Backlinks

[Katarina-Borovska]

Hi,

Does anyone have any experience with acquiring backlinks and their impact on DA and ranks? I am not asking about how to get backlinks, but how soon in your experience you noticed any positive results? Please, can you be specific? I.e. "once I acquired 8 backlinks from websites with DA 70+, my DA changed from x to x and my average rank improved in 4 positions overall/per page". Or any other tangible results.

Many thanks.

Katarina

[John.Moz.com]

Yes, organic conversions and then organic traffic are where I would focus. Rankings should be monitored but don't obsess over them.

Typically origin of backlinks matters. Pick 5 of your top competitors and see which country their backlink profiles are from primarily and emulate that. The perfect backlink profile is always based on the niche and tends to vary.

I will look out for the other questions.

[Katarina-Borovska]

Thanks John.

So are you suggesting to focus on organic traffic growth and organic conversions growth as metrics for our backlinks strategy?

Also, does the origin of backlinks matter? For example if we want to improve our rank in Australia, do we need to look at acquiring Australian backlinks?

Yesterday I posted 2 more questions you might be able to help with. Can you please have a look at them and try to answer if you can? We are taking a very important decisions now and we need the right direction from the beginning. So if you have a minute and to spare, I will appreciate massively!

Many thanks.

Katarina

[John.Moz.com]

I would recommend not focusing on improving your domain authority (it is ok to use for comparison sake) and focusing in more on organic traffic and conversions. There really is no answer that X number of backlinks will lead to X traffic increase in X amount of time for every client. There are hundreds of outside factors that can influence how quickly you will see positive results.

I have seen backlinks help push up rankings in as little as 1 month and some cases as long as 6 months. No two backlinks are created equal so the quality, niche relevancy, the competition in your niche, and your content will all be variables in this. Competition especially is a big factor.  I recommend doing a full-scale competitor analysis to help determine the quantity and quality of backlinks you will need to rank in your specific scenario.

Here is my post to help that process: https://moz.com/blog/competitor-analysis-for-seo