Does Back links are still the most important factor to rank a website as they are 4 years ago?

11 years ago

Backlinks is still the core of Google ranking algorithms.

However, to rank your site is harder nowadays. You could not solely rely on backlinks. You should consider another hundred thousands factors also to rank a site for any keyword.

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PerformanceMan

11 years ago

Originally Posted by asepkomara

Backlinks is still the core of Google ranking algorithms.

However, to rank your site is harder nowadays. You could not solely rely on backlinks. You should consider another hundred thousands factors also to rank a site for any keyword.

Hope this helps.

I think Google is still short of 100,000 factors. At least I hope

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daniellawseo 11 years ago

High quality backlinks will always remain as one of the most important factors. Though in saying that, on-page factors and social signals also play massive roles in contributing to high page rankings.

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ptaylor98

11 years ago

Originally Posted by edpudol1973

I guess the post title says it all

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SEO Experts what do you think? Any split test results that you can share

Yes, backlinks are still the most important factor next to content in ranking, but only one-way (not reciprocal) links. And the higher ranking of those incoming links the better. I can give you 50 free one-way backlinks just for asking. Just check out Linkwithptaylor98: Home.
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edpudol1973

11 years ago

If that is the case why there are some sites/pages that get rank in google search result that don't even have a backlink

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RedShifted

11 years ago

What are you checking the backlinks with?

I notice that a lot of the free tools online suck (especially backlinkwatch). Make sure you're using a good tool to check.

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Tom101

11 years ago

Originally Posted by RedShifted

What are you checking the backlinks with?

I notice that a lot of the free tools online suck (especially backlinkwatch). Make sure you're using a good tool to check.

Opensiteexplorer.org is good but it has only three free searches a day.

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edpudol1973

11 years ago

Originally Posted by RedShifted

What are you checking the backlinks with?

I notice that a lot of the free tools online suck (especially backlinkwatch). Make sure you're using a good tool to check.

I am sure that there is no link, here is the case sometimes if I have a new powerpoint presentation and share it at slideshare in few minutes the slide I shared at slideshare is showing in google search result, or even a youtube video I shared I never put back link on them both. Or a warrior post

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jovykhan

11 years ago

Originally Posted by edpudol1973

I am sure that there is no link, here is the case sometimes if I have a new powerpoint presentation and share it at slideshare in few minutes the slide I shared at slideshare is showing in google search result, or even a youtube video I shared I never put back link on them both. Or a warrior post

Maybe there is no link to your slideshare post or youtube video page however you are posting to very authoritative websites this is the reason why your post ranks even without backlink because of the reason mentioned.

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Tom101

11 years ago

Backlinks are still the biggest ranking factor but Google is coming down hard on links they view as non-natural. If you are getting slammed with a penalty then these are some of he links that has probably gotten you in trouble.

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kayode10

11 years ago

Originally Posted by edpudol1973

I guess the post title says it all

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SEO Experts what do you think? Any split test results that you can share

The answer is obviuosly Yes, there is no other way round to rank website without enough backlink generated with white hat method, but the only thing there is that you will need to give more of you time if it happened that you want to go for it and try as much as possible to be ethical and build your backlink naturally.

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moneymission

11 years ago

I don't really see the relevance of backlinks these days.

Back in the days when backlinks were when webmasters added links to other relevant sites it makes sense to attribute that to a sites authority.

What does it say about a site that its owner has found a bunch of high PR sites and commented/posted on them? Absolutely nothing. I'm sure Google realises this.

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Sherlyne 11 years ago

Backlinks taken from high quality website with decent page rank are always fruitful. Beside gaining search engine trust, it also help in driving quality visits.
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dotgirish

11 years ago

Yes, backlinks still play a major role in ranking . Its still not changed

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nik0

Banned 11 years ago

It's all about the back links.

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challanger

11 years ago

Untill organic traffic is available and all this ranking thing... Search engines can't neglect backlinking from their alos..

but yes now backlinking entered in new era....

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kaytav

11 years ago

Backlinks will always be useful. Without them, SEO won't exist. They help us get some PR and also authority to our website and ranking to the keywords.

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bhuvananichi

11 years ago

Yes still it is one of the factors to increase the page rank

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chrisv24

11 years ago

backlinks mean a lot. But i put quality over quantity. I rank over competitors who have thousands more than me. A good site and quality links are all you need

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clickonportal

11 years ago

I think Social Media has really changed the face of SEO in recent years. It's not just about backlinks anymore. I think more social media attention, higher up in rankings.

But of course those that are shared or twitted more generally do get more backlinks, so in all it's hard to say.

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