What Works In Google These Days?

Same thing that has always worked regardless of the Google Zoogle. Quality content.

What works in Google these days? PPC ads. Not to sound flippant but that's what works best for me with Google. I'm done building those stupid a** "Link wheels" Well, actually I"m not really done... but I don't flow them with worthless backlinks like most of us used to do a while back. Now if I was to do something similar I focus only on backlinks from good or great PR domains.

Other things that work best with ranking on Google are social media backlinks... from Google plus, facebook, etc.

You'll hear a 100 different responses but what I wrote above is what I am doing and what I"m sticking with.

I seem to be ranking just fine without "quality content'.
Matter of fact, I'm ranking higher now with no emphasis on content what so ever.

In my humble opinion.. PR links is the way to go and keyword diversification.


I'm testing sites right now that are seeing large jumps with PR links and then even higher jumps once the keyword diversification is done properly.

That is what is working in the Google machine these days.

This is my first post in a while, because i've been very busy with new SEO sites/Clients. So take my word and run with it.

Here's what i noticed with google:

Quality content is NOT king. - sure many people on this forum preach it, including people in this post preach it. Quality content is good to have on a site, but not mandatory. However, 100% unique content is what is preached, google doesn't have bots to go through your content and read it and say wow this site has valuable information lets rank it! - that doesn't happen. Sites like wikipedia and wikihow rank because of the authority, not because of the valuable content they have on their site.

What i would say right now, is PR links and link diversification is what really is killing it right now. Also throwing different variations of anchor texts is what is stabilizing a site and having it ranked for broad keywords. Google is now ranking sites based on topics now, rather than pages being ranked for keywords you are targeting.

I have been able (still am doing it) to rank sites with just optimized pictures on the page, and still have it rank close to the 1rst page if im using the right links, and right keywords.

So what it all boils down to:
-HIGH PR Links
-Anchor Text diversification
-Unique Articles

If you have any further questions, you can PM me but i am rarely on the forum because i am doing my SEO works so i will try and respond as soon as possible - but dont be let down because i didn't reply within 24 hours.

Exactly. The whole quality content thing annoys me. Don't get me wrong, it is important. From the perspective of a search engine, it can't read your content. It can't tell if it is quality or crap. It can measure metrics such as grammar, sentence structure, unique content, etc, but it doesn't know if I'm writing absolutely crap or if it is the most scientifically backed piece of content.

Good content should get you links though. It should also do some of the work when it comes to building back links.

Search engine might not know about the quality of your content, but the users will. Google is tracking every outbound link from SERPs. Maybe we should be talking about popularity?

Quality content mantra annoys me too. There's too many people who just throw it as an one-liner like it would help somebody. It's not about keywords and densities - the content doesn't even need to have words. You might have a fun app that gets a lot of outbound links, or joke pics that get social media love. Or your brand may make you appear as an authority, and you can get away with some content of questionable quality. There's many ways to build content, and many ways to get traffic.

In my opinion "unique" is not terribly useful definition either, because every new way of putting words together is unique. Doesn't mean that there's market or SEO potential to it.

Quality content, social media, technical SEO and User Problem Solving.

Write extrordinary content ONLY-->Find out high quality websites in your niche as the link prospects-->Email outreach or even telephone outreach to the webmasters

Private blog networks (when done right) work extremely well. But of course you need to have good content too (if you want to keep the rankings that is).

-k

I am really confused! I have heard people saying number of times that quality content always matters but here I discovered something new that content really doesn't matter. Link building would be fine to improve rankings.

Try guest posting, you will be surprised how good it can be if done properly...

Just never publish guest posts on dropped/expired domains.

It seems to me that the only way to determine if content is "Quality Content" is how long a visitor spends on the page. If they are looking for something, and your page comes up, and they spend a long time on it, then it makes sense that the content was "Quality"...

In regards to backlinks, how do you go about getting them? I mean anyone can get backlinks...but those GOOD ONES that Google loves...that's the question. Do you use tools to determine their PR ranking or how valuable they are or what type of topic they come from? What's the best way to go about getting quality backlinks for a specific blog you are creating?

Link Building still works but it should be done with a lot of diversification used in Anchor text , backlinks , Accounts , IP address and you should have quality and readable content on every link.

You should also use social media to get traffic on blogs or any informative link you build , It gives a lot of authority to the link if its shared and liked by real peoples. It will not only bring traffic to your links but also provides a good link juice to your backlinks.

Thanks

Content is not the king. if you really want to rank your content high in google search results need to create some backlinks and social signal from facebook and google. G+ likes matters alot in ranking factor.

You have run into problems because perhaps you underestimated the way Google functions. Note that SEO is only one way to succeed online, you can always choose paid advertising to build quick, quality traffic for your website. Besides, traffic is all we are all after even when using the finest optimization methods, aren't we? If everything seems so complicated to you, stop worrying and it is the time to get help from professionals and top companies having bright internet backgrounds.

Well, Google is getting closer to their goal of obliterating any practice meant to manipulate their SERPs.

If you want to build for long-term your best bet is to create unique content, as others have said.

More than that, though, you want to make sure that your entire site is focused on a core keyword. Google likes sites that contain content on a variety of different facets of the same keyword. For instance, if your going to create a site on dog care, you want to have categories such as ->dog training, ->dog health, ->dog breeding, etc.

A site that focuses on dogs and NASCAR and Forex all under one roof will rank lower. The reason for this is that Google considers a site that focuses on one keyword to be of more value to visitors. Such sites are easier to navigate when users want information on only one subject. Therefore, they are more deserving of a higher rank for that keyword.

The exception to this seems to be pure news sites such as Huffpost. These sites tend to already rank highly anyway, though.

I wouldn't be surprised if by now Google has algorithms that can come up with a fuzzy distinction between quality and rubbish content. Of course, they can already determine keyword stuffing. Determining frequent and glaring grammar mistakes shouldn't be that hard to do, imo. It's also relatively simple to analyze article structure, and this can give a good idea of whether the content is organic or if it was ripped from many sources and thrown together to form a "new" article.

Maybe they can't do these things yet, but they can't be far off.

YouTube videos rank great!

Since he said he doesn't want to do backlinks then I think the appropriate answer is to have quality content and market the crap out of it. Let your momma and cousins know. Tell them to tell their sisters and fathers.

what do you mean by link diversification?