Do contextual backlinks provide value if no one clicks them

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[MrWhippy]

Hi Stefan,

The links will pass juice as long as Google picks them up. All normal caveats will apply such as the relevancy of the site you are posting on, the relevancy of the link etc...

I hope this helps.

Steve

[EGOL]

Why are these links not being clicked?  Are they on low quality websites that nobody reads?  Or are they about topics that nobody is searching for?  Or is the content so low that people quit reading.

Each of these has a solution.  Target better websites, write what people really care about, increase the level of quality.

Now, if you are going to put all of that effort into it, then perhaps the website that you should be targeting is your own.  Filling it full of high quality articles on topics that people really care about and are searching for.

Common wisdom in the SEO community is to spend time building trivial content in the form of guest posts that will produce links that nobody clicks on.   I don't get it.  I'd rather spend my time building a real website that I can be proud of.  Bet on yourself.