Herself’s Webtools

Webtools for Webmasters: Scripts, HowTos, Templates, Plugins, Widgets, Tips and Useful Information

Herself’s Webtools header image 1

So just how many inbound links does your site need?

June 20th, 2007 · No Comments

Now these are figures for the top 25 blogs which may or may not differ from what traditional websites need:

Site Links Complete Quancast Complete Quancast
Inbound Mthly visitors Mthly Visitors L/V L/V
Gizmodo 7116865 669689 3513741 10.63 2.03
Tmz 2586927 2357385 739905 1.1 3.5
Engadget 5679225 630579 461696 9.01 12.3
Life hacker 3242212 527953 2040886 6.14 1.59
Huffington post 2842662 476328 2078577 5.97 1.37
Boing boing 3489094 239228 269153 14.58 12.96
Perez hilton 1131063 906087 323337 1.25 3.5
Gawker 3271329 345421 1257019 9.47 2.6
Kotaku 2270325 372395 1611374 6.1 1.41
DailyKos 2944398 319072 236870 9.23 12.43
Tech crunch 1886436 151307 77388 12.47 24.38
Defamer 2612701 283498 1022235 9.22 2.56
Wonkette 3027331 100355 493099 30.17 6.14
Auto blog 3904700 326745 262483 11.95 14.88
Ars technica 1503218 259466 314898 5.79 4.77
Joystiq 3694346 274095 168202 13.48 21.96
Alter net 1252497 255262 236601 4.91 5.29
Download squad 3522570 41989 344362 83.89 10.23
Crooks and liars 1585789 167736 136420 9.45 11.62
Mashable 527388 236699 140606 2.23 3.75
Giga om 1175492 60847 164111 19.32 7.16
Little green footballs 3395151 70851 38428 47.92 88.35
Post secret 698171 181372 16118 3.85 43.32
A lista apart 868374 21816 19342 39.8 44.9
Read write web 541969 27292 4565 19.86 118.72
Median 9.45 7.16
Average 15.51 18.47

Which means about each 8 links you collect inbound from various sources will get you 1 visitor a month.

But also remember popular blogs have lots of links from low traffic sites. Actual numbers of inbound links per visit are probably lower for most sites.

Source for link and visitor numbers Popular Blogs | eBizMBA

See also:
How Google Measures Link Popularity

Tags: blogging · search engine

0 responses so far ↓

  • There are no comments yet...Kick things off by filling out the form below.

You must log in to post a comment.