Do backlinks still work?

They are the most important factor for SERP together with unique content. If you have them, everything is AMAZING!

I wonder where people listen these kind of shocking news?
Is there any source on the internet where you guys got these crap information?

They of course don't work exactly like they used to after all the updates... but they do definitely still work lol

Is the Pope Catholic?

Why wouldn't they work? How else are people going to find your site?

I would hope they work pretty well or I have been wasting a lot of time haha

Backlinks work but you need diversity and links from relevant sites as these are better all round

Just make sure the backlinks are related coming from well known authority sites and just watch your ranking go up!

Good backlinks are still gold. Spam does not work nearly as much as it used to (if at all really).

Of course they still work, contrary to what Google would like you to think.

If backlinks do not work, the how would search engines work. They work by going from one link to another and spidering all the internet. I think backlinks will never stop working.

I think backlinks will always work no matter what ...

LOL....
The title seems to be funny to me. It's like asking, Does Breathing helps?

Yes absolutely black links will always be an indicator of popularity for sites and thus being very beneficial to SEO.

Although the popularity indicator that Google algorithms usedes to rank sites are constantly evolving back links have always been a key element of what set there search engine apart from others. I do not see this changing in the foreseeable future to come.


What you will need to keep up on is the methodologies behind the structures of the back links which you are developing. To be more specific the overall profile of distributed links.


If you look to become the SEO "expert" I highly recommend setting up isolated cell sites implementing different BL SEO profile structures. experience is the only way to learn anything in this industry and implementing the tactics such as this will put your fingers on the pulse of what is effective in what becomes ineffective.

nobody perfect and lot of people "too much thinking" Lol...some months ago lot of people said that backlink from wiki's sites is great. Then lot of new wiki's site show up!, it's just for business dude, make some rumors and then they sell something that you think "must use that"!. Lol...

Even google staff didn't know exactly how to rank well on google :p ...

Only natural backlinks count, Google is fighting against the "spammy backlinks" phenomenon (Black SEO kind of backlinks).

Do you know why people are saying that backlinks are not working anymore? It is to reduce backlink competition and reduce spammers who just want to create backlinks from any sites they want.

Backlinks is not working - is a propaganda, something that will divert the attention of clients to focus on something and invest on something else. If one is too dumb to just believe everything they read it means you'll buy anything they will sell even if that product is an "imitation"

Backlinks still works.. you just need to find which backlinking strategy is trending this Google Panda days.

Google will rate the website based on the quality backlinks and if you are referring the website with out backlinks,how can you expect ranking for the keyword positions and drive more traffic for the website.

Quality content is matter if we use unique, it's amazing to get back links with any sites, Serp will pour you good results. you are on right pitch..what google loves.

Some backlinks work. Some don't.

Backlinks always work unless google closed down. 80% of the SEO ranking comes from backlinks.

As long its high quality and valid links as Google loves it.

Like it or leave it back link still works and
Google is going to heavily rely on it to rank sites.

For back links to work, you need to:

1. Quality content, avoid spinning improperly or don't spin at all.

2. High quality back links including relevant ones.

3. Diversify your anchor and naked URL.

Backlink still works, there is no doubt to it, but you have to work on content creation too, as your site should have content too, it should look authority.

They are still and will always work because backlinks are the lifeblood of any business. It is the one that generates traffic so that you can earn sales and leads with your website and blog.

Forget all of the games and the spinning & junk that everyone does.

*If you a looking to build a longer term brand and build authority in a niche don't BUY back links - you need to EARN back links.

Content has been (and always will be) the foundation of building solid traffic, visitors and links. There are multiple ways to do this and create traffic quickly and EARN back links. I launched a WSO addressing these techniques.

A couple of secrets from my WSO - create excellent consumable content in your niche or have someone write it for you (textbrokers.com or others). I recently had an article written for me. Once I received it I had to re-write sections but it gave me a starting point and it took a lot less time (maybe 15 minutes). I posted it to Social media news, strategy, tools, and techniques | Social Media Today (it doesn't cost anything to post here and anyone who has solid content can get an article published.) - here it is - http://socialmediatoday.com/mark-kit...-new-moneyball

Check out the share rate on it - literally hundreds of shares on several social networks. In my profile I have a link to my social profiles and my website. I received hundreds of visitors - the article was on my site as well and I received several natural back links to it - as well as some of my other posts on my blog. What did all of this cost me? $8.00 for the article and 15 minutes of time.

So that's one quick easy strategy for you....enjoy

yes, it is still working. Am working to increase backlink by forum posting, article submission and press release.

Backlinks are working better than ever, especially since it is harder to get quality backlinks

Yes they are still work if build smartly and according to Google Penguin updates, Diversification of anchor text is much important other wise you are just gathering scrap that will harm you a lot.

You never gonna go anywhere without backlinks, so get them asap.

I agree with you, to get effective results you must do it continuously with different types of backlinks.

Yes they are still very important part of SEO to get better ranking on SERP's.

Yea they work for sure. There is more weight given to backlinks coming from pages with relevant content (ie keywords) to your site. But even without relevant content they still count for something; I mean unless your posting rel=nofollow links; then your google juice is cut significantly....

Backlinks still works and they plays a big role till now to achieve higher ranking at search engines. Manual backlinks and putting variety in anchor text is very important now to get the most out of backlinking.

Link is considered as Fuel of SEO, it help to boost SE SERPS,. but unfortunately many are still abusing it. one reason that many think link building is useless..

Of course, but social shares are starting to play a big role as well.

Yes! absolutely, backlinks have worked, do work, and always will work!

