Have you ever wondered what principles are important for link valuation? Here is a summary of 10 most important factors for you;
1 - Links Higher Up in HTML Code Cast More Powerful Votes
2 - External Links are More Influential than Internal Links
3 - Links from Unique Domains Count More than Links from Previously Linking Site
4 - Links from Trusted Sites Seed Set Pass More Value
5 - Links from "Inside" Unique Content is More Important than Those from Footers/Sidebar/Navigation
6 - Keywords in HTML Text Pass More Value than those in Alt Attributes of Images
7 - Links from More Important, Popular, Trusted Sites Pass More Value (even from less important pages)
8 - Links in NoScript Tags Pass Lower or No Value
9 - A blast of New Links May Enable a Website to Overcome "Stronger" Competition Temporarily (or in Perpetuity)
10 - Websites that Link to Web Spam May Devalue the Other Links
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