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Jun 04.2013

Hello Guys,
I am new to seo and bit confuse about what are inbound and outbound links. what is these? please share your feedback.
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@HanasonsJun 05.2013 — In bound links are coming to a website while outbound links are going out from your site to others.
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@Steve_SmithJun 05.2013 — Inbound links are those links which are coming to our website from another website whereas outbound link are those types of links which are going to another site from our site. Inbound link is known as back links and outbound links are known as outgoing links.
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@web901Jun 09.2013 — Here is some useful info regarding inbound and outbound links:

"Inbound links or commonly known as “backlinks” are the links pointing to your site and search engines like Google like it when you have thousands of links pointing to your site but sometimes Google penalizes you for it too if you have poor quality and irrelevant backlinks pointing to your site. Yes, because you have no authority over the inbound links which others post for you. Google only likes it when relevant links point to your site but as you have no control over them you cannot control which sites point to your site. But if your content is rich with information and unique then chances are that people will link to your site and there are more chances that those links will be “dofollow” and you will get some free and targeted traffic to your site. Inbound links that are “dofollow” also increase your website’s PR and SERPs and are considered healthy for any blog or website.

Outbound links:

These are the links pointing to other websites from your website and you have more control over these links. People have different views about outbound links and many say that it is against the SEO rules and search engines can penalize you for doing this. This approach is wrong; I know Google cannot penalize me if I put a link to Google inside my post. My theory is that you should link to relevant content if it gives more information to your readers. Bloggers are of the view that you lose traffic when you put outbound links in your posts but if you share useful resources then chances are that your readers will stick to your blog and will come back in search of more useful resources. But if you do put outbound links in your posts then make sure they are pointing to relevant, original and informative content".
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@aileennicole13Jun 10.2013 — Hi!

Inbound links are URLs leading back to a webpage from an external source. URLs should include the main page of a business and the internal pages for optimal effect.

Outbound links point to another website outside of your main URL.
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@Isabella_MorganJun 10.2013 — 
  • 1. Inbound links or commonly known as “backlinks” are the links pointing to your site from other site.

  • 2. Outbound links are the links pointing to other sites from your site.
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    @venumssiJun 13.2013 — Three types of links

    [B]internal links:[/B] A webpage linking from one webpage to another webpage internally. The web page must be in the same domain. It's good for your website and convenient to your customer.

    [B]Inbound links[/B]: Number of links coming from other websites to your website. It's good for your website.

    [B]External links[/B]: A other website linking from your website. It's not good for your website. Apply nofollow relation to that anchor tag to prevent link juice.
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    @johnmacdJun 14.2013 — Inbound links:-

    Are links that are directly pointing towards your website and web page's. They are also called as backlinks.

    outbound links:-

    Means that your website has links for some other websites on it.
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    @RichardCarver01Jun 14.2013 — With so many answers you should have understood about inbound and outbound links, another thing you need to consider is internal links which can be reviewed from google / bing webmaster tools
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    @lalithyaJun 14.2013 — Inbound links or backlinks, come from an external site to yours.

    Outbound links are the links pointing to other websites from your website.
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    @jaredsdirectJun 15.2013 — Inbound Links- Those links which are coming to your website

    Outbound Links- Those links which are going from your website (to other website)
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    @ppcyes_netDec 15.2013 — I found a useful article which basically explains the difference in full detail.

    Click here to read the article ? Hope that helps
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    @priyanka444Dec 20.2013 — Its simple when you are giving the link to another site then your link will acts as inbound link for that site and out bound link for your site at the same time when you are getting the links from some other sites then those links are acts as the inbound link for your site.
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    @Honey497Dec 21.2013 — Inbound links are the links that are pointing to your website from other websites. They are also known as Backlinks.

    Outbound links are the links that are pointing to different websites from your websites.
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    @nathanmiller99Dec 21.2013 — Inbounds liks are those links which are coming to our sites and aslo we called them the backlinks and in outbound links we are giving links to another site.
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    @marrickDec 21.2013 — Hello Guys,

    I am new to seo and bit confuse about what are inbound and outbound links. what is these? please share your feedback.

    Thanks for any reply.[/QUOTE]

    You are new to seo and yet you are having such signatures? If you really want to learn SEO, you should spend more time in reading articles about what you are asking.
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    @aycomponentDec 23.2013 — Inbound links: Incoming links to website

    Outbound link: Outgoing links from website
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    @lisa008Dec 24.2013 — 1.Inbound links or commonly known as “backlinks” are the links pointing to your site and search engines like Google like it when you have thousands of links pointing to your site but sometimes Google penalizes you for it too if you have poor quality and irrelevant backlinks pointing to your site.

