Thread: What is better, quantity or quality?

I have always wondered, whether I should pay attention to the quality of back links or their quantity?

If I get 10 backlinks from a 2 high PR forums, is it better than having 10 backlinks from 5 different forums having mixed page ranks?

Will it be the same for Google?

If you support getting more number of backlinks from different forums rather than sticking to one or two, then is it okay to have just one or two backlinks from one forum and then jump to another?

quality of course, try to find popular website related to your niche only
there is nothing good in back links from a high PR site about IT if your site is all about celebrities for example
and 10 backlinks should not be your goal, it is hundreds and thousands you should focus on

Most people say that quality is better than quantity. But for me quality is nothing without quantity.

Originally Posted by riderbabygurl

Most people say that quality is better than quantity. But for me quality is nothing without quantity.

Yup, I'd like to go with you. Thanks for the support. I heard many people say that quality is better than quantity. But I guess, I should be looking at your view and proceed accordingly.

personally i get better results with quality.

I got some time ago 100 submissions on 100 sites for 40 usd

Bad choice.. I got 3 visits to my site

If you have 100 links on sites with pr0 and 5 unique visitors each and you have 10 sites with pr5 with 20.000 uv.... wich would you choose ? :happy-f:

Quality of links is more important that should be considered outsourcing the following factors:
PR of the site
Relevancy of product
Relevancy of traffic

Originally Posted by rapidf

personally i get better results with quality.

I got some time ago 100 submissions on 100 sites for 40 usd

Bad choice.. I got 3 visits to my site

If you have 100 links on sites with pr0 and 5 unique visitors each and you have 10 sites with pr5 with 20.000 uv.... wich would you choose ? :happy-f:

But how do you get to know the number of Unique Visitors?!

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Originally Posted by shubh

Quality of links is more important that should be considered outsourcing the following factors:
PR of the site
Relevancy of product
Relevancy of traffic

Anyone here to support this opinion?! I am afraid to do so...

Well yeah you want quantities of quality links.. if you have only a few GOOD links, thats not going to do much for you, so yeah you need as many GOOD links as you can get.

Originally Posted by wroxtar

But how do you get to know the number of Unique Visitors?!

Easy in awstats you have this section " Links from an external page .
If somebody clicks on a link to your site you will find the url that has send the visitor.

for me I would choose over quality over quantity because quality really deserves the spot

What is meant by "quality" here by the way? Quality should include what parameters?

Quality is the most important, of course.. That would be considering the PR of the site to where you are posting, if the blog to where you are commenting have the same niche as yours, etc.. If you prefer quantity, you will just be wasting your time most especially when most of the posts you made weren't able to provide you good backlinks.. Also, you can make Google suspicious if you consider quantity as too many backlinks in a day can be consider spamming..

I think that the quality of the link is more important (but quantity can be nice). Its like this I would think:

If you have a whole bunch of mixed up website links that has poor content then Google may look at you like "What the hell is this crap?" and then it may not look good for ya later on.

However...

If you have a decent amount of quality links that has very good, informative information that people like & are interested in then Google will look at you "Nice information, neat & clean!" and increase your SERPS/PR.

At least thats my opinion but of course we will probably never know how it actually works. But that is how my logic works in any case.

Like most of you said, My pick will be quality as well. Quality backlinks can help your site rank in SERP..

ya getting quality backlinks from high pr site give much value and ranks your site higher quickely

Originally Posted by Sarahlee

I think that the quality of the link is more important (but quantity can be nice). Its like this I would think:

If you have a whole bunch of mixed up website links that has poor content then Google may look at you like "What the hell is this crap?" and then it may not look good for ya later on.

However...

If you have a decent amount of quality links that has very good, informative information that people like & are interested in then Google will look at you "Nice information, neat & clean!" and increase your SERPS/PR.

At least thats my opinion but of course we will probably never know how it actually works. But that is how my logic works in any case.

That was a wonderful opinion. I will keep that in mind and proceed accordingly. Thanks for your input.

wroxtar added 3 Minutes and 52 Seconds later...

Originally Posted by Misa21

Like most of you said, My pick will be quality as well. Quality backlinks can help your site rank in SERP..

But then if we talk about quality, what parameters should be considered that determine the quality of a link?

- PR
- Do-follow attribute
- Relevancy

Can I consider a nofollow link from a site with no PR, but relevant to my niche as quality?

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quality is the obvious choice

Originally Posted by loco

quality is the obvious choice

But then what are we meaning here by the term quality?

