Rank with no backlinks?

dagaul101 · 11-10-2011, 12:04 AM

It depends on how competitive the term, if it has no backlinks and the term is competitive, chances it would be demoted to the nether regions sometime soon

Dentist · 11-10-2011, 03:20 AM

Yes I have seen websites for local keywords with almost zero competition to rank even in first place of Google with on-page SEO only. Also I have seen websites rank well with lots of useful contents, regular posting and great internal linking structure, but at the end of the day I have never seen an authority website without a backlink. I read in another tread that one of successful folks said he never built a backlink but got 500,000 organic backlinks for his authority website. So far so good. BUT it took him 10 years and 15,000 original articles. I also don't believe that strategy works anymore. It was the times that today's super competitive keywords were not that competitive. We are not in those days anymore and if you are thinking of highly competitive keywords, first off forget about everything you hear publicly from Google in-terms of getting organic backlinks. THEY NEVER WORK. If you are thinking of ranking up inside YouTube with YouTube videos or have your Facebook Page found, then a whole different story.

11-10-2011, 12:04 AM	#51
dagaul101 Advanced Warrior Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 957 Thanks: 0 Thanked 39 Times in 39 Posts	Re: Rank with no backlinks? It depends on how competitive the term, if it has no backlinks and the term is competitive, chances it would be demoted to the nether regions sometime soon

11-10-2011, 03:20 AM	#52
Dentist HyperActive Warrior Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: California, United States Posts: 137 Thanks: 24 Thanked 13 Times in 12 Posts	Re: Rank with no backlinks? Yes I have seen websites for local keywords with almost zero competition to rank even in first place of Google with on-page SEO only. Also I have seen websites rank well with lots of useful contents, regular posting and great internal linking structure, but at the end of the day I have never seen an authority website without a backlink. I read in another tread that one of successful folks said he never built a backlink but got 500,000 organic backlinks for his authority website. So far so good. BUT it took him 10 years and 15,000 original articles. I also don't believe that strategy works anymore. It was the times that today's super competitive keywords were not that competitive. We are not in those days anymore and if you are thinking of highly competitive keywords, first off forget about everything you hear publicly from Google in-terms of getting organic backlinks. THEY NEVER WORK. If you are thinking of ranking up inside YouTube with YouTube videos or have your Facebook Page found, then a whole different story.