Marketing
Backlink
A backlink is another website linking TO your page. The strongest classic-SEO ranking signal — Google's PageRank algorithm was built on backlink graph analysis. In 2026, quality > quantity: 5 high-authority backlinks beat 500 low-authority ones.
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Earning backlinks in 2026: (1) publish original primary-source research that journalists + LLM-engine crawlers cite, (2) submit to high-authority directories (Crunchbase, AI-tool databases), (3) guest posts on respected industry publications, (4) podcast appearances (the show notes link back), (5) get on GitHub awesome lists. Aiprosol's GEO playbook covers each.