## It’s always good for your site when an authority, be they government, educational or commercial, links to your site. The keys are the authority and the relevance, not the domain.
## Backlinks from Edu's and gov's can be very powerful and valuable to your SEO efforts. However, it is important to remember that their value doesn’t come from simply being an Edu and Gov domain.
## Google loves .Edu and .Gov links because of the heavy restrictions on those sites, and the requirements they follow to remain authorities. The entities that run these sites – governmental organizations and educational institutions, have a responsibility to provide quality and value to their visitors.