Originally Posted by wroxtar

But then what are we meaning here by the term quality?

Links related to the niche you are targeting on pages with less than 20 OBL

Both are important unless you are conferred with the responsibility of generating only traffic or only getting quality link backs. Better to have some quality link backs from reputed sites rather; getting a number of links from blacklisted sites.

Well Both are Important at their Own Place But I Prefer r Quality Just a Quantity.

I'd say both the quantity i feel would be a bit more important as far as the 'quality' is not considered as spam. The more the backlinks, better the odds of getting a higher PR and so also having backlinks on high PR sites makes things even better.

Quality is the key factor, quality stands for high pr with totally relevant to your theme.

Quantity and Quality are both important.

If you spend a lot of time with your puppy, but you are just sitting in the living room petting him-- that is good for bonding, but not very good for his health, as he needs lots of exercise.

If you go running with him for an hour, but it is only once every week, then he isn't getting enough attention or exercise.

You have to find a good balance or exercise, attention, and dealing with your personal life.

Don't choose one or the other. If you want to rank well you must have a ton of quality backlinks if you only get a couple really good backlinks you will probably not rank well if you get thousands of crap backlinks you will probably not rank well if you get thousands of quality backlinks then you WILL probably rank well numbers of course depend on the niche and how competitive it is.

Quality is better.. But it is much better if you can have them both..

My take is that both are important in the practice of link building. While "lower quality" links may not bear the same weight as "higher quality" links, the sheer volume of links can begin to develop higher quality links.

If you are in sales, you can focus on high dollar, low volume sales or focus on high volume, low dollar sales. Either way, you really end up doing the same amount of work. But by working on the higher volume, not only do you increase the scope of your audience (becomes seen by more prospects) but you get better at the sales process through repetition. Same applies to link building... if you get really good at the art of linking, when the bigger, higher quality links come around, they are easier to land.

That being said, you must have good content on your website, or no one but spammy sites will even want to link to you.

Check out the article I wrote on how to Not Avoid Low Quality Links: h tt p : // bit.ly/DGZz6

Originally Posted by FoundByDesign

My take is that both are important in the practice of link building. While "lower quality" links may not bear the same weight as "higher quality" links, the sheer volume of links can begin to develop higher quality links.

If you are in sales, you can focus on high dollar, low volume sales or focus on high volume, low dollar sales. Either way, you really end up doing the same amount of work. But by working on the higher volume, not only do you increase the scope of your audience (becomes seen by more prospects) but you get better at the sales process through repetition. Same applies to link building... if you get really good at the art of linking, when the bigger, higher quality links come around, they are easier to land.

That being said, you must have good content on your website, or no one but spammy sites will even want to link to you.

Check out the article I wrote on How to Not Avoid Low Quality Links

I agree with the very good point that you made, that we target a bigger audience by building many links even though low quality ones. Thanks for the input.

Quality and quantity go hand in hand together. And IMO, its still useful to have quantity of links if you have hard time looking for related website.

Originally Posted by cecille20

Quality and quantity go hand in hand together. And IMO, its still useful to have quantity of links if you have hard time looking for related website.

Thanks a lot. This is a very good statement to look at when we are having a hard time finding those quality websites to get backlink from. Thanks for the support and encouragement.

Neither I think just keep getting links both ways.

Originally Posted by mrgilb

Neither I think just keep getting links both ways.

Now come on one has to carve a strategy and not just go on building links blindly, I suppose.

Quality is far more better than the quantity, if we get backlinks from high PR, Relevant at the same time do follow blogs then our ranking will surely boost, compared to building links to a lot of untrusted sites, the worst thing of getting quantity of backlinks is google might deindex or penalize our sites because of spamming..

The obvious answer to your question is quality with quantity. But quality should come first.

well in my opnion quality is always better no one compare its

I always say regarding getting a link quality is matter

That is getting a link from relevant theme, good PR site and having good content in the websites, good Layout, Good navigation structure and so on.

Both factors are important. It a trade-off. If you can get quality links you need less of them. But if you don't have enough quality links to maintain the growth you'll need more "easy-to-get" links (like forum posting or bookmarking).

Quality..There's no need to be confused between the two..Quantity is not important as long as you're doing it will quality.

Forget about the quantity. Find quality and high PR sites as much as you can

Quality ! Most IMP !

quantity was the thing a few years ago. Now it's quality or relevancy