Will Backlinks Always Be King?

10 years ago

Backlinks will always be relevant in my eyes, think about it, you press a facebook like (thats a backlink) you leave a PDF online with your name or product name with your more details page (your own website) thats a backlink...

I cannot see this changing anytime soon unliss bitcoin is going to be the new backlinking system (maybe possible?)

Bit more to think about if we had no backlinks, how else would google or other search engines find their way around websites? css class ids? (could be to many duplicates)

Your website domain (as far as i know) is a backlink from it's birth, think about it, once it's passed to your from your registrar it's a backlink right?

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nettiapina 10 years ago

Yes, they're probably relevant for a long time. That's Google's way of seeing what's popular and relevant for their user. Their whole engine has been built around it.

Originally Posted by ctadvert

Backlinks will always be relevant in my eyes, think about it, you press a facebook like (thats a backlink)

That's NOT a backlink, at least not in SEO context. Facebook like is a mark in their database, and Google's spider has no way of reading it.
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TeKn1qu3z

10 years ago

I am sure to say for all of your questions, YES
Algorithms will change, but still backlink system will be there until Google exists. For this question we could not guarantee because of no PR update.

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SEO Power

10 years ago

Over the years the value of backlinks has continued to fall gradually. I believe that one day backlinks will no longer be an important part of the algorithm, but it's not gonna happen dramatically.

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johnniewalk

Banned 10 years ago

According to me Content is the king and backlink is like a Bishop it's important to create more backlink then only search engine able to index your site...

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amenwolf

10 years ago

Someone should do a case study....

A site with only backlinks and no content.
And
A site with content and no backlinks.

Then the true king will emerge......
Base on the rankings.

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dynamyt100

10 years ago

The crucial factor about backlinking nowdays is that they come from relevant and authority sites. So for example, if you have a site on travel, Google are going to find out that your links are coming from a Sports website - this wont be relevant in their eyes.

Concentrate on related backlinks and your site will do well. Engage users with good content and you will do well.

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fpforum

10 years ago

I think backlinks are something you will always need. I don't know if they will be "king", but I'd say they will always make up 30-40% of your ranking.

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aceriker

10 years ago

Hi,

Backlinks from high PR sites and dofollow sites are playing a major role in indexing your site in high SERP...in my point of view backing will always be the factor for SERP.

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alvinchua91

10 years ago

It is still the king. But just like in a game of chess, without the queen (great website a.k.a. provides visitors with information that they're looking for)

It also needs great knights (social media signals). e.t.c.

It is important and powerful, but it needs other things as well if you want to see great SEO results entering 2015 and beyond!

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sarasotareverse

10 years ago

Originally Posted by alvinchua91

It is still the king. But just like in a game of chess, without the queen (great website a.k.a. provides visitors with information that they're looking for)

It also needs great knights (social media signals). e.t.c.

It is important and powerful, but it needs other things as well if you want to see great SEO results entering 2015 and beyond!

"How you think that backlink will be the king. If google change their algorithm"

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st0nec0ld

10 years ago

Nope, in SEO there are no Kings nor Queens. In my opinion, SEO as a whole consists of different elements combined together to work as one. Every part of it is essential: links, backlinks, content, page loading, etc. Meaning, every thing should be balance.

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sarasotareverse

10 years ago

I think yes Backlink will be king in SEO. Untill Google algorithm will change.

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KylieSweet

10 years ago

Backlinks will always be one of the factors or metrics in determining the weight of the website but not as a basis.

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zeyfah

10 years ago

i think the answer is yes, naturally and theoretically. but the fact isn't always the same. there are plenty of sites that have less backlinks but do have great contents in which attract visitors more than attracting links. they can rank a lot better and show higher in serp than those with tons of backlinks but not so much traffic.

bounce rate maybe?

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ropemediahouse

10 years ago

Content is king in SEO & Backlinks are one of the factors to determine the value or authority of the website....

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savidge4 10 years ago

I personally think CONTEXT is king. Content without CONTEXT... a dud. Linking anymore has become CONTEXT based... well I think so anyways. I even have my theories about backlinking as a whole that at some point in the future it will be dropped as a primary source of SEO ability.

In Context everything is good just a simple rule
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crocodino

10 years ago

Backlinks will always be king because for ranking your keywords on good position backlinks are must without backlink it is impossible for you to rank your keywords.

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Slade556

10 years ago

It's an interesting question. I'm inclined to say they will always be relevant, but then again, who knows what will happen in 5-10-15 years?
For now, I'd say you should definitely focus on getting good quality backlinks! You can't predict what will happen in the far away future, so I'd say it's best to concentrate on what you should do now.

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dervaish

10 years ago

Yes backlinks has still values in SE Ranking. but on high quality and related sites ... don't spamming.

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halk

10 years ago

Backlink is king forever, i think it never will die..

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seven4

10 years ago

I myself can't see any reason why backlinks would not be relevant when it comes to search engine rankings. They have been relevant for so many years now and nothing has taken the place of that. As long as you mix good content with backlinks and relevant backlinks this will always help to make your website get better results.

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rmacklyn

10 years ago

Yes, I do believe that backlinks are always the king and will remain king for ever. More or less, they are the support to the website. The base or the frame what ever you say are the backlinks for the website.

