Footer links, site wide links from non relevant high pr pages and non extistent anchor text optimization = Ranking for tough keywords...
What does this say about bhw and the state of SEO? Every second post on this forum this year I see says something along the line of:
"Its all about content, quality content is whats making me rank and also my super duper quality backlinks... its all about quality you know"
OR
"Build relevant links man, you need to build targeted links from sites in your niche... also you should use this super duper anchor text ratio of 4 : 3 : 2 : 1, where 4 is your tld anchor, 3 is your longtails, etc etc"
OR my favorite...
"Social is making me rank, trust me go crazy with your social signals and you will rank for anything"
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To be honest with you guys, this kind of rhetoric is making me sick. I don't frequent this forum as much as I used to because it feels like the majority of the posters are little chickens running around with their heads cut off like every single day.
Before you criticize me, I remember browsing this forum last year... it was so fresh, so innovative, something different. Now its either someone complaining because they suck at seo (but don't tell them that, they won't believe you) or someone promoting their upcoming bst via a thread with some ugly diagram, bolded letters while pushing the garbage mentioned above.
Hey maybe its just me, sometimes people just outgrow certain things (like the need for validation on an online forum).