You must show a diversity of sources and 100% of your backlinks can't be to one domain. . For every 1 link to your website or your brand’s blog, you should have at least 2-3 links to other reputable sites.
Reputable sites, in general, means sites that have been around for a long time that most people have heard of before.
In a technical sense, it means sites with a Domain Authority above 60 (based on tools like SEMrush, AHREFs, MOZ, etc.)
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4.b.ii. Internal linkingTable of Contents:
1. Editing Protocol Overview 1.a. Second Human Rule1.a.i. Verified Writers1.b. Time to Review2. Standards of Quality2.a. Originality Score2.b. 6 Ws Score2.c. Objectivity in ranked listicles2.d. Unranked listicles2.e. Actionable advice
3. Red Flags3.a. Subject Matter3.a.i. Subject matter saturation3.b. Plagiarism3.c. Sources and Citations3.d. Formatting is bad or broken3.e. Grammar level: gibberish3.f. Story is Too Short🔗 4. Backlink Rules & Guidelines
4.a. Backlink Limits4.b. Banklink quality and diversity4.b.i. Diversity of sources4.b.ii. Internal linking4.b.iii. Changing links4.c. Reposting and Canonical Linking4.c.i. Canonical links to company domain4.c.ii. Canonical links to blog networks or social networks