{"id":20651,"date":"2022-11-30T09:17:48","date_gmt":"2022-11-30T17:17:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/firstpagesage.com\/?p=20651"},"modified":"2022-11-30T09:17:48","modified_gmt":"2022-11-30T17:17:48","slug":"how-many-backlinks-does-a-website-need-to-rank-on-google","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redesign.fpsclients.com\/wp\/how-many-backlinks-does-a-website-need-to-rank-on-google\/","title":{"rendered":"How Many Backlinks Does A Website Need to Rank on Google?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Our SEO team recently performed a study wherein we surveyed 170+ client websites to see how many backlinks it took, on average, for their pages to start generally ranking on Page 1 of the Google Search Listings. We then broke down the results by industry. Below are our findings.<\/p>\n

NOTE: For the purposes of this study, a backlink is defined as an inbound link with an <\/i>Ahrefs Domain Rating<\/i><\/a> of 30 \u2013 perfectly average on the scale. We start with a table containing the Domain Rating of every link pointing to a given website and weight each link based on the average. If a link comes from a website with half a DR30 website\u2019s trust (noting that the DR scale is logarithmic), it counts as \u00bd backlink; if a link comes from a website with double a DR30 website\u2019s trust, it counts as 2 backlinks. <\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Industry<\/b><\/td>\n# of Links Required for Page 1 Rankings on Majority of Targeted Keywords<\/b><\/td>\n# of Links Required for Top 3 Rankings on Majority of Targeted Keywords<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Aerospace & Defense<\/a><\/td>\n110<\/td>\n191<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Addiction Treatment<\/a><\/td>\n269<\/td>\n710<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Automotive<\/a><\/td>\n216<\/td>\n521<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Aviation<\/a><\/td>\n64<\/td>\n176<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
B2B SaaS<\/a><\/td>\n309<\/td>\n824<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Biotech<\/a><\/td>\n124<\/td>\n298<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chemical & Pharmaceutical<\/a><\/td>\n257<\/td>\n614<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Construction<\/a><\/td>\n80<\/td>\n206<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cybersecurity<\/a><\/td>\n311<\/td>\n796<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
eCommerce<\/a><\/td>\n387<\/td>\n780<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Energy Management<\/a><\/td>\n116<\/td>\n345<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Engineering<\/a><\/td>\n89<\/td>\n206<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Entertainment<\/a><\/td>\n406<\/td>\n1,083<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Environment & Sustainability\u00a0<\/a><\/td>\n254<\/td>\n590<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Food & Beverage<\/a><\/td>\n186<\/td>\n411<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Financial Services<\/a><\/td>\n306<\/td>\n940<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fintech<\/a><\/td>\n248<\/td>\n719<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Healthcare<\/a><\/td>\n286<\/td>\n806<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Higher Education<\/a><\/td>\n410<\/td>\n1,126<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hotels & Hospitality<\/a><\/td>\n293<\/td>\n671<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
HVAC<\/a><\/td>\n216<\/td>\n569<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Insurance<\/a><\/td>\n389<\/td>\n770<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Investment Banking<\/a><\/td>\n106<\/td>\n355<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
IoT<\/a><\/td>\n125<\/td>\n273<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Legal<\/a><\/td>\n278<\/td>\n610<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Managed Services<\/a><\/td>\n109<\/td>\n426<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Manufacturing<\/a><\/td>\n98<\/td>\n401<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Marketing Agency<\/a><\/td>\n416<\/td>\n968<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Medical<\/a><\/td>\n104<\/td>\n267<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Oil & Gas<\/a><\/td>\n76<\/td>\n184<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Real Estate<\/a><\/td>\n181<\/td>\n656<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Recycling<\/a><\/td>\n170<\/td>\n599<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Security<\/a><\/td>\n71<\/td>\n153<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Software Development<\/a><\/td>\n206<\/td>\n672<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Staffing & HR<\/a><\/td>\n147<\/td>\n389<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Telecommunications<\/a><\/td>\n68<\/td>\n203<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Transportation & Logistics<\/a><\/td>\n90<\/td>\n268<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Key Findings<\/h2>\n

The key takeaways from our study were as follows:<\/p>\n