# What is a Wikipedia backlink? Is Wikipedia backlink good?

**URL:** <https://forum.legiit.com/t/what-is-a-wikipedia-backlink-is-wikipedia-backlink-good/674>\
**Category:** SEO\
**Created:** [July 29, 2024, 6:53pm UTC](https://forum.legiit.com/t/what-is-a-wikipedia-backlink-is-wikipedia-backlink-good/674 "2024-07-29T18:53:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![marketingnewbie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@marketingnewbie](https://forum.legiit.com/u/marketingnewbie)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2024, 6:53pm UTC](https://forum.legiit.com/t/what-is-a-wikipedia-backlink-is-wikipedia-backlink-good/674/1 "2024-07-29T18:53:47Z")

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Someone contacted me selling wikipedia backlinks. Not sure how they work and if they are worth the price. Could someone throw some light on this?

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**Author:** ![ShahzadSanmal](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex004/user_avatar/forum.legiit.com/shahzadsanmal/32/222_2.png) [@ShahzadSanmal](https://forum.legiit.com/u/ShahzadSanmal)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2024, 5:41pm UTC](https://forum.legiit.com/t/what-is-a-wikipedia-backlink-is-wikipedia-backlink-good/674/2 "2024-08-08T17:41:56Z")

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Yes Wikipedia links are good enough if they stay, the more powerful is the Wikipedia page if you have on your own brand name or company name then it will be goodd for the branding.