Meaning & use
backlink
A hyperlink on one website that points to a page on a different website.
See it in a sentence
The blog gained more traffic after several news sites added a backlink to its article.
Search engines often rank pages higher when they have many quality backlinks.
A note on using this word
Backlinks are a key factor in search engine optimization because they can signal that a page is trustworthy or useful.
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