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  • Addythenurse
    Addythenurse last edited by Apr 3, 2015, 1:23 PM

    Hi all:

    Do backlinks need to be clicked to pass linkjuice? Is so, can someone explain how much traffic is needed from a backlink to count as linkjuice?

    Thanks for the help.

    Audrey.

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    • Mission-Quest
      Mission-Quest last edited by May 30, 2020, 8:16 PM May 30, 2020, 8:16 PM

      Backlinks do not have to be clicked in order for them to count as linkjuice. Recently my org (missionquest.org) joined MOZ and it helped our backlinks and  improved our SEO.

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      • max.favilli
        max.favilli last edited by Apr 9, 2015, 9:14 AM Apr 3, 2015, 5:14 PM

        I would be surprised.

        Google knows a lot, but not everything. Unless GA tracking code is installed google shall not know about things such a user click.

        If they were passing page juices only for clicked backlink they would be ruling out a too big chunk of the web. It doesn't sound logic to me.

        Also it doesn't sound realistic to analyze all users click in the world when refreshing google index, they do have a lot of metal, but not that much.

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        • MonicaOConnor
          MonicaOConnor @anthonydnelson last edited by Apr 3, 2015, 3:47 PM Apr 3, 2015, 3:47 PM

          So, are you saying that a link having traffic kind of disqualifies it as spammy? Or at least in the eyes of Google?

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          • anthonydnelson
            anthonydnelson last edited by Apr 3, 2015, 3:33 PM Apr 3, 2015, 3:33 PM

            Absolutely not. Spam links still work fantastic for ranking a site (temporarily). Those are links that never get seen or clicked, they pretty much just get crawled. Don't go the spam route, but also don't worry too much about people clicking links. I've gotten a ton of great links that have sent very, very little referral traffic, meaning links on popular posts still don't guarantee getting any/many clicks.

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            • MonicaOConnor
              MonicaOConnor @Addythenurse last edited by Apr 3, 2015, 3:19 PM Apr 3, 2015, 3:19 PM

              I don't think so. I usually fetch and render then submit my pages anytime I add one to my site, or make a significant change, like adding content or changing images. Nothing unnatural about it.

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              • Addythenurse
                Addythenurse @MonicaOConnor last edited by Apr 3, 2015, 3:03 PM Apr 3, 2015, 3:03 PM

                Good idea. I wonder if it would seem "un-natural" however?

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                • MonicaOConnor
                  MonicaOConnor @Addythenurse last edited by Apr 3, 2015, 3:01 PM Apr 3, 2015, 3:01 PM

                  Submitting the page to Google for Indexing doesn't guarantee that the backlinks will be crawled, but it can be a good way to try to force them to be crawled.

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                  • Addythenurse
                    Addythenurse last edited by Apr 3, 2015, 2:56 PM Apr 3, 2015, 2:56 PM

                    In that case, wouldn't it be ideal to submit the page to google indexing right after it's published?

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                    • Eslam-yosef
                      Eslam-yosef @MonicaOConnor last edited by Apr 3, 2015, 1:40 PM Apr 3, 2015, 1:40 PM

                      I think it's about Page popularity and users engagements. Popularity in search results means a lot of spiders in the page. And, when a user clicks the link, there's a spider follows him to the new page. And it's all about the spider discovered your page and your link as well (as I think).

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                      • Eslam-yosef
                        Eslam-yosef last edited by Apr 3, 2015, 1:31 PM Apr 3, 2015, 1:31 PM

                        In fact, it's not like that.

                        I will tell you a very important rule about backlinks and really hard to find it. Tha main point is that the link need to be discovered by Google. And, the page which contain the link must have popularity in Google search results which mean a lot of people entering the page through search results. This what we call "the Quality of the link"

                        Keep up with your link building journey.

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                        • MonicaOConnor
                          MonicaOConnor last edited by Apr 3, 2015, 3:46 PM Apr 3, 2015, 1:28 PM

                          The way that I understand it is that the click helps the link to be found faster than if it had not been clicked. It might have equity and pass link juice prior, but before Google finds it, it might not be counted as a link to your site. Does that make sense? The link needs to be discovered before the link juice is actually counted. At least that is the way that I understand it.

                          I do know a few professionals who believe that if a link isn't clicked link juice is never passed. I don't know if that is necessarily true. It makes sense that a link could be discovered but not have any equity because it isn't being used. I wonder if someone has a better idea of whether or not that is true, or if it another secret Google keeps 🙂

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