Why are links important for SEO?

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Why Are Links Important for SEO?
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• Links are important to SEO because there is a
  direct relationship between quality/quantity of
  links to your website and how much search traffic
  your website receives.

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• When Google started, their method for ranking
  websites in search engines was primarily based
  around the number of links a webpage had. The
  basic concept was that the more links a webpage
  had, the more likely that webpage was to have
  good content.

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• Links from relevant websites help search engines
  figure out what your site is about, which helps
  you rank for that topic.
• Links from relevant websites help search engines
  figure out what your site is about, which helps
  you rank for that topic.

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wide variety of links

• Bloggers talking about your business
• Website directories
• People sharing your website on their Facebook
  page
• Reviews on sites like Yelp, Insider Pages, Google
  Places, etc.
• Comments that you have left on blogs and news
  websites
• Links from local organizations like your Chamber
  of Commerce

• All of these links and many more will help you
  form a natural link profile, which means better
  performance in search engine rankings.

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