What are the referring domains in SEO?

[canadapr]

Explain referring domains in SEO?

[Dreamworth]

Referring domains are websites from which the target website or web page has one or more backlinks. For example, if a web page has a backlink from the New York Times, then it has one referring domain. If it has a link from the New York Times and Forbes, that it has two referring domains.

[iastitlesearch]

Referring Domain - Basically, the Referring domain is the domain that people "came from" when visiting your site.

If you link to your site from your signature in forums & people click on it, then the forum becomes the referring site (or) domain.

[ritesh3592]

Referring Domains – A metric that shows the number of websites that link to the domain you are looking up.If a single website links to the domain 3 times, then it's 3 backlinks but only 1 referring domain. Make sure you check these before purchasing a domain.

[GeethaN]

According to Majestic SEO's glossary, a "Referring domain, also known as "ref domain", is a domain from which a backlink is pointing to a page or link."

Why You Need to Know the Difference ?

What you're looking for is the ratio of referring domains to backlinks. If you have a ton of backlinks and not very many referring domains, your backlink profile is very weak. For example, if you have 10 referring domains and 110 backlinks, Google is likely dinging your site for shady backlinks, which negatively impacts your page rank.

They punish high backlinks and low referring domains because, when a high number of backlinks come from a few sites, it's almost always a paid linking scheme, such as a private blog network. Increasingly, search engines are de-indexing blog networks. If your website is connected to the de-indexed network, your ranking will be affected. Because of this, it's best to stay far away from paid blog networks.

Getting Better Backlinks
If you find that your backlinks are all coming from a few referring domains, you have some work to do. Begin by reading our advice on the best way to get backlinks for SEO. Using these tips, begin to slowly increase the number of backlinks pointing to your site. This will take time, but it's worth the effort. Google is always on the lookout for quality, natural backlinks and will reward your handsomely if you are able to obtain them.

[jayam]

Referring domains are websites from which the target website or web page has one or more backlinks. For example, if a web page has a backlink from the New York Times, then it has one referring domain. If it has a link from the New York Times and Forbes, that it has two referring domains.

[RH-Calvin]

Referring domains are websites from which the target website or web page has one or more backlinks.