Different Numbers of Backlinks

How come Yahoo/MSN will present a much bigger number of Back links to a site than Google will?Also, do these backlinks include links from forums such as this, or does Google/Yahoo value other links more than in forums posted by the webmaster?How can i get more backlinks, just by basic Link Exchange?Also i have been reading that its not just the number of backlinks to a website that counts, it also the content in which they lie. So say i was to post a link here to my website. Google might associate my website with Link Exchange, is that correct?>> How come Yahoo/MSN will present a much bigger number of Back links to a site than Google will?Just depends on differences in their algorithms>> Also, do these backlinks include links from forums such as this, or does Google/Yahoo value other links more than in forums posted by the webmaster?Lots of variables there - relevance, type of link, text for the link, popularity of the site......>> How can i get more backlinks, just by basic Link Exchange?Yup - link exchange, directories etc. Focus on relevant sites with high page rank first, then work your way backward.>> Also i have been reading that its not just the number of backlinks to a website that counts, it also the content in which they lie. So say i was to post a link here to my website. Google might associate my website with Link Exchange, is that correct?For this post, it would probably focus on backlinks and link exchangeHere are some of the factors* Text of the link - does it focus on your keywords?* Content of the page (including page title, heading tags, text on the page, frequency of keywords on the page)* Whether the page uses the nofollow tag or not* Other factors on that page - Heading tags, title, description, content, keywords.......This is one of the best sites to learn SEO techniques. Most of the questions have already been asked, and it just requires some research to learn them. It will be very beneficial to invest some time to research there first.
 
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