What the Heck is a low quality link

[mjtaylor]

We all have heard that, you should try to get links from niche sites... but you should also focus on keep variations on your links.

It means if we're not getting links from niche sites then they would be considered as low quality??
But keeping variations on your links doesn't mean that we should also try to get links from unrelated websites??

There is so much that goes into quality, but most of us know it when we see it. If you think a site is at least a little better than yours and you are proud to be associated with them -- would maybe even feel very lucky to get a link from them -- that's probably a decent indication of quality.

In my opinion the answer is simple. A low quality link is an insemantic link.

Generally if you ask 10 persons you will get 12 answers.

What is an 'insemantic' (sic) link? Your answer is only simple if one understands the semantics of links.

[kgun]

What is an 'insemantic' (sic) link? Your answer is only simple if one understands the semantics of links.

An other way to express it is.

A semantic link is a meaningful link. It is a link with a purpose. Examples:

1. Sematic internal links. Navigation links, links to content, product, and service pages.
2. Sematic external links. Links to the sofware you use, links to the company that made your site, signature links, links to external sites that is meaningfult (semantic) to your content - contextual links if you prefer.

[mjtaylor]

An other way to express it is.

A semantic link is a meaningful link. It is a link with a purpose. Examples:

1. Sematic internal links. Navigation links, links to content, product, and service pages.
2. Sematic external links. Links to the sofware you use, links to the company that made your site, signature links, links to external sites that is meaningfult (semantic) to your content - contextual links if you prefer.

So, an unsemantic link would be a link to a viagra site from a real estate website?

[morestar]

See that's why it seems everything in the SEO world is all jumbled, sure we can do our work but, even if we boil down right and wrong, good or bad to semantics it still doesn't make sense cause can we really say a link to an SEO site from a Viagra site wouldn't be useful/beneficial? I don't think do. Does the sentence the link is in need to be 'semantic' or even the paragraph for the link to be useful?

[kgun]

So, an unsemantic link would be a link to a viagra site from a real estate website?

Generally yes, unless there is a relation. Example:

A niche real estate site for people that use or need viagra, e,g, a real estate viagra club. (Google would most probalbly raise a red flag on such a site)

I repeat my first post:

In my opinion the answer is simple. A low quality link is an insemantic link.

Generally if you ask 10 persons you will get 12 answers.

Here red text is more important than bolded text.

[stiller88]

Low quality links are links from website who have no connections to yours . Different topics like a website for tyres linking to a website for food. There is no chance the Google would consider that a valuable backlink .

[SteveGerencser]

But what if I need new tires for my tractor that is used to grow the food you eat? What if those tires are made of recycled material which helps the environment and thus improves food harvests? What if they develop a process where food waste (corn stalks for instance) can be woven in to a fabric for use in tire manufacturing? What if your grocery store is a super store like walmart that sells both food and tires, just in different isles? Perhaps a free tire rotation while you shop for your food?

[morestar]

Low quality links are links from website who have no connections to yours . Different topics like a website for tyres linking to a website for food. There is no chance the Google would consider that a valuable backlink .

Kind of like forum signature links?

[stiller88]

Yes Steve , i would tend to agree with you , but for many reasons i just think that Google doesn't see it this way . I think they just see it as niche or non-related link.

[SteveGerencser]

Any specific reasons other than because Google says so? Not beating you up (much) but there should be a reason for your thoughts other than Google says so.

It can be staggeringly challenging to get links withing your niche since many people in your niche would be competitors. What if you sell tires and someone recommends you on a forum about jewelry with a link? Would that help? Should it? Far too many people have this niche thing stuck in their heads and if that is how you judge a link you will be passed quite easily by everyone else.