You have probably heard about backlinks and that they are important. But what exactly are backlinks? And why do you need them? We will explain that in detail in this article. What are Backlinks? Backlinks are links on websites that point to your website. Backlinks can help you rank higher in Google's organicsearch results. The more websites that link to yours, the better Google values your website. That is because these websites recommend yours, as it were. Why are 'recommendations' important? It is very important that other websites recommend yours. You can compare the reason for this with finding the right primary school for a child. Every primary school can say that the child receives the best education from them. But you only believe which school you can best choose if other parents recommend that school to you. This is also how it works with websites. The parents play an important role here as a target group. The more other websites link to a website,