Quality. you will gain better results if both are combined.

[WebGeek182]

Low relevance will do, but go for high PR. I disagree...go for high relevance over PR.

[seofuture]

- quality more important but do not forget the power of the number.

[armier]

Hey guys....I think we all want quality backlinks,but still can accept other backlinks or else we will just continue waiting for good backlinks.

thanks

[alexifa]

I agree....quality is always better, but almost any link is better than none.

[ajel.smith]

Hello all
I agrees that quality is important then quantity. But how we can get.,

[thinkseo123]

We had been thinking that we should seek only relevant links - i.e. not link farms. Yesterday I read a piece by Brad Callen where he suggested accepting any link, to get the numbers up. I respect Brad's opinion but wondered if others agree?

If you are offered with any link building services, always prioritize QUALITY. It is more effective than having a huge number of irrelevant links.

[avboarder04]

both i think

[xyz]

Avoid link firms and quality is better than quantity.

[weblaunchphxx]

I think quality and quantity both are important in seo.
You have more quantity about your page title as well as having good quality also.

[stevewaganer]

Quality not Quantity
only Quality link ll help you in optimization.

[weblaunchphxx]

Quality not Quantity
only Quality link ll help you in optimization.

But I think that if you have good quality and quantity then your site will rank very soon because serach engines give importance to the sites which contain more information about the searched Titles.That's why quality as well as quantity both are important for SERPs.

[aira]

IMO quality and quantity are the top factors in optimizing a site. Make sure to have a good content and it should be your priority... coz it could attract links

[weblaunchphxx]

IMO quality and quantity are the top factors in optimizing a site. Make sure to have a good content and it should be your priority... coz it could attract links

You mean to say that our contents should be beneficial for other sites in order to get links. But what about the page rank of that sites. It should greater or not.

[Thomas]

According to me When an SEO company focuses on quantity over quality, they focus on getting a high volume of links into your website, without any regard for the quality of content provided on the pages that are going to be linking to you.

[stevewaganer]

I think good Quality links are require. It must be links has quality factor with quantity what which quantity of links you submitting.

[chApichupandra]

I'll go for the quality ones.
Having a huge of trash links is useless, SE wouldn't add weight on it or just count is as normal link if its not quality

[mit]

Its upto you actually, how you manage quality and quantity.. Whether it be quantity, go for only the relevant things (both content and links). Will surely gain in search engines.

[briche]

Quality backlinks is much better.

[catanich]

Quality is always better. But where do new sites or small sites go to get these "quality" sites?

Any suggestions?

[terryson01]

Both are important quantity and quality. But if u have quantity of links with quality than it is better for you.

[anujlko]

Obviously Quality, just a few quality links for site may boost ranking.

[webbyguy]

I have to go with quality. If you just do quantity without regard for where you get your links you can hurt your ranking instead of help it.

[bailey.rein]

Link farms will not help you... that is spamming... be relevant when exchanging to a website.... it helps a lot!

[rohitkaus]

I think its Quantity of quality links that matters:)

[PatsBaseball11]

I think it depends. If you are going for social or blog links, you are going for quantity. If you are going for other types of links, such as reciprocal links, you need quality...major quality.

[ccdoshi]

Hello Everybody....
I also have automotive and aviation quality sites....
If anyone interested for link exchange contact me....

[meanne2007]

quality and relevance backlinks is important

[ccdoshi]

Yes Dear Quality And Relevance Back Links Was So Important For Our Site To Increased Your Page Rank In All Search Engines.

[govindseo]

Always go With Quality if you want Rock otherwise you are Just like this :frusty:

[reinvaldez]

I'll go to quality + quantity