# Backlink

> A link from another site to yours — still the strongest external ranking signal, valued by quality and relevance, not count.

Links between sites are how search engines discovered and scored the web before anything else existed, and they remain the clearest external vote for a page. The modern reading is nuanced: a link passes weight proportional to the linking site's own authority and to how topically related it is. A mention in a relevant publication outweighs a hundred directory submissions; links that exist only to be counted get discounted or flagged.

The honest way to earn them is the slow one: content worth citing (original data, real definitions, tools), digital PR around actual work, and relationships in the industry. Buying links or renting placements violates the guidelines and is the kind of penalty that takes a year to recover from.

## Related terms

- https://dfieldsolutions.com/en/glossary/domain-authority.md
- https://dfieldsolutions.com/en/glossary/anchor-text.md
- https://dfieldsolutions.com/en/glossary/seo.md
- https://dfieldsolutions.com/en/glossary/organic-traffic.md

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