Is it good to have a few outbound links to good authority sites?
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my site has less than 3 OBLs. (do follow)
is it a good idea to give a couple do follow links to authoritative sites for domain authority purposes?
thanks guys!
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I don’t really have any study available with me that proves that OBL is going to help you life your DA even a bit but if the link that is going out to authority site will help enhance user experience then you should use it without any second thought!
OBL to quality sites can allow your visitor’s to trust you and you can get positive brand image but SEO value of OBL in my opinion is questionable.
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you dont have to force yourself. If it's relevant why not? Just make it open in a new window
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To enhance your domain authority you'll need them to link to you not the opposite. You may want to earn the links they have or just have them linking to you.
However if they're related and as Jesse said linking to them may enhance the UX, it's always a good idea to link to official and authoritative sites, it makes your website more natural because the nature of the web is a "web" of sites interlinked among them.
Summarizing it won't help your authority directly but it will help you look better to both your users and I think to bots too.
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Won't really influence your DA. I'd worry less about that number and more about whether it is good for the user's experience.
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