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[Nicholas Novak]

For all of the pros out there who post frequently, have you noticed if all the backlinks have helped your SEO? 

I have been debating upgrading to the Pro account and getting more active on the forums to try and improve both my business acumen and also get more backlinks out there for my site. I am more of an introverted person but I need an excuse to get out of my comfort zone. 

Thanks for all the help in advance!  

[Rich Spaulding]

Hi Nicholas,

Let me explain the difference between a backlink and referring domain:

The 5,000 backlinks you mentioned from Ahrefs is really not important.  It's the referring domain that is important.  Because BiggerPockets.com is a reliable and trustworthy domain (63 domain rank according to Ahrefs), the link is valuable.  However, it's just one referring domain.  Your goal should be to obtain hundreds of quality referring domain links, not thousands of backlinks from ONE referring domain.  Make sense?

I'd rather have ONE backlink from CNN.com than thousands of backlinks from a small website.  Referring domains (quality referring domains) is the key, not the volume of backlinks from a particular domain.

Hope that helps!