Rankings & Linking Root Domains
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How are the Linking Root Domains under Keyword Rankings being found?
We've noticed for many of our key terms that big brands like Amazon, eBay, Home Depot, etc. only list 1 linking root domain, while much smaller competitors in our industry have hundreds. Clearly big brands are going to get more links than a company most people haven't heard of and the idea that these companies only have 1 linking root domain to a specific subcategory on their site is not believable.
What's going on here?
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So in the 145,000,000+ domains on the Internet and with almost 3 billion people online, you really think only 1 domain has a link pointing to Home Depot's grills subcategory? And only 2 have links pointing to Amazon's grills subcategory?
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Thats SEO in the modern times for you!! Its all about the quality of your website and the quality of your links. That doesn't mean you will never compete with these websites but it will take time. Use the crawl reports on SEOmoz and make sure that you at least have your website in the best possible conditions.
Remember, its quality of quantity so dont be tempted to just build thousands of spammy links or you will never compete with them.
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