How to find out an inbound link SEO value?

[SnugBabyShop]

Hi,
Is there free software out there which will allow me to see the link value of my sites inbound links in terms of the Google.uk search engine? I'm in the middle of the Hubspot trial at the moment which is giving me values but i'm thinking they're for Google.com and not Google.uk. Need to know which links are worth pursuing? Also, should I try to get several links from these high-ranking sites or is this time wasted? Thank you.

 

[Yousaf]

Hi,
Is there free software out there which will allow me to see the link value of my sites inbound links in terms of the Google.uk search engine? I'm in the middle of the Hubspot trial at the moment which is giving me values but i'm thinking they're for Google.com and not Google.uk. Need to know which links are worth pursuing? Also, should I try to get several links from these high-ranking sites or is this time wasted? Thank you.

SEO Spyglass would be one but no software can tell link value better than yourself.

 

[RedEvo]

The way it impacts on your rankings would be a good measure of its value.

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[thetime22]

After years of SEO you'll be able to sniff em out a mile away.

 

[SnugBabyShop]

Thanks but i'm not planning on waiting years to find out what works and what doesn't!

 

[robmcnicoll]

SEO Quake is a useful free plugin for firefox & chrome. This will give you indication of the relative strength of any page based on a number of factors.

Although I'm sure some people may shout me down on this, high PR links have been of great value to me (regardless of the relevance of the site I'm getting the link from).

However - getting several links from the same high PR is not necessarily going to give you much additional benefit. Google looks at server IP of the domain, and IP diversity seems to be an important ranking factor.

 

[terryuk]

The amount of outbound links on the page is usually a good place to look, obviously a page with 5 outgoing links is much better than one with 50.

Relevancy, the site/page your getting the link from.

PR is still working for some juice.

Authority/age, so a backlink from a year 2000 domain which has 1 million backlinks would be valuable.

OOh and the best backlinks are ones that will be there in 5 years time. Not ones which are gone in a weeks time.

Like the above said, you can spot a good link a mile off after time.... but you may spend more time looking for quality links than it's actually worth so good luck.

And don't believe everything software tells you lol

 

[SnugBabyShop]

Thanks for the advice - really appreciated!

 

[I, Brian]

RedEvo is on the ball - there really is no way you can determine the value of individual links. You can make a rough judgement call as to whether you *think* it may have value based on being linked to from a reputable site with a few years history in Google. However, even then, you do not know if such a site will pass any link juice because Google has devalued this ability on so many sites, on so many formats.

Therefore you have to play a numbers game - the more you push on the above criteria, the more likely you'll end up with more good links passing good value, and therefore demonstrated by the impact on your site position.

 

[B2Bexpert]

check website link volume or check website reputation like, total backlinks, pr, content and traffic.