You know that link-building is a vital part of getting more traffic from Google.

And there are so many ways to do it that it can cost you a ton of wasted time.

Neil Patel decided to analyze the types of images he uses in his blog posts that generate the biggest number of backlinks.

Here are the images that he compared:

1. Stock photography

2. Screenshots

3. Hand-drawn images

4. Graphs and charts

5. Infographics

6. Royalty free images

7. Animated graphics

Result:

#4. Graphs and charts received 258% more backlinks than blog posts with other types of images.

Why?

Because data and facts are the most valuable.

And while infographics also have data, graphs and charts are usually smaller and more focused.