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title: "What is difference between outbound link and inbound link"  
description: "What is difference between outbound link and inbound link"  
author: "Simond Gear"  
published: 2017-01-18  
updated: 2019-05-07  
canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/forum/34243/what-is-difference-between-outbound-link-and-inbound-link  
category: "search engine optimization"  
tags: ["seo"]  
reading_time: 2 minutes  

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# What is difference between outbound link and inbound link

Hi Guys I am little [bit](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/33411/how-we-tell-programmatically-if-i-m-running-in-64-bit-jvm-or-32-bit-jvm) confuse arround outbound [link](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/23633/link-builder) and inbound link.I want to create some link to my new site and what [links](https://www.mindstick.com/blog/415/css3-links) is benficial out bound link and inbound link and how can [effect](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/81363/coronavirus-effect-on-american-farms-is-severe) our site [ranking](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/story/2291/top-ranking-universities-as-per-nirf-ranking-2023)Thanks\

## Replies

### Reply by Sarah Alfred

An inbound link is a hyperlink on a third-party web page that points to a website page. Inbound links are the main for ranking in search engine optimization. Outbound links are links that are redirect you to elsewhere. Outbound links are those links that are link start from your site and direct to an external sites.

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### Reply by Amar teja

**Out bound** links are the links that are pointing to difference website from your web site

In SEO Terminology back link is a hyperlink that links from a web page back to your own web page or website also called **inbound link**

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### Reply by Richa Agarwal

Inbound link or commonly known as “backlinks” to your website which are coming from other websites where as outbound links or out going links are those which points to other website from your website.

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### Reply by Jonas Stuart

Hi simond inbound is link that is created on another related website. It is beneficial for us and to site ranking.outbound link is link which is bulid on our website to other site reference.


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