What is better for SEO?Content or Links....

My new website is on page 1 for its keyword after about 4 weeks. It made page 2 after 2 weeks. I added new content and posted links.

Could I have achieved page 1 without links? Is content alone enough?
Posting links gets really boring...

Please give your ideas and suggestions on this..

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Hi John,

In general I think links are needed as well for Google, although less so for Bing (which works more with the content on page). Yahoo is somewhere between the two.

Of course it all depends on your target keyword and how competitive it is. Without much competition, you really don't need a lot of links to rank well.

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Hi Cat,
nice information

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I think links are important for getting higher rank in search engines. It would also increase the page rank of a website.Original content is always important but without links, i think, it is not always necessary or sure that Google will index ur website

Good quality links are essential for getting your site found and to help the search engines determine the authority of your site, but in terms of staying power, Content is king.

You should always look at your website from the viewpoint of a user. If the site is just a link farm or some bare content with adverts, they'll soon go away. If your sites have Google Analytics installed, Google will notice the high rate of bounce and downgrade the authority of your site (note I'm not referring to Page-Rank; that's only one aspect of determining a site's authority, and Google doesn't give it that much weight any more).

If you have a well linked site with plenty of good meaty content, Google Analytics will also notice this (by measuring the average length of stay for a user), and you'll be - in time - rewarded with higher rankings in searches.

HTH,

Pete.

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@kpdirection: Great advice there. If you're in it for the long haul then you definitely need high-quality content regularly posted to your site, and it really helps to think of your site and content from the visitor's perspective.

Just to pick up your point about bounce rate. A high bounce rate doesn't necessarily reflect the quality of the site (although it can be an indicator). For example, blogs tend to have a high bounce rate because people find a specific article they're interested in via a search engine, read the article, then leave. Or they might be a regular subscriber who comes to an article via the RSS feed, reads the article and then leaves, because they've already read the older articles previously.

I covered this briefly in one of my articles on bounce rates:

http://www.elated.com/articles/what-is-bounce-rate/

Also I'm not convinced that Google Search uses Analytics bounce rates as part of its ranking algorithm. For example:

http://www.seroundtable.com/archives/019067.html

I could be wrong though!

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Content is always what search engines will primarily base your ranking on. But links are very important to. Submit your site to free directories, preferably with one-way links to your site. You can also forum and blog submit your site to get links back.

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This is my thinking behind Links.

I think Google does not care about content, it only cares about links to rank you higher for keywords.

The content is KING only for people, because they are the only ones that matter about content, and finally they are the ones who will syndicate your website, if it is good.

Now I am saying this because personal experience and some testing facts, but this is not 100% correct. I am still testing.

If the keyword you are targeting is a low traffic keyword, you will rank good if you have a GOOD ON-PAGE SEO.

However if the keyword you are targeting is a high traffic keyword, ON-PAGE SEO will help until some point, and then links which are call OFF-PAGE SEO will bump your site and finally outrank your competitors.

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[quote]I think Google does not care about content, it only cares about links to rank you higher for keywords.[/quote]
And you would be WRONG.

AND it is NOT "links" that Google uses to reinforce the page content, but it is the anchor text of the links.

Read this post -> http://www.highrankings.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=43912&st=30&#entry312261
BTW Michael has porobably forgotten more about SEs than many of the "experts" know!

and this thread ->http://www.webmaster-talk.com/seo-talk-forum/206351-content-or-links.html

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Oh AND


Links are advertising NOT optimising

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SERP = Search Engine Result Pages

chrishirst.....Yes Links alone don't help on your SEO.

Links alone are just Traffic, advertising, ETC. ETC...

Yes, it is the Anchor Text That helps you, and yes you need to check your Robot.txt and the nofollow tag, so you have a Link with Anchor text that is going to help in your SEO, and ultimately help especially the keyword you are targeting....but I cannot put a whole SEO class in here

What I mean Google does not care about content is this....the more links you have (NOT The more original content you have):

* With Good Anchor Text targeting your keyword
* Without Nofollow Tags
* Without Robots Blocking the page
* PR
*ETC...ETC

The higher you will rank on the SERP.

In other words your website will appear on page number in Google for the keyword you are targeting.

You will also need a competitors website analysis to check their links and try to unrank them.

Now Again.....

Google won't check or SAY, "Oh look this website has this nice writing, very original content...lets help it on the SERP"...NOT TRUE for me, my experience, and my results.

I have to say again that GOOGLE DOES NOT CARE ABOUT CONTENT to rank you higher on the SERP and make appear your website in page number one for a specific keyword.

But now I will add, they don't care about content until a certain level.......but again everybody has their own way to work and what it works with me, probably won't work for somebody else.

Peace and respect my friend....chrishirst

[Edited by luis23 on 09-Jul-10 19:24]

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[quote]I have to say again that GOOGLE DOES NOT CARE ABOUT CONTENT to rank you higher on the SERP [/quote]

At one time that would have been true, and the anchor text was much more influential on rankings than content. However, that is NOT the case anymore, it is a combination of factors that is required now. Sure in some cases anchor text can still outweigh text on the page but this is only where there is little or no actual competition for the phrase.

"Bombing" a way into Google rankings is the difficult way to the SERPs now.

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Oh and BTW

[quote]Without Nofollow Tags[/quote] No such thing as a nofollow "tag"

[quote]Yes Links alone don't help on your SEO.[/quote] Links are marketing and promotion NOT Optimising

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The only advice before leaving this SEO thread, is "Never listen to anyone and never do what people tells you word by word, especially on the SEO".

I will recommend you.

Do your own research, get your own experience, get your own results, and decide by yourself.

By default Humans are NOT PERFECT, we do have a lot of mistakes. So, if somebody tells you that he/she is 100% correct, I don't think that is right.

Open your mind and follow your inner self.

Sincerely,

Your NOT PERFECT Friend Luis23......:)

[Edited by luis23 on 11-Jul-10 19:27]

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Exactly!

Do not believe anything the SEO "experts" say until you can demonstrate that it is the case.

Much of the prevailing "wisdom" on SEO is regurgitated mis-information that was wrong and useless ten - fifteen years ago, and the intervening years have not made it correct and useful.

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I am not a SEO guru, but my understanding is content is very important for google, with continuous content growth over time. And as far as links go, it's the PR rank of the website you link on that's important. In other words, it's better to have one anchor text link on a PR9 page than 100 links on a PR8 page.

Happy Sailing ... _/) Paul

[Edited by pcstokes on 03-Dec-10 09:33]

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