Why are backlinks important in SEO?

[makoo]

Why are backlinks important in SEO?

[vijayshah1140]

Backlinks are important for SEO because they signal to Google that another resource finds your content valuable enough to link to it within their own content. As a website earns additional backlinks, search engines infer that the website possesses valuable content worth ranking well on the SERPs.

[emmie]

Backlinks are the most important term to get the ranking in SERP. It improves organic ranking, faster indexing and provides referral traffic.

[KWA]

Backlinks are especially valuable for SEO because they represent a "vote of confidence" from one site to another. ... If many sites link to the same webpage or website, search engines can infer that content is worth linking to, and therefore also worth surfacing on a SERP.

[jayam]

Backlinks are important for SEO because they signal to Google that another resource finds your content valuable enough to link to it within their own content. As a website earns additional backlinks, search engines infer that the website possesses valuable content worth ranking well on the SERPs.

[jayammrg]

Improves Organic Ranking. Backlinks help in getting better search engine rankings. ...
Faster Indexing. Search engine bots discover new webpages by following backlinks from existing webpages. ...
Referral Traffic. One of the major benefits of backlinks is that they help get referral traffic.

[chandrao7]

1) Editorial backlinks. ...
2) Guest blogging backlinks. ...
3) Backlinks in business profiles. ...
4) Backlinks from webinars. ...
5) Free-tool backlinks. ...
6) Acknowledgment backlinks. ...
7) Guest post bio backlinks. ...
8) Badge backlinks.

[nikki shah]

Backlinks are important for SEO because they signal to Google that another resource finds your content valuable enough to link to it within their own content. As a website earns additional backlinks, search engines infer that the website possesses valuable content worth ranking well on the SERPs.

I Agree!!!!

[John-Smith]

So, now I hope you know the importance of backlinks in SEO after reading this thread.

[GeethaN]

Backlinks are important for SEO because they signal to Google that another resource finds your content valuable enough to link to it within their own content. As a website earns additional backlinks, search engines infer that the website possesses valuable content worth ranking well on the SERPs.