What is Link Building?
Link building is simply the process of gaining links back to your website from other websites. In terms of SEO, links are a bit like currency on the internet – the more quality backlinks that your website has, the more authority your website has and therefore the ability to rank higher for certain keywords in your chosen niche/industry.
The quality bit is the important bit – you are definitely looking for quality over quantity, but also some diversity. Link building is actually quite technical, as you don’t want to have lots of low quality links pointing to your website that can possibly result in a penalty from Google. Your backlink portfolio can make or break your website.
If you’ve previously engaged in spammy link building tactics, you may find it hard to rank certain pages on your site, rank for certain keywords, or maybe even find it hard to rank for anything at all.