More Backlinks > Higher PR > Higher the Authority > Higher your Ranking

Backlinks still work. You just have to avoid spamming sites and collecting backlinks. Choose the sites you build your links on. Quality backlinks is more important than quantity.

At one time if you Googled the word Angela, Angela from Aberdeen was one of the top 2 results. This was in 2010, I tried today and stopped looking after page 3. So based on that I say it no longer works.

Backlinks work just fine, but they have to look natural, the more your backlinks look like others made them the more they work. Search engines want to see how popular your site is. So backlinks from blogs are good as well as social networks and forums but search engine spiders are getting pretty good at detecting if your backlinks where unnaturally built just for SEO purposes... So be carful when you build them you might just be wasting your time.

People keep trying to sell products telling you how to rank pages without backinks, but when you see the page, it will have almost no content, and maybe a video.

Personally, I think this is pretty much bull crap. Sure you can rank a page or two without any backlinks, but for the most part it takes references from other pages to show Google etc. that your page is worth viewing.

Just my $0.02 and what exactly what you paid for it. I could be wrong, but that is my opinion.

Google doesn't want to discount links all together, only links they deem manipulative...

backlinks i believe work, though i have my doubts with massive numbers of backlinks.
i found some of my clients sites rank lower b/c of it. it might be how i executed it, though it seems to work less than before

Backlinks work, how exactly? That's why we post in these forums, to compare and see what's working.

I can tell you right now that rank and bank does work. I'm not sure exactly how, but I pay someone to do it for me and they can skyrocket my sites, which will rank for 6 months or so, which I think is proof that backlinks work.

No, backlinks don't work.

It is important , also in these days . But be careful about the links.
Related content and a trusted site are very important !

It works,you have to built high pr links with low obl,not spammy links

don't believe on them who says tha backlinks don't work.its one ofthe topmost factor to google.google can never omit it.

Backlinks works for sure! (even the no-follow backlinks)
Backlinks could make the difference if your webpages are optimized (on-page optimization)

Good luck!

Backlinks are still working but Quality Backlinks.

Website ranking involves more than just putting your website online. The old addage, "Build it and they will come" is no longer true. In order to find good backlinks you need to not only have quality content on your website but also focus on getting good backlinks from relevant websites.

Search engines rank websites according to how many quality backlinks they find pointing at your website. Quality is determined by how relevant the other site is to your site and where the link is placed on their page (within the content is best) and how many other links are on the page (less is better). A large number of links pointing at your site does not guarantee success. You need quality backlinks in order to rise to the first page of results and the more you can find the better.

With this many people saying the exact same thing - I'm going in the opposite direction.

Backlinks don't work nearly as well as they used to, especially as a standalone technique.

I am sure you now have no doubt that links work now...lol. I liked the answer from..patco.
Spammy is bad, but can still work, just not worth the risk if you are building up a quality business. I would stay with the quality end of the market and "get" good relevant links, as for sure less and good is beating many and spammy!

Backlinks are working. Sorry if you are using auto submitter bots to get backlinks. The best backlinks that actually work are actually built naturally and gradually. Splashing out backlinks at once will attract a huge penalty from google. The metrix is simple, if you have poor quality backlinks, the google bot renders your website as low quality. If high quality (high page rank) websites are linking to your blog, your blog is considerd as high quality and you will get ranked. This is how to build backlinks naturally.
Read: How to Build Backlinks the Natural Way - TECH BLOG

I'm probably beating a dead horse here, but what people are telling you this?

This reads like a Fox News headline: "Some people say that backlinks don't help with SEO"

Backlinks are most important factor in SERP.

I'm hearing that also but I still do backlinking. I think though you just can't be a pig about. I guess in the early days people would do thousands a day but that doesn't work now. Everything has to look natural.

Backlink works and i think will work until search engines are there are their main core algo is based backlinks... Still people are there rank high with nothing high pr backlinks... So dont worry too much about it.. and build good backlinks and rank your websites...

Dont make PR ZERO website links with softwares... I use softwares but smartly...

Saying backlinks doesn't work in SEO is just equivalent to saying building muscle without weight lifting.

Backlink still work for my site

it's amazing to get back links with any sites

Who says you? They are a part of SEO, without them, SEO is not complete..

Link building may be out, but link earning is still working, that is what Google always recommend.
Of course white hat methods are known as link earning methods too.

But, I don't think there is SEO without links.

Dont ask. Just keep trying. But try to use backlinks from trusted sites only.

"How to detect if the site is trusted or not?"- is the main question that anyone who is going to buy backlinks have.

Page rank was used to be a sign for this. But NOT anymore.

Here is our logic how to be sure you are getting links from trusted sites:

The only way to become sure that site is trusted by Google is to see its rankings: the better site ranks in Google for your desired keywords - the higher trust is. And if site ranks high - then links from it's pages will help your site promotion the best possible way.

It's just that natural!

We are absolutely sure this works because it delivered already results even in the most competitive industries with lots of sites in industries like online gambling, hosting, insurance, real estate, mortgages and so on.

Backlinks build businesses. You just have to do them right. Outsource your backlink building to pros if you don't want to spend the time mastering the craft.

This may help:
Official: 11 types of backlinks that Google does not like

Google has updated the link schemes web page that shows examples of backlinks that Google considers spam.

New to the list are article marketing or guest posting campaigns with keyword rich anchor text links, advertorials that contain paid links, and links with optimized anchor text in press releases and articles. This week's article has the complete list of backlinks that Google does not like.

In the news: don't use .cc domains if your website does not target that country, Google changes how AdWords Quality Score is reported, Google patents anchor text snippets, and more.

Yes but has to be relevant and from quality sources. So do consider quality but not quantity.