Should I build backlinks or not?

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I open this thread because I've read an interesting post by a blogger. SEO Tips & Tricks For Bloggers That Will Make You Rich - Dale Rodgers

The #1 tip is he didn't recommend building backlinks manually. He said that if you try gaming the system, Google will win eventually. In my opinion, whether you should build backlinks or not, it depends on your niche. From my experiment, it is necessary to build backlinks. I am inside IM niche and making good income with launch jacking, that is SEO targeting internet marketing product name keywords and get the traffic on launch week. Since the traffic I want to get is only during the launch week and not years, it will be necessary to build backlinks manually to get ranked faster.

However, if you are into a long-term niches, in my opinion, you should avoid getting backlinks. Warriors, what do you think?
#backlinks #build
  • Profile picture of the author talfighel
    I don't think that you should focus on backlinks to your website at all.

    The best way to start getting traffic>leads>sales is to spend money on ads and see which places work best for you.
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  • Profile picture of the author PrettyJenny
    I think link building still works, however it is not as effective as before as search engines evolve all the time and have taken into consideration a wider variety of criteria when giving ranking.

    Now it's more about getting your content in front of your target audience than building backlinks for certain keywords.
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  • Profile picture of the author SnackMemory
    I would let backlinks come naturally to your website. You can likely get away with a few forum links and such, perhaps because they are sometimes viewed as informational, or relevant in some ways, however they are heavily devalued.


    you can likely get away with no-follow profile links such as on social media sites, that are apparently counted sometimes by google to some degree. A few do follow links from profiles on sites might be okay as long as they are just a small part of your link structure. Perhaps google is oaky with a little promotion? Mat cuts gave me the impression that a little of this is okay, as long as its only a minor part of your link profile.


    You can likely get away with helpful social media links on facebook or twitter that you make.


    Interlinking pages like wikiepida does and linking out also may help, if done with care so that it is relevant and on topic.
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  • Profile picture of the author kazim
    In my opinion link building work more effectively for page rank than traffic. If you want to improve your page rank, link building still works. Otherwise you should try to get as much traffic as you can and convert your traffic to leads.
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  • Profile picture of the author GelidMind
    Link building is effective, but not necessarily needed. I use them to improve the strength of my website, but not necessarily for traffic. Traffic can be done with a variety of ways that have nothing to do with backlinking if you're willing to put in the time or the money.

    Building backlinks naturally is the best way to go. There are services out that will build backlinks for you, but for one you can't guarantee the quality of the backlinks and if too many at once it runs the risk of getting a red flag with the Google search engines and hurting you in the long run.

    Make sure you are building backlinks that are quality and related to your niche. Looks much better in the search engines.
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  • Profile picture of the author cookiesfromhome
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    Link building is very effective for seo.Generate quality backlinks to get high rank in search engines.
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    • Profile picture of the author Azlan.MY
      Originally Posted by cookiesfromhome View Post

      Link building is very effective for seo.Generate quality backlinks to get high rank in search engines.
      I also think that way. I've been using Build My Rank in 2011 and then Linkvana since 2012 until today and Linkvana service is still effective until this year. There were some months when I noticed Linkvana backlinks was less effective and my competition outranked me but then somehow, Linkvana overcame this problem and my ranking recovers. However, the reason I started this discussion is because they are rumors in SEO world where people keep suggesting to avoid manual backlinks. Including credible sources like WA. Yes, when I joined WA in 2014, Kyle and Carson didn't recommend me to build backlinks manually. Just focus on quality content and natural backlinks.
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  • Profile picture of the author bryan2015
    Yes you need to do quality backlinks for website promotion and its ranking.
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