    2.
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    @syrena143Dec 28.2013 — Inbound links helps in ranking you website in search engines and

    outbound links does not help in ranking your website in search engines.
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    @spyindiavimleshDec 31.2013 — Inbound links are those links which are coming to our website. Example:- backlinks. While outbound links are those links which are going to some other website by our website.
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    @John_marksJan 21.2014 — Thanks you guys for sharing such a very useful information.and i strongly believe this post help me and my other forum friends. thanks for it.
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    @sandoJan 26.2014 — Inbound links:

    Inbound links or commonly known as “backlinks” are the links pointing to your site and search engines like Google like it when you have thousands of links pointing to your site but sometimes Google penalizes you for it too if you have poor quality and irrelevant backlinks pointing to your site. Yes, because you have no authority over the inbound links which others post for you. Google only likes it when relevant links point to your site but as you have no control over them you cannot control which sites point to your site. But if your content is rich with information and unique then chances are that people will link to your site and there are more chances that those links will be “dofollow” and you will get some free and targeted traffic to your site. Inbound links that are “dofollow” also increase your website’s PR and SERPs and are considered healthy for any blog or website.

    Outbound links:

    These are the links pointing to other websites from your website and you have more control over these links. People have different views about outbound links and many say that it is against the SEO rules and search engines can penalize you for doing this. This approach is wrong; I know Google cannot penalize me if I put a link to Google inside my post. My theory is that you should link to relevant content if it gives more information to your readers. Bloggers are of the view that you lose traffic when you put outbound links in your posts but if you share useful resources then chances are that your readers will stick to your blog and will come back in search of more useful resources. But if you do put outbound links in your posts then make sure they are pointing to relevant, original and informative content.
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    @sourabhthaverJan 29.2014 — All the referral links coming towards a website is counted as incoming or inbound links and just opposite all the links going away from a website are the out bound or out going links.
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    @RiskyFeb 27.2014 — Links or backlinks that come to your website are called inbound links. On the other hand , outbound links are those that link to a quality authoritative website
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    @humayun417Nov 12.2014 — Here is some useful info regarding inbound and outbound links:

    "Inbound links or commonly known as “backlinks” are the links pointing to your site and search engines like Google like it when you have thousands of links pointing to your site but sometimes Google penalizes you for it too if you have poor quality and irrelevant backlinks pointing to your site. Yes, because you have no authority over the inbound links which others post for you. Google only likes it when relevant links point to your site but as you have no control over them you cannot control which sites point to your site. But if your content is rich with information and unique then chances are that people will link to your site and there are more chances that those links will be “dofollow” and you will get some free and targeted traffic to your site. Inbound links that are “dofollow” also increase your website’s PR and SERPs and are considered healthy for any blog or website.

    Outbound links:

    These are the links pointing to other websites from your website and you have more control over these links. People have different views about outbound links and many say that it is against the SEO rules and search engines can penalize you for doing this. This approach is wrong; I know Google cannot penalize me if I put a link to Google inside my post. My theory is that you should link to relevant content if it gives more information to your readers. Bloggers are of the view that you lose traffic when you put outbound links in your posts but if you share useful resources then chances are that your readers will stick to your blog and will come back in search of more useful resources. But if you do put outbound links in your posts then make sure they are pointing to relevant, original and informative content".[/QUOTE]

    Yes absolutely right. ?
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    @MasondavisNov 12.2014 — 
  • 1. In bound links are coming to your own website.

  • 2. outbound links are coming form other Sites to your website.
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    @GeorgeZapatNov 13.2014 — Inbound links are links that point from another website to yours and in outbound links we give links to other site.
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    @anirban09PJul 21.2015 — Inbound links that come from relevant websites that have themselves gained authority and stature with the search engines — help drive up your website’s search engine rankings. Inbound links in general are good, but inbound links to your website from relevant, authority sites are ideal.

    Outbound links are links on your website that point to another destination on the internet. Outbound links send your website visitors away from your website to another website, if only briefly.
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    @daviddakaraiJul 21.2015 — [B]Inbound links:[/B]

    Inbound links or commonly known as “backlinks” are the links pointing to your site and search engines like Google like it when you have thousands of links pointing to your site but sometimes Google penalizes you for it too if you have poor quality and irrelevant backlinks pointing to your site.

    [B]Outbound links:[/B]

    These are the links pointing to other websites from your website and you have more control over these links. People have different views about outbound links and many say that it is against the SEO rules and search engines can penalize you for doing this.
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