Competitors with thousands of links

[bridaldesigns]

Looking at my competitors link results on OSE some of them have 30,000 links to their websites. They are top rank on google whereas I am page 2.  I know its quality over quantity but am I ever going to compete with that number of links? Is it worth getting some low value links just to bump up numbers while continuing getting good links? thanks for any advice!

[AdenBrands]

Its wort checking out the webcast made back in the summer called something like 'successful link  building'. The overall message was the classic link building is dead and that social media signals and great content will do your work for you. Have a look at the video and all becomes clear.

[RyanKent]

I would suggest looking past the "total # of links" and instead examine the "Linking root domains" number. You can easily obtain a single footer link from a forum site with 30k pages and then instantly you have 30k links to your site. The actual value of those links is quite low.

Alternatively you can obtain a single link from a New York Times article which offers a lot of value to your site.

Ultimately you want to be able to look past site-wide links and understand the site's link profile. An authentic link has value but many sites are fluffed with a ton of links which are frankly worthless or very low value. That may or may not be the case with your competitor.

[bridaldesigns]

They have double the number of linking root domains as me.  Just to clarify (am a beginner!) that you can have lots of links from one website but only one counts as from a  linking root domain?

[AlanMosley]

You can buy a 1,000 links for 9$ all from different domains, and then you could prooably get one link from a decent souce that is worth much more then alll of them.

numbers really dont mean much, thats why they have metrics like domain authority and trust, that try to take all this into account

[EGOL]

Everybody starts as a beginner.

If you work hard five years from now you will be in a powerful position if you work smart.

[bridaldesigns]

Thankyou for your replies- will carry on plodding on as I am!