How many backlinks do you need from blogs and forums? 10? 100? 1 000 000?

Hi there,

I am trying to rank for a medium-competition keywords on Google (according to the Google Keyword Tool) and I was wondering how many backlinks from average to high PR forums and blogs would I need to rank well for it.

I think I saw somewhere that having one million backlinks won't necessarily help you. What is a good target to start with? 100?

Thanks,

Mikael

It will certainly depend upon keyword with which you are promoting your website.

Promoting with less competitive keyword will require less backlinks and vice versa..

Personally I find a good mix of back links works better than a whole load of one type. Google are pretty good at picking up un-natural linking patterns, so mix it up with some directories, a couple of articles and some proper html coded, in context links if you can.

There is nothing as such! You should contribute in forums and blog on regular basis and you will see the difference..

Number of backlinks is not the main factor. Backlink quality also matters a lot. If you have few quality backlinks, you can make the same effect you can do with thousands of backlinks.

I think there is never limit to it and what we need is to consistently build up links for the quick progress in SE

http://www.4rentgta.com | http://www.homesalonsuccess.com | http://www.bestmanapp.com

The more the better as a general rule of thumb. But remember relevance is the key, also link to deep pages and remember to mix the anchor text up a bit. It's impossible to put a number on it, as 10 relevant links from authority domains would probably do you more good than thousands of low quality unrelated ones.