Whats More Important Content Or Backlinks?

17 years ago

Site content is important. Make sure the keywords you want to rank for are on the page several times, in the title, in h1/h2 tags, image alts, strong text, meta tags etc. Helps the search engines know what you're about.

But after that it's backlink building. And this stage is by far the most important part of it. Optimising a page is less than half an hours work. Building backlinks needs to be committed to for the long term.

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Malachi Kelly

17 years ago

I Think I've got the SEO on the page correct. Im trying to rank for "Increase Twitter Followers"

Let me know if im missing a trick here's the page Increase Twitter Followers

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Andy Fletcher

17 years ago

Originally Posted by Malachi Kelly

I Think I've got the SEO on the page correct. Im trying to rank for "Increase Twitter Followers"

Let me know if im missing a trick here's the page Increase Twitter Followers

You could improve this page a fair amount quite easily in my opinion (in SEO terms I mean).

- You have a typo in your meta description "increse twitter followers"
- You haven't got your keyword in an h1 and h2 tag
- You haven't set your images' alt tags

Just sorting those bits out will help you a fair amount.

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4morereferrals

17 years ago

I hear a lot of folks using the phrase Content is King. And well they may be right... in the long run. Very long run?

But what I havent puzzled out is ... do you really have the amount of time to wait and work and write making $0 while your Royal Content gets indexed, and gets ranked? Or linked to by others ... Then in the next paragraph they will write that you need to write more content and that has links to your $$$ content [ aka creating links on PR article sites ]

So then ... is the content King or the backlinks to it really King? Both strategies will get you results.

But here's an example of whats made me a believer in links. For one of my keyword phrases ... Im battling a a guy who has over 200 EZA articles optimized mainly for this keyword phrase. I have 1 page .. barely SEO optimized for the term as I changed it AFTER I put the site together, cuz I learned how to do smarter keyword research - duooooh!. He has me this week by 3 notches. Ive been higher than he on multiple occasions. All I have is a about 250 backlinks in google at this time for this phrase.... and 3 total articles that kinda suck as they are my first and only articles to date. Im a 1 page site vs. 50 page site and 200+ articles. If content was the king - shouldnt he be wiping hte floor with my lame little site in the rankings?

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TKO 17 years ago

Not to burst your bubble, in the long run he will wipe the floor with you.
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Veredfu

17 years ago

Originally Posted by 4morereferrals

I hear a lot of folks using the phrase Content is King. And well they may be right... in the long run. Very long run?

But what I havent puzzled out is ... do you really have the amount of time to wait and work and write making $0 while your Royal Content gets indexed, and gets ranked? Or linked to by others ... Then in the next paragraph they will write that you need to write more content and that has links to your $$$ content [ aka creating links on PR article sites ]

So then ... is the content King or the backlinks to it really King? Both strategies will get you results.

But here's an example of whats made me a believer in links. For one of my keyword phrases ... Im battling a a guy who has over 200 EZA articles optimized mainly for this keyword phrase. I have 1 page .. barely SEO optimized for the term as I changed it AFTER I put the site together, cuz I learned how to do smarter keyword research - duooooh!. He has me this week by 3 notches. Ive been higher than he on multiple occasions. All I have is a about 250 backlinks in google at this time for this phrase.... and 3 total articles that kinda suck as they are my first and only articles to date. Im a 1 page site vs. 50 page site and 200+ articles. If content was the king - shouldnt he be wiping hte floor with my lame little site in the rankings?

I don't think that "content is King" only relates to ranking. This is a very superficial way to see it.
Content is the king means that if you have good content your customers will come back again and again to your site and will buy from you more if the information you give them is useful for them. Content doesn't have to be only on your website (and that's why it is not referring only to ranking), it can be in your follow up autoresponder or in an ebook that you write. Good content builds your reputation.
Links are great for ranking, but if your website have no useful content to offer people will not come back.

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askloz

17 years ago

Ok, for a start your web address:

Code:

http://mytwitterblueprint.com/followme/index.php

see your folder "followme", should be "increase-twitter-followers"

and optimize the url without the index.php so it looks like this

Code:

http://mytwitterblueprint.com/increase-twitter-followers/

Why?

First off, you now have the word "twitter" in your TLD, and you have your folder with the main keyword phrase in there, this increases overall url prominence of the phrase you want to rank for.

Secondly, having index.php in the url and using that as part of the back link, decreases the overall prominence.

Third, Now, your description is ok, but why not add the "FREE $197 increase twitter followers blueprint" in there, this is a call to action, and you're not using any.

And make good use of it too, 160 chars, you only have about 80. Be more creative.

Fourth, you have no H1 tag that says "Increase Your Twitter Followers", just below the links in the header.

Fifth, your subject, doesn't contain it either. You need some of your keywords at the top of the page.

