How many external links do I need?

[WilCross]

I write short blog post between 80-100 words and I link out to other websites. However, How many external links should I have in each blog post to rank better in search?

[EGOL]

In my opinion, 80 to 100 words is really really skimpy.   You would gain more by increasing the quality and detail of your post than by changing the number of external links.   Google is probably going to put more emphasis on your content and how your visitors respond to it than they will put into evaluating your external links.  In addition, I think that you will gain more from Google if you have highly-related, high-quality content on your own site and are linking to that.

[WilCross]

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