Is Backlinking losing it's strength?

by JosephDiego

Posted: 15 years ago 30 replies

Google is doing it again, looks like Google is getting wise to the back link guys. And we know that what Google does, the others follow. Or am I wrong?
I've been backlinking like crazy, to good relevant site, pinging to give it a little boost and my PR went down.
So, now what?

#backlinking #losing #strength

nicktyler 15 years ago

The PR has had a roll back almost every site went to the number it was before the last update weather that be up down or no change. No idea why. Just Google playing silly bu**ers again.

I would forget about it as it has no relavence to ranking and traffic. Judge your efforts on how much more traffic and money you make.
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- MIRENGE 15 years ago
  
  I agree with you its like the backlinks are slowly by slowly loosing value but we should not give up on them but look for new strategies of backlinking.
  
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MrPolarZero 15 years ago

I agree with you guys. Sometimes Google is doing what ever they want. All those back link guys have no choice but to follow what the big G does. We should always keep an eye on new strategies in link building to keep up with Google.
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nicktyler 15 years ago

I think this time we have to just sigh and get on with it in regards to the PR rollback. Linking is certainly not dead by any means. There aer plenty of guys on this forum that rely on it as their main/even only form of SEO.
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Steven Miranda 15 years ago

I have noticed certain types of backlinks to be less effective lately but nothing major. We still have many clients seeing great results by backlinking more and more.
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JosephDiego 15 years ago

Well guys I honestly don't think that that the people selling backlinks are going to say backlinking is dead. If it is, and as I said I'm way too green to tell. You all know much better then me. I'll keep on linking full force with the faith in the peeps, that know "That's you guys" I hope to see more responses.
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NRC1983 15 years ago

I don't think backlinking is dead, but unique content, and a lot of it certainly can weigh heavy on a sites ranking...
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MI Used Cars Guy 15 years ago

Depends where you post. Backlinks are always a good idea, though. Just add it to your agenda.
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Justinpage 15 years ago

Backlinking still has its strength . It's just that Google is making some updates that affect the ranking of our site.
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Giannii01 15 years ago

Even google PR went from 10 to 9 I dont think they even know what to do
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- Sabiha 15 years ago
  
  Google's algorithms consist of hundreds of factors and backlinking is only one of them and what I have seen and gathered from Matt Cutts videos is that they are changing their algorithmic settings almost everyday he has often referred it as moving the dials (of settings) of a big machine.
  
  So I assume that we should expect very very frequent changes from now onwards because Google is always tweaking their system. But no matter what they do the bottom line is that they want to improve the "user experience".
  
  Therefore if we too concentrate on giving the visitors of our site a good experience by providing quality content or service then we need not worry about getting "X or Y" number of backlinks or whether the backlinks are losing their strength or not because the true judges of our site quality are our visitors.
  
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dcristo 15 years ago

Contrary to popular belief PR /= rankings.
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mikest4u 15 years ago

Well in My Opinion Google is changing its techniques and seo guys have to understand Google basics!! Basically Google wants to rely on qualitative content and strong page optimization rather the generating tons of back links!!
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Spyder77 15 years ago

Back links aren't dead. Its just that its not enough to rest on existing back links and content. I've been tracking one site where I've put most of my back linking effort, and noticed that within about 4 or 5 days of my last article posting, it'll start to slowly fall in the SERPs (I'm tracking it through Authority Labs). Add a fresh article and it'll start to rise again.

Social bookmarking or additional back linking could accomplish the same positive result, but this is a new site that's not fully developed yet.

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OrganicServices 15 years ago

Google never speak about its PR policy openly so we can just make suppositions. I guess that Google is now, changing is policy of backlink counting and try to focus on content and other factors, which are give benefits to visitors rather.
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lespritb 15 years ago

No it's still crazy; rising up!! as per big G's algorithm, back link guys doing on...
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simonbuzz Banned 15 years ago

This is the reason I hate Google Sometimes....
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leapharris 15 years ago

After Google panda update some of huge article directory sites and others have lost there PR. Google Panda update is mainly aiming on the farmer links, this is also called farmer update. Hence it is better concentrating on quality content than quality less back links, getting back links from trusted reputed web sites still matters while determining PR.
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Wilding 15 years ago

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C Rebecca 15 years ago

Well if you are getting backlinks in less organic way, Google certainly get suspicious about your backlinking strategy.

If it discovers your inorganic backlinks it will devalue it or may be you get penalize for the same.

Also, there are many other factors that participate in improving your website's ranking and link building is just one of them.
Concentrate on other factors also, your rankings will definitely rise.
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sammy123 15 years ago

Its Not all about back linking, you cant increase your PR just by mad back linking. There are other factors also, may be your website is not properly accessible or the their may be design issues.. look for good on page optimization of your site..
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kashyaplakkad 15 years ago

If you loose backlinks from high pr domain or good sites then surely site will be affects PR and ranking both.
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warrich 15 years ago

No its not right, its still powerful. If it losing its strength then how come people are using guest posting?
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jgant 15 years ago

I still do backlinking, but my major focus is on high-quality content. I write longer articles loaded with details that are well-optimized. These articles are ranking well quickly, often without additional backlinks.

That said I continue with conservative backlinking with a couple blog comments a day and some article submissions each week. Nothing crazy ... just a lot of unique content.
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design2convert 15 years ago

I think not , backlinks is offcourse valuable still , and also give traffic , so keep it up , but everyone should active on forum to updated with Google strategy
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tolkein 15 years ago

I've experienced the same on a few sites I own, and have changed my strategy to create more content for my site before going aggressive on link-building. Think about it to see whether it makes sense - is it logical for a five-page site with thin content to have thousands of backlinks?
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commoditytrainer 15 years ago

The PR rollback is a test by Google. We have lost a lot of backlinks one of the being facebook and youtube. The links are there I checked them myself. Some may say the links have been devalued. I have a hard time believing Google would devalue Youtube, which they own. So, ride through the storm, those that will, I believe will be very happy.
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Grade1 15 years ago

we should always get the news from Google updates to ranking high.if you are taking backlink from do follow sites then start now to take backlink from no follow site.
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Aaronhiscock 15 years ago

Since last ten days i found that i am loosing my SERP for my keywords and getting less leads compare to last month. so i accept that google is changing something to control back link guys........... cheers....
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- rakesh1600193 15 years ago
  
  In my point of view Google is just following its own rules more strictly.
  
  Google always has guidelines
  No paid links, no duplicate content.
  
  Now after google panda update i am just doing link building with the same pace but concentrating more on OnPage factors and trying to put more valuable content on my sites.
  
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