The Moz Q&A Forum

    • Forum
    • Questions
    • My Q&A
    • Users
    • Ask the Community

    Welcome to the Q&A Forum

    Browse the forum for helpful insights and fresh discussions about all things SEO.

    1. SEO and Digital Marketing Q&A Forum
    2. Categories
    3. Link Building
    4. What is a good ratio of total links to linking root domains?

    What is a good ratio of total links to linking root domains?

    Link Building
    3 3 2.0k
    • Oldest to Newest
    • Newest to Oldest
    • Most Votes
    Reply
    • Reply as question
    Log in to reply
    This topic has been deleted. Only users with topic management privileges can see it.
    • ProjectLabs
      ProjectLabs last edited by

      Is 100 total links for every linking domain too high? I suppose I could also look at ratios of sites that are doing well in the rankings.

      1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
      • maestrosonrisas
        maestrosonrisas last edited by

        Good question.

        I have more than 200 links from google, so i dont think is a problem, (I AM NOT AN EXPERT);

        but i another thing to ad to the question is if those links from the same domain goes to same url or different urls, so what happens?

        I had a bad link that point like 2000 links to my main url, i send to prevent a disavow file, it is imposible for me to remove.

        1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
        • Hannah_Smith
          Hannah_Smith last edited by

          Hello there,

          Just to be clear are you calculating 'total links for every linking domain' as follows - total links divided by linking root domains? EG if you had 1000 links from 10 linking root domains you'd have an average of 100 links from each domain.

          If so, I'd say that figure might indicate that you have quite a lot of sitewide links from domains. Now this in and of itself might not be a problem, however if those links are from sites which are off topic or low quality and/or those links look like paid links they may cause you problems in the future.

          I'd definitely advocate taking a look at the link profiles of other site which rank well in your niche to see if your link profile looks anomalous by comparison.

          I hope this helps,

          Hannah

          1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
          • 1 / 1
          • First post
            Last post
          • Subdomain links vs root domain links? Are the less valuable?
            Yeeply.com
            Yeeply.com
            0
            2
            351

          • My Domain Authority is 1 and has number "0" link from Root Domains! What is my fault?
            Andy-Halliday
            Andy-Halliday
            0
            4
            250

          • What is Followed Linking Root Domains ?
            annonces.salam
            annonces.salam
            0
            5
            5.5k

          • External Linking for ROOT DOMAIN METRICS
            Dr-Pete
            Dr-Pete
            0
            2
            254

          • If i get link pointing to a specific page , will that link add up to the count of linking root domains too ?
            RobMay
            RobMay
            1
            4
            81

          • Linking Root Domain does not show twitter
            idyllicsoftware
            idyllicsoftware
            0
            4
            606

          • Linking Root Domains V.s Total Links
            SEOrookie17
            SEOrookie17
            0
            5
            4.9k

          • Too many external links vs linking root domains - good or bad?
            RyanKent
            RyanKent
            0
            4
            1.2k

          Get started with Moz Pro!

          Unlock the power of advanced SEO tools and data-driven insights.

          Start my free trial
          Products
          • Moz Pro
          • Moz Local
          • Moz API
          • Moz Data
          • STAT
          • Product Updates
          Moz Solutions
          • SMB Solutions
          • Agency Solutions
          • Enterprise Solutions
          • Digital Marketers
          Free SEO Tools
          • Domain Authority Checker
          • Link Explorer
          • Keyword Explorer
          • Competitive Research
          • Brand Authority Checker
          • Local Citation Checker
          • MozBar Extension
          • MozCast
          Resources
          • Blog
          • SEO Learning Center
          • Help Hub
          • Beginner's Guide to SEO
          • How-to Guides
          • Moz Academy
          • API Docs
          About Moz
          • About
          • Team
          • Careers
          • Contact
          Why Moz
          • Case Studies
          • Testimonials
          Get Involved
          • Become an Affiliate
          • MozCon
          • Webinars
          • Practical Marketer Series
          • MozPod
          Connect with us

          Contact the Help team

          Join our newsletter
          Moz logo
          © 2021 - 2026 SEOMoz, Inc., a Ziff Davis company. All rights reserved. Moz is a registered trademark of SEOMoz, Inc.
          • Accessibility
          • Terms of Use
          • Privacy