Sixth, your image ALT text says "My Twitter Blue Print", why not make it say "Increase Your Twitter Followers, My Twitter Blue Print". Do that for all your images, but mix up the possible phrases that people could use.

Seventh, the blue link, why not add the title="increase twitter followers today" in there, this acts like an ALT text caption, but is used for links, b, i, u, h, etc tags.

Eighth, your footer is bleak, a footer is just as important as the top part of the page. Put in a series of P.S's

ie.

P.S I can ensure you that my increase twitter followers blueprint is what you're looking for, don't delay and sign up free today.

P.P.S If my increase twitter followers blueprint doesn't help you, let me know and I'll personally assist you one-on-one to build your twitter followers list

etc, etc,

then under that, you have your copyright section.

place "Increase Twitter Followers" as your anchor text link, and color the link white so it stands out. Blue against black looks iffy.

Tenth, add a call to action in your title too.

Hope this helps, by doing this, you've optimized your onpage by more than 100%

Originally Posted by Malachi Kelly

I Think I've got the SEO on the page correct. Im trying to rank for "Increase Twitter Followers"

Let me know if im missing a trick here's the page Increase Twitter Followers

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Malachi Kelly

16 years ago

Originally Posted by askloz

Ok, for a start your web address:

Code:

http://mytwitterblueprint.com/followme/index.php

see your folder "followme", should be "increase-twitter-followers"

and optimize the url without the index.php so it looks like this

Code:

http://mytwitterblueprint.com/increase-twitter-followers/

Why?

First off, you now have the word "twitter" in your TLD, and you have your folder with the main keyword phrase in there, this increases overall url prominence of the phrase you want to rank for.

Secondly, having index.php in the url and using that as part of the back link, decreases the overall prominence.

Third, Now, your description is ok, but why not add the "FREE $197 increase twitter followers blueprint" in there, this is a call to action, and you're not using any.

And make good use of it too, 160 chars, you only have about 80. Be more creative.

Fourth, you have no H1 tag that says "Increase Your Twitter Followers", just below the links in the header.

Fifth, your subject, doesn't contain it either. You need some of your keywords at the top of the page.

Sixth, your image ALT text says "My Twitter Blue Print", why not make it say "Increase Your Twitter Followers, My Twitter Blue Print". Do that for all your images, but mix up the possible phrases that people could use.

Seventh, the blue link, why not add the title="increase twitter followers today" in there, this acts like an ALT text caption, but is used for links, b, i, u, h, etc tags.

Eighth, your footer is bleak, a footer is just as important as the top part of the page. Put in a series of P.S's

ie.

P.S I can ensure you that my increase twitter followers blueprint is what you're looking for, don't delay and sign up free today.

P.P.S If my increase twitter followers blueprint doesn't help you, let me know and I'll personally assist you one-on-one to build your twitter followers list

etc, etc,

then under that, you have your copyright section.

place "Increase Twitter Followers" as your anchor text link, and color the link white so it stands out. Blue against black looks iffy.

Tenth, add a call to action in your title too.

Hope this helps, by doing this, you've optimized your onpage by more than 100%

I was just doing a search on my name to find some old post and i came across this one, thanks for that I'll think if made those changes but thanks for the input.

What do you think of the new page MyTwitter Blueprint

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Kevin Lam

17 years ago

Personally, without delving into copywriting I'd have this headline:

Congratulations!

You Now Have Free PRIVATE ACCESS To
My $197 Value, Twitter Blueprint
To Increase Twitter Followers

But just as Andy advised, it's a matter of getting a lot of backlinks with that anchor text now. Get to work!

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Hellas

17 years ago

Originally Posted by Malachi Kelly

Hi Fellow warriors,

I was wondering which one is more important

Content or Backlinks...

Both. As one guy on netbuilders said:

Content is the king, but backlinks are army.

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pluto1 17 years ago

Contents and constant backlinking goes the long way. Not sure when it starts to pay off, but it surely does.
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Stephen Root

17 years ago

Sales letter is the king and links are the army. If your sales letter doesn't convert, what's the point of driving traffic to it? But if we talk just about ranking, it's backlinks. There's just no contest there. Very few people can produce really great content that will gather backlinks by itself so much it will rank good. But lot's of good backlinks can rank lower quality content.

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shakir

17 years ago

COntent is very important.. But the site with rich content no promotion ... then no use of it....link building have very important role in promotion

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Kevin Lam

17 years ago

Very well said, Vered.

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4morereferrals 17 years ago

All good points - guess I read into the OP's question that it was framed in the context of serps.
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kennyjewels

16 years ago

Content is the king so i thing it is more important but backlink is also backbone and without it ranking is not possible...

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sck4784 16 years ago

For me both are very important........
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wana_ozie

16 years ago

Originally Posted by Malachi Kelly

Hi Fellow warriors,

I'm in the final stages of my new product "My Twitter Blueprint" and getting ready to start building a network of sites linking to my money site.

