JohnDoe1337
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- Feb 17, 2011
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I am building local business websites, but I was wondering if the backlinks to that website should come from blogs/profiles with the same language as my local website or maybe it doesn't matter?
I'm pretty sure that quality backlinks from any reputable source will count, but it's definitely a plus to have the backlinks from places having the same language as your site. It looks more natural for websites in Spanish, say, to mention other websites that are also in Spanish for example.
If you are trying to rank nationally it's a good idea to find links from your own country. For example i had tons of stories that site is ranking well in the US but it's nowhere in the UK and they want to rank in the UK.
Some people might disagree with me but it's good to have hosting and domain TLD for the country specific. Then you can get away with links from different sites. Also if you are writing in dutch then the chances are quite slim to appear other parts of the search engine except the dutch google.
I'm ranking a local business website for a notary and an architect. I'm not quite sure where I can get contextual links in my own language (dutch). There aren't any notary blogs as far as I can see. However, competition is very slim for the region I'm ranking (notary in <city>) so it shouldn't be too hard, I hope.Just try to get as much contextual links in your language as you can and you will see good results.
Hosting is not that important as you think.
You can easily rank websites hosted on hostgator in foreign countries.
Most importantly is of course the content and like everyone said mix in some links from that country.
Just try to get as much contextual links in your language as you can and you will see good results.
http://www.google.nl/search?as_q=reageer&as_epq=blog&as_oq=&as_eq=&as_nlo=&as_nhi=&lr=lang_nl&cr=countryNL&as_qdr=all&as_sitesearch=&as_occt=&safe=images&tbs=&as_filetype=&gbv=1&sei=orRbT6D8HoafOuisxJcN