How many backlinks do you need to rank on the first page?

[bavya]

How many backlinks do you need to rank on the first page?

[Clay_P]

Ranking on the first page of Google Search depends on a lot of things other than backlinks.

Some of the factors you can take care of:

• Make sure you have done proper keyword research and add all the high-volume keywords on your webpage.
• Written a lot better content than your competitors (you need to write better than those who are ranking above you)
• Check the number of backlinks they have received; try to get more backlinks than them.
• Include internal links
• Structure your page to get appeared in the featured snippets
• Ensure that your website is optimized for mobiles

[chris26]

The amount of backlinks needed to rank 1st on google depends on how many other sites are listed and the competition for the keywords or search terms. If there are less competitor's you need less backlinks for that term. Long tail keywords also should take less backlinks but there is no real number because every keyword or search term has different amount of links needed to rank 1st.

[Akshay_M]

Looking at the rest of the list you can see that some websites have as few as 22 homepage links and most of the pages that actually rank have two or fewer backlinks. For this site, a good target for backlinks would be 25-75 homepage backlinks and maybe 0-5 backlinks to the page wanting to be ranked.

[priya.du]

There's no fixed number of backlinks that will guarantee a first-page ranking. The quality of backlinks matters more than the quantity. Having a few high-quality, relevant links from reputable websites is much better than having hundreds of low-quality ones. Search engines like Google focus on trust and authority, so if your backlinks come from reliable sources, they can help boost your ranking.
It's also important to focus on creating great content that people want to link to. So, instead of obsessing over the number of backlinks, aim to get backlinks naturally through valuable content and a strong online presence.

[coughtom]

The amount you need can be more or less can't predict it's completely based on what your competitors have build but another factor is that there is always better to have quality over quantity because not all links are weigh as equal in the eyes of search engine.

[TBMx]

How many backlinks do you need to rank on the first page?

That's really hard to predict how many backlinks you need to rank your article or website to the first page. It depends on factors such as the authority of your competitors and the quality of your content as well as keywords you are ranking for.

[GR Group]

The precise figure varies depending on your niche, level of competition, and keyword difficulty. Quality is more important than quantity. Hundreds of poor-quality backlinks can be outperformed by a few powerful ones from reputable, pertinent websites. Examine the pages that rank highly for your keyword and try to create backlink profiles that are comparable to or marginally superior.