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What would happen if Google didn't use backlinks as a ranking factor?

by yukon Banned
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  • Profile picture of the author chris_87
    What would an alternative to backlinks in the future even look like?
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    • Profile picture of the author DPM70
      Originally Posted by chris_87 View Post

      What would an alternative to backlinks in the future even look like?
      It would look like Edward James Olmos leaving a spurious origami figure outside of your door at night while you slept. The new Google "Mindbot" would then have clearance to "glass" through your walls and scan you during REM sleep for "incongruous links"
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    • Profile picture of the author Ghoster
      Originally Posted by chris_87 View Post

      What would an alternative to backlinks in the future even look like?
      An engine that aggregates and stores signals from social media would be my guess. If an engine cropped up around this concept even more social networks would emerge and they would all be DoFollow.
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    • Profile picture of the author Lynker
      Originally Posted by chris_87 View Post

      What would an alternative to backlinks in the future even look like?
      AI, They have heavily invested in that recently, we don't know what they're cooking.
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  • Profile picture of the author DPM70
    Answered 95% of WF SEO questions right there. Done!

    Edit: Looks like he got his mum to launder the ole Panda t-shirt again
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