Taking a simple example. No doubt today the technology has come up with different innovations but still some of the old gadgets take feature to manage the things. Same way backlinks also will have the essence for ever.

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Eagle07

10 years ago

Originally Posted by joeymills

Hi All,

Wanted to get your opinion on this one. We all know that backlinks are a major factor in ranking in the serps. But do you think this will always be the case?

Or how long do you think backlinks will be the number one factor in terms of ranking?

Do you think there is going to be a major shift in the algorithum and backlinks will one day no longer be relevant?

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I would have to say when it comes to content publishing, Back links will always be king!
...and... to get the fastest, most stable long-term
rankings for all of your web pages, you need the following:
1) A large number of incoming links linking to your site (over time).
2) These links must absolutely be of the highest quality possible

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10 years ago

Interesting article here Importance Of Backlinks In Website Ranking and it says that content will always be king

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flukmani

10 years ago

No ways!! Good High Quality Backlinks will always help you but all the spammy and low quality links will be once and for all out with an update of Google!!! Strive for Quality Content instead

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voldamort

10 years ago

yes because thats how the crawlers will decide which website is better . the google cannot manually go to every site and index according to it in future also .... so yes backlinks are the best way to rank your site

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IMKing

10 years ago

Yes, even in 2015 backlinks are must to rank your keyword. It depends on the competition you need less or more links to reach 1st page.

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RankSale

10 years ago

I think backlinks are important still.
It seems many seoers still use backlinks building to rank their client's sites.

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PBScott

10 years ago

Do any decent websites still use dofollow links? I am always confused on the idea of getting backlinks these days. Proably why I havent thought of creating any in the last few years... maybe I am making a mistake, I don't know.

When it comes to NoFollow, Matt Cutts had this to say:

"How does Google handle nofollowed links?

In general, we don't follow them. This means that Google does not transfer PageRank or anchor text across these links. Essentially, using nofollow causes us to drop the target links from our overall graph of the web. However, the target pages may still appear in our index if other sites link to them without using nofollow, or if the URLs are submitted to Google in a Sitemap. Also, it's important to note that other search engines may handle nofollow in slightly different ways."

If nofollow is being followed these days, the "nofollow" attribute just made the entire web longer for no reason at all.

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seothink

10 years ago

Ofcourse , it is back bone for successful seo sites .

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kamaldeepchandel

10 years ago

Yes, Backlink will always the king of website ranking. Because Google read like these backlinks as a vote. If these votes comes from the relevant website or high authority website that will be more beneficial.

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Matthew Anton

10 years ago

User metrics are King. If a user does not have a good experience, Google loses out, because they lose trust in their search engine's ability to gather and give out data in an organized way. This is why Crowd Search Me is the future of SEO because it provides user metrics such as people searching for brand keywords, clicking your website listing, viewing it, and randomly browsing other pages within your website before tweeting or sharing on other social sites.

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Yasin Rishad

10 years ago

We know content is king and backlink is his queen. As long as search engine will lead in internet i think backlink also have the power on those days.

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shastaarenburg

10 years ago

No doubt backlink is the king for google rank. You must have good content then backlink will give you good result what you want. I'm always believe backlink is the king and content are queen.

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sheenagoyal13

10 years ago

Yes , it always work more backlink more traffic but backlinks should from high PR sites. backlinks increase your website traffic effectively.

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firsttender

10 years ago

Yes back links is still important but broken and 404 links is not good for the website. you should always check your back links which one is broken then solve the problem after then you and your website will be safe.

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princy91

10 years ago

Today backlinks is the important factor for ranking in SERPs, and according to me this will be the important factor in future as well.

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xrampage16

10 years ago

Yep. To emphasize and hopefully boil this down a bit, Backlinking will exist in a way but algorithms have been homing in on what they refer to as "spammy" backlinks. Possible search results will start to just favor high reputation references over multiple backlinks as a hard rule, this is already happening a bit but I imagine it will get more aggresive. The main things to build long term success regardless of SEO relevance changes is likely:

- How long do people stay on your site?
- How many pages do they view?
- The bounce rate.
- How many people link to your content from their site?
- How many people have shared the content on the major social sites like Twitter, Facebook and Google+?

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nettiapina

10 years ago

Originally Posted by xrampage16

- How long do people stay on your site?
- How many pages do they view?
- The bounce rate.
- How many people link to your content from their site?
- How many people have shared the content on the major social sites like Twitter, Facebook and Google+?

Linking is the only point that's relevant to this topic.

Your visitors surfing habits when they're on your site do not directly have any effect on search visibility. Bounce rate may be an indication of something, but you need to have a decent grasp of the context: what your users are doing, and where are they coming from? For example, if someone coming from search, finding an answer, and leaving satisfied after reading just one page counts as a bounce.

There's no decent proof that social media has any direct effect on SEO. Correlation is not causation, and the correlation can usually be explained. You're reaching out to your followers, and maybe some of them will react and point a link to your direction.

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angelinavictoria18

10 years ago

Backlinks are important for site ranking. Relevant, High PR sites and dofollow Backlinks are best for site