Grumpy SEO Guy

Author: Grumpy SEO Guy

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SEO Backlinks For Beginners - Episode 134
Episode 134
Wednesday, 17 December, 2025

Please help keep this podcast free: https://www.patreon.com/grumpyseoguy2:00 what is a backlink?2:03 What is a link?2:25 What is a backlink?2:38 What is an internal link?3:00 Why are backlinks important?3:16 Authority comes from backlinks3:30 Why do you need authority?3:46 What are the 4 things you need to rank?4:15 Episode on penalties: 5:26 How does authority work?5:58 How is authority shared?7:03 How do you get authority?7:30 How authority makes you rank7:52 Amount of backlinks vs quality8:52 Two take aways from this episodeYou need backlinks to get authority and you need authority to rankThere is a difference between good and bad backlinks9:07 Two episodes that explain good backlinks and bad backlinks:9:37 How to get backlinks9:30 Getting good backlinks is the hardest part of SEO9:57 The 4 ways to get backlinks11:19 Episode about why most publicly available link services will not help you12:26 Three episodes about how to build your own links13:23 Review:what are backlinkswhy you need themgood backlinks and bad backlinkshow you get themReferenced episodes:Episode on penalties:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElGAxpB8q1ATwo episodes that explain good backlinks and bad backlinks:Part 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFHg6XwPha4&t=1sPart 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dZSbWKJlJ0Episode about why most publicly available link services will not help you:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1BNS-OQMNw&pp=0gcJCTwKAYcqIYzvThree episodes about how to build your own links:Part 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ez24lr3G_Mc&t=3sPart 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stMe4nMrem4Part 3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AguAeXhEBwI