Are Backlinks Really Dead

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Do backlinks work anymore? How about X-Rummer or SENuke? Looking for opinions on backlinks and if they are worth my time. I am trying to figure out the best way to market my niche garden site - besides blogging and FB Ads? I have read a lot here on BHW about backlinks. Some claim to be able to get DA of 30 or higher. Thoughts?
 
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Backlinks will never be dead. What's dead is PBNs that don't cost more money and time to build than they are worth.

Build up a site's backlinks organically by providing value. If you're going to buy backlinks, don't buy them from a forum like this one. Manually search for established websites in the desired niche and contact them about buying a link. If you're looking for cheap links that won't get you slapped...they don't exist.
 
pitbully said:
Backlinks will never be dead. What's dead is PBNs that don't cost more money and time to build than they are worth.

Build up a site's backlinks organically but providing value. If you're going to buy backlinks, don't buy them from a forum like this one. Manually search for established websites in the desired niche and contact them about buying a link. If you're looking for cheap links that won't get you slapped...they don't exist.
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could you please provide an example of a site I could buy links from? thx
 
Justice King said:
could you please provide an example of a site I could buy links from? thx
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Whatever garden niche your website is in...search for that niche on Google and find blogs about your niche. Don't worry about DA or PA or any of those stats. If the blog shows up on Google for a given search term and it's on the first 3 pages of search results, that means Google likes their site. Contact those sites and ask them to buy a permanent link. One of these links will be worth more than 1000 garbage links you'll find from a backlink seller.
 
pitbully said:
Whatever garden niche your website is in...search for that niche on Google and find blogs about your niche. Don't worry about DA or PA or any of those stats. If the blog shows up on Google for a given search term and it's on the first 3 pages of search results, that means Google likes their site. Contact those sites and ask them to buy a permanent link. One of these links will be worth more than 1000 garbage links you'll find from a backlink seller.
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What are your thoughts on using a tool like ScrapeBox to harvest link opportunities based off of relevant keywords?
 
ArmMeVeteran said:
What are your thoughts on using a tool like ScrapeBox to harvest link opportunities based off of relevant keywords?
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You could do that, but I prefer to do everything manually. You want a link from a relevant site that Google likes, and you find these sites with a quick search on Google.
 
Backlinks are (and will be for many years to come) a major ranking factor.

I think the issue with your lack of results in regards to backlinks have to do with the way you´re approaching linkbuilding.

Personally, I am a firm believer that the best linkbuilding strategy is a solid/effective content creation and promotion campaign.
 
As long as there is internet, backlinks will never be dead.
 
Manual Link buiding will works well as always. You have to learn and know about what to check before getting a backlinks from a domain.
 
True SEO said:
Manual Link buiding will works well as always. You have to learn and know about what to check before getting a backlinks from a domain.
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I personally think that getting caught up in a domain's stats is counter productive. You don't want a link from a domain with good stats...you want a link from a domain that Google likes. The whole reason stats supposedly matter is for their value and their value is based on how much Google likes them. If the site ranks high on Google for any relevant search term, the link is valuable.
 
Roger Marquez said:
Backlinks are (and will be for many years to come) a major ranking factor.

I think the issue with your lack of results in regards to backlinks have to do with the way you´re approaching linkbuilding.

Personally, I am a firm believer that the best linkbuilding strategy is a solid/effective content creation and promotion campaign.
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I agree with you 100%. But what do you do when you are up against giants not doing it the right way with millions of links?
 
pitbully said:
I personally think that getting caught up in a domain's stats is counter productive. You don't want a link from a domain with good stats...you want a link from a domain that Google likes. The whole reason stats supposedly matter is for their value and their value is based on how much Google likes them. If the site ranks high on Google for any relevant search term, the link is valuable.
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of course, it has to be a niche relevant site. I am suggesting the check the domain backlinks and it's anchors then the content of that domain. If You are getting backlinks from the domain which ranking high in google is really good for the website. But it's pretty hard for if someone maintaining multiple sites. Apart from that many people will not accept other sites who can be competitors in the future. So you have to beyond that for getting backlinks.
 
True SEO said:
of course, it has to be a niche relevant site. I am suggesting the check the domain backlinks and it's anchors then the content of that domain. If You are getting backlinks from the domain which ranking high in google is really good for the website. But it's pretty hard for if someone maintaining multiple sites. Apart from that many people will not accept other sites who can be competitors in the future. So you have to beyond that for getting backlinks.
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I respect your opinion, but in my opinion anything other than organically occurring backlinks and backlinks from manual outreach to genuine established sites is guaranteed to get you slapped. Maybe not today or tomorrow or 6 months from now...but it will happen. You want to build a long term money machine...not a time bomb.
 
pitbully said:
I respect your opinion, but in my opinion anything other than organically occurring backlinks and backlinks from manual outreach to genuine established sites is guaranteed to get you slapped. Maybe not today or tomorrow or 6 months from now...but it will happen. You want to build a long term money machine...not a time bomb.
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Of course, You will succeed with these strategies, there is no second thought. But the question is, can they wait till that google recognize it. it will be a good plan only you can wait with patience without taking any back step till you reach the top ranking. But only a few people are available in IM with that kind of patience level
 
Backlinks do work.

But you need to go for quality not quantity.
 
ArmMeVeteran said:
I agree with you 100%. But what do you do when you are up against giants not doing it the right way with millions of links?
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Don´t get discouraged whenever you´re doing keyword competition analysis and see a DA70 site with 100,000 links sitting on position 2 of the SERP.

Remember that Google ranks pages NOT domains.

Sure, it helps a lot whenever you´ve gain authority Google will index your content a lot faster but, in the end, it´s all about the page.

Run an SEO audit of that site and, especially, check its backlink profile.

Plenty of times I´ve seen 500 wors articles and most of those backlinks come from web 2.0 properties and .edu/.gov emails.

Whenever I see a result like this on Google I get excited because it can turn out to be a huge opportunity.

I´ve seen it over and over again.

Sites with a DA of 20 outranking a site with a DA of 80.

Just because a much better SEO health and content that best fulfil user´s search intent at the same time it gains the interests of "linkreators" (Brian Dean´s term).
 
True SEO said:
of course, it has to be a niche relevant site.
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100% NOT TRUE.

I have so many websites (lead gen related) that get links from so many places that have nothing to do with the niche or city that I am targeting, this whole topical thing is just another SEO myth like content is king or blackhat doesn't work anymore...

@OP of course backlinks still work and they will work for years to come.
 
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