Rankings Stuck

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I'm in a competitive niche, ranked #10 and #11 for two medium keywords. I've been as high as #4 for both, but nothing I've done as of late seems to get my site to move up the SERPs. My site is PR3/PA46/DA37 and is actually more authoritative than most of the competition (a few are on authoritative domains like reddit, youtube, but most are other websites like mine). I have intentions of reaching #1 for both, so I'm curious: what kinds of links are people buying/using in 2013-2014 to secure Top 3 positions? I feel like where I'm at now, a 200 High PR Homepage package would seal the deal but I haven't pulled the trigger yet.

Thoughts?
#search engine optimization #rankings #stuck
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  • Have you tried spying on your competitors' backlinks (those sites in the top 3 positions for your targeted keywords) and then trying to place backlinks to your site on their backlink sources. Reverse engineering a site is a very, very effective strategy. You can use a tool like backlinkwatch or seospyglass to do this. Once you find the sources that provide your competitors with a high PR, dofollow backlink, try to get your backlinks on those pages!
  • Backlinks and content may help you to step up and reach on desirable place. Find out competitors' backlinks sources is a good idea. You should try to generate backlinks from those sources or similar sites. Recently, I came through a blog post about Google's ranking factors. So it may help you. backlink[dot]com/google-ranking-factors
  • Yep, high PR homepage links will seal the deal.

    You can also give a look at first 3 guys ranking and check their link profile. That will give you a better idea of how much you need exactly.
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      Try to get some relevant links.
  • If you are ready to buy links, then just use Ahrefs to find out all high authority inbound links to the sites that are ranking on top for those keywords.

    Think I can guarantee, that you will find a lot of "high quality'" links that are paid links, go ahead and purchase those links .
  • Analyze your competitor, you can spy on his links using Ahrefs.. maybe he uses some paid links inclusion that's why some of them outranked you.
  • Some Web2.0 links should seal the deal hubpages,twitter,squidoo, tumblr,livejournal,blogger,wordpress..
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    Rankings Stuck

    I'm in a competitive niche, ranked #10 and #11 for two medium keywords. I've been as high as #4 for both, but nothing I've done as of late seems to get my site to move up the SERPs. My site is PR3/PA46/DA37 and is actually more authoritative than most of the competition (a few are on authoritative domains like reddit, youtube, but most are other websites like mine). I have intentions of reaching #1 for both, so I'm curious: what kinds of links are people buying/using in 2013-2014 to secure Top 3 positions? I feel like where I'm at now, a 200 High PR Homepage package would seal the deal but I haven't pulled the trigger yet. Thoughts?