However, the referrals which you are getting to your site if they are from relevant sources and from relevant pages linking to the most relevant page of your site then they will be counted as backlinks. But there is also another factor that the links will have to be do-follow otherwise they are not going to help you rank higher.
(direct)[(none)] - Visitors who visited the site by typing the URL directly into their browser. 'Direct' can also refer to the visitors who clicked on the links from their bookmarks/favorites, untagged links within emails, or links from documents that don't include tracking variables (such as PDFs or Word documents).
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