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Does Backlinking works to improve SERP in recent times

by Govt Jobs Corner
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Hi Every one....
In recent times i have heard that back linking has been removed from one of the site ranking strategies and SERP. is this a fact or not. If so what are the strategies currently working. I have started a WordPress blog recently and i need to rank it. Please help me out

Thank you........
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  • Profile picture of the author MikeFriedman
    Links are the #1 ranking factor in Google's search algorithm, but other than that they don't matter...
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  • Profile picture of the author jefftaylor64
    Links are still one of the major factors in ranking, but the quality of the link is what counts. It will not do you any good to get backlinks from spammy sites that are not relevant to you.
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  • Profile picture of the author dave_hermansen
    I cannot say definitively that links are the #1 ranking factor but they are definitely in the top 3, if not #1. Please stop following the advice of whomever is telling you that links are worthless.

    As I have stated in other places, it IS possible for some keyword phrases to rank well without links. It's even easier to rank for those phrases with links, though!
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    • Profile picture of the author MikeFriedman
      Originally Posted by dave_hermansen View Post

      I cannot say definitively that links are the #1 ranking factor but they are definitely in the top 3, if not #1. Please stop following the advice of whomever is telling you that links are worthless.

      As I have stated in other places, it IS possible for some keyword phrases to rank well without links. It's even easier to rank for those phrases with links, though!
      The only keywords that are ranking without links are keywords nobody is searching for.

      If you have proof to the contrary, I would love to see it.
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      • Profile picture of the author Govt Jobs Corner
        So could you refer strategies other than link building....
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  • Profile picture of the author ankurchabda
    It is important to have backlinks from quality sites, and those backlinks should be contextual. If, for example, you have a site about fish, and you are making links from other niche sites about monkeys, these links will be of no use. Your goal should be to get links from authoritative and related sites.
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  • Profile picture of the author SEOtraveler
    Basically, it is possible to rank for low-competitive keywords without off-page SEO. It`s still crucial to concentrate on keyword-optimization, speed and other technical aspects of your pages, however, without the links you`ll be at risk to be outranked easily. Your backlink profile may not be the #1 ranking factor, however, it still is one of the major factors, otherwise Google wouldn`t put so much effort into preventing the manipulations over the algorithms.

    Even if you can rank a page with on-page strategy only, you`d definitely make use of some quality backlinks to preserve the results in perspective.
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