SEO Tycoon

**ThailandForum** · 06-22-2010, 01:28 PM

Now this topic comes up everyday so I thought I would jump on that old band wagon.
Now we have a large contingent of Asian spammers who think links are the be all and end all of SEO, yes they help in your serps, but you got a crap site google etc will soon put it where it belongs regardless of how many directories you sign up for.

So lets look at this from a users point of view, is your website good enough that people actually want to send others links to your site, or will you have to rely on doing 20 directories perday to get the traffic, they both work but which would you rather have?

**createdevelop** · 06-22-2010, 06:59 PM

Nice question. I have always said content is THE most important thing when it comes to building a website, building traffic and building SERPs.

Look at it this way, on our blog, our number one post brings in more links, and business leads, per day than any other one thing we have done. If we could, we would write a great article every day, but we just don't have the time.

**vangogh** · 06-22-2010, 07:02 PM

It's really a combination of both that are necessary. You can have the greatest content in the world, but if no one knows about it what's the point. You need some way for people to find that content. On the other hand you can promote your content extremely well, but if when people finally get to the content it's garbage what's the point since they'll leave the same way.

Putting that in the context of seo, links will generally do more to help your page rank than any content on the page. However there are so many other variables that come into play. On the links side you have to consider the source of the links the anchor text of the links, how many other links are on the page, how often the site in question has linked to your site, etc.

On the content side, it could depend on how many other pages on your site are competing with the one in question, how many other pages on other sites are competing for the same keywords, have you crossed into the spammy side of life with your writing, etc.

In the end it all works together. Personally I think you're best bet is always to create the best content you can. If your content is bad then all the traffic in the world won't mean much. All content needs some kind of promotion, but better content will need less promotion before it starts generating it's own links and it's own promotion.

Everything in marketing and seo is a subset of marketing works together. You don't have to get every aspect right, but the more you can get right and the less you get wrong, the better off you'll be.

**Fonda** · 06-23-2010, 06:21 AM

As per my point both the contents and links are very important. The golden rule of SEO itself say that no of pages must be equal to the number of backlinks. When you have a good content and not a quality back link it will not help you. Quality back links will redirect the visitors to your site where you have your quality contents.

So equal importance must be given to contents and links.

**herry1** · 10:01 AM

thanks for the info its very useful for me because i am new to seo work

**chrishirst** · 06-23-2010, 10:05 AM

Here is a post worth reading on this topic

Michael Martinez has probably forgotten more about Search Engines than many of you have ever learned.

**ThailandForum** · 06-23-2010, 10:18 AM

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Putting that in the context of seo, links will generally do more to help your page rank than any content on the page.

Ok you make some good points Vangogh, BUT, the best links you will ever get are from other people as you stated later in your post, which would you prefer, 100 directory submissions or one nice juicy dofollow link from a major webmaster site.

Lets run thru my normal day, load up emails and check sign ups to the forums, delete or miserable all the Indian spammers from the forums, delete any posts they have made, occasionally contact the people they are spamming for and send them extremely abusive email, reply to emails and then drink my coffee, part of my normal day shouldn't be needed, I mean do Indian spammers think I want their crap on my forums?

**francis84** · 06-23-2010, 07:50 PM

For me, I both contents and links are important in having good SERP.

**ghdfans2010** · 11:13 AM

There's little content for the search engine to even SEE in our website. How to add content to our webstie? our website is removed

**Frank Wilson** · 06-24-2010, 01:20 AM

Combination of both

**dani** · 06-24-2010, 01:49 AM

content is the king and backlink is the queen of the website.

Both are important the content should be quality and informative and the backlink should be of high page rank sites and must be relevant to your website.

**rinor81** · 06-24-2010, 04:14 AM

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Originally Posted by dani

content is the king and backlink is the queen of the website.

N-I-C-E

I liked it, real cleaver.

I think it's combination as well. Even if you have backlins and a high PR, people won't stay in your site or take action there if you don't offer them quality content or something worth reading. Both actions must be made.

**wholesalebags** · 06-24-2010, 04:44 AM

This is a lot of people may think, but how to do is right?

**AndreyW** · 06-24-2010, 04:47 AM

Considering the fact that I read this topic not hrough a search engine, but because I have a habit to stick around because of the content that I read here I am definitely of the opinion that quality content is King.

**rypher21** · 06-24-2010, 05:49 AM

im actually considering on working out having a good content and quality links..

**maddie** · 06:15 AM

I recently read an article from Google Webmaster's Blog about "Quality Links". You should read it.
Also I've seen some of Matt Cutts' videos on the Youtube channell. Here's one of them: http://www.youtube.com/user/GoogleWe.../2/qXgni6U6qk8.

If you offer good content you will be linked. Do you offer valuable information to your potential clients?

**ThailandForum** · 06-24-2010, 06:39 AM

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Here is a post worth reading on this topic

thats quite an interesting thread, and this bit puts it all into perspective.

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Google is on record as saying that links account for less than 1% of the algorithm. Look at all those wasted opportunities SEOs miss out on when they only think about links.

So if you work on your websites for 8 hours perday you should be spending less than 5 minutes of that time worrying about inlinks perday.

**ThailandForum** · 06-24-2010, 02:10 PM

The Vietnamese spammers have the best idea, they contact you about advertising before they spam your forum, you are then left in the situation of what to do about a potential advertiser, they never pay so just delete their spam.

**seotogo** · 06-24-2010, 05:31 PM

On forums such as this the question always comes up "content or links?" and the answer is always the same "content and links".

**vangogh** · 06-24-2010, 07:01 PM

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which would you prefer, 100 directory submissions or one nice juicy dofollow link from a major webmaster site.

Why are you assuming when I say links will go further than content it means low quality directory links? I'm not really sure what you're saying has anything to do what I said since you're trying to compare one type of link to another. That had nothing to do with my post, at least not the part you quoted. Yes different links are seen in different ways by search engines. Some are better to have than others.

I'm not at all suggesting you shouldn't create the best content you can and chase after directory links and similar. You should always create the best content you can for so many reasons. With seo better content is easier to get links, and even more better links, pointing to it than poor content as a general rule and will likely attract more links on its own.

But poor content with great links will outrank great content with poor links every time.