... You only jsut realised this? Google has ALWAYS significantly based its search results on content, backlinks can only get you so far and are unreliable.
If anybody puts forward a theory that any one factor - be it backlinks, keyword density, domain name - is THE factor that will get you to no. 1 in serps, then the one thing you can guarantee is that someone will straightaway show you a site that's ignoring that factor and doing well in serps.
combination of content & backlinks are give more weight age. take backlink or create backlink with the help of relative content or we can say on main targeted keywords.
I dont think anyone could ever figure out how google did it, since it changes the method too frequent for anyone to ever notice..
It's a well-known fact that Google has doesn't rely on backlinks alone to determine SERP. There are basically thousands of criteria that they use, and nobody actually know how they come up with the ranking.
i do think content is king though and backlinks are queen. with good content comes the (natural) links. having said that, it's a slow process waiting for natural links so you have to go out and link to your site yourself via blogs and forums.
Hi we all know these things... To increase Page Rank..What we have to do is... Content,Keyword,other on page optