Absolutely relevant, high quality backlinks are still a strong supporting signal, especially when they come from authoritative sites within the same niche or market.
Yes, backlinks and content still matter, but there’s more to it these days. I’d also look at technical SEO, search intent, site trust, and the quality of the backlinks rather than just the number of them.
Of course, the intention of the user changes everything. I would be checking to see if the page matched the location plus service search first before adding extra links.
In tbh, content doe most of the work nd then backlink come to support the work done. In finance I prefer to get fewer but quality backlink than many random ones.
Yes, finance/local is a topic where relevance and credibility trumps mere link volume. I prefer a small handful of relevant regional links over hundreds of miscellaneous links.
