: Is there a weight for html link? I would like to know if there is any weight associated with a html link (its backlink) when google does crawling/indexing. Will 1,2 & 3 be ever considered

@Angela700

Yes 1, 2, and 3 will be counted as a link, because it's a link. Google doesn't look at a social bookmark and give it any lesser value because it's a social bookmark. Just as they don't look at a link on a .edu and give it any more credit based on the TLD.

Google is taking into account hundreds of signals. To Google a link is a link now what else can they determine from the page the link is on? From the pages linking to the page the link is on? From the page the link is linking to?

Their technology page quite a few years ago said they use 100 signals in their algorithm, a few years later it said they use 200 signals. Now it simply says hundreds.

While links play a big roll in determining where you rank there's quite a lot more being considered other than the quantity of characters and words in the anchor alone.

Good links are natural, or look natural and look like someone has put some thought into placing the link.

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@Carla537

As far as I know links aren't weighted, only their value is measured (partially) depending on the number of keywords in the link. Google also factors in the placement of the link as well.

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