Backlink?

[SSFCU]

This is probably going to sound like the silliest question ever, but I have to ask. Does an article that requires a subscription to read count as a backlink? Is there any difference in that type of backlink as opposed to one that doesn't require a subscription?

Thanks.

[trung.ngo]

Hi seosarah,

Not a silly question at all! The issue with links from articles that require subscriptions is discoverability- that is, Google and the other engines cannot credit you for the link if they cannot find the article in the first place. So that would be the primary difference in getting links in articles that are only accessible via subscription versus articles that do not.

Hope that clears things up!

-Trung

[SSFCU]

Yes it does - thank you!