I was wondering which one is more important

Content or Backlinks...

I'm a firm believer in building a link structure around the high PR web 2.0 site's like digg,squidoo and wordpress.

I've seen phenomenal traffic from these site's which makes me learn to the side of building links.

Let me know which one you think is more important.

Make up good content first after that build up your backlinks.That`s all

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blackcat123

16 years ago

Both are important. But backlinks count more than content when we talk on SEO. But it does not mean that you should neglect the importance of having quality content for you site.

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Mike Anthony 16 years ago

Well, Whats more important -

Food or water

Wood or Nails

Cement or blocks

IF you need both whats the point of picking one over the other?
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- ap09.com 16 years ago
  
  According to me Context is the king, backlinks are king's army.
  
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Quainta

16 years ago

Content first and then backlinks so people will get to see the content.

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Michi Kono

16 years ago

Definitely both.

You may still rank your site high without good content if you build many quality backlinks. But at the end of the day, you make no money without good content.

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bgmacaw 16 years ago

Originally Posted by Michi Kono

But at the end of the day, you make no money without good content.

uh, huh....

Have you seen the ultimate scrapper thin affiliate sites like TheFind and NexTag?
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- Michi Kono 16 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by bgmacaw
  
  uh, huh....
  
  Have you seen the ultimate scrapper thin affiliate sites like TheFind and NexTag?
  
  Yep, i know them and they are the exceptions i must admit....
  
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bosawi

16 years ago

both are important, but content is KING and backlinks can be used to support ur site to get indexed faster

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tjcocker

16 years ago

LOL, have you seen the content out there that still gets good rankings? I'm not saying they can't be knocked down with better sites, but backlinks are KING. Content is Queen, but more often like a retarded jester.

Listen to the big macaw.

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bgmacaw 16 years ago

Originally Posted by tjcocker

Listen to the big macaw.

Thanks, but the real trick is to score $5 million plus in venture capital funding from an ex-Googler's VC firm so that my autoblogs/scrapper/thin sites are in no danger from Google. I haven't mastered that one yet.
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stern112

16 years ago

Both are equally important

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searchnology 16 years ago

I suppose the answer to your question depends on your goal...I can't completely tell from original post if you are trying to obtain SERPs or traffic from other sources.

If you are looking for SERPs, I would say that backlinks are MOST important but that you also need SEO optimized content/code. (not necessarily quality content)

As far as content is concered, you could have convincing and high quality marketing copy (as people have alread mentioned) and/or SEO optimized content. Both would be good but you can get away with poor marketing content as long as it is SEO optimized for SERPs. If these sites are just "doorway pages" then make sure the path to your money site is very clear and obvious.
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firstdandy

16 years ago

Both is important. SEO on page then see your search result then It's time for backlinks to raise up your SERP

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sixstring

16 years ago

I haven't reached the point yet where I can outsource backlinking.

So I find myself spending way more time building backlinks than actually writing content.

And it appears to be working

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Crafty Blogger

16 years ago

I think it really matters what you are trying to do with your site. Some would argue (reasonably) that having good content is actually bad on some adsense sites, since what you really want is someone to click on the ads to get away. However, if you are trying to pre-sell someone effectively, good content is very important. But regardless of the content - good or bad - you aren't going to go far if you don't have the backlinks to bring you decent organic traffic to your website. So I would say, ultimately, backlinks are more important than content.

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siliwangitravel

16 years ago

i choose backlink

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soldiweb

16 years ago

An optimized SEO page and some backinks, going good.

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ebiz101

16 years ago

I think both content and backlinks are equally important to a site.Backlinks helps in increasing ranking of your keywords in serps.

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blackcat123

16 years ago

I think (according to my experience) backlinks are more important than content. That does not mean that duplicate content will do any good. Unique content plus some strong backlinks will bring you the results you need.

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Avnery

16 years ago

Content especially if you pay attention to your keywords placement will get you longer term search engine rankings. Back links on the other hand work for the short term there is always a risk that one or two back links will be from sites that are blacklisted and that can result in significant drop in rank for your site.
My advise is if you are going for back links take more caution.
But don't forget poor keyword selection is equally a waste of effort.

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JRoon

16 years ago

Make a very good content with the keywords be seen several times in it, afterwards, its working hard on the backlink.

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maurellemejos

16 years ago

Contents first..google is interested on websites with good content.

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musicsongs 16 years ago

Bouth! Make sure that the backlinks came from sites with relevant content.
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16 years ago

What's more important the GAS or the CAR?

You need BOTH.

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jaratvit

16 years ago

content is the king. It s more important than anything else.

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Aristodemos

16 years ago

Google is starting to lean more towards content than backlinks. Backlinks will get you some organic traffic but content will get you customers who are ready to buy AND organic traffic. Content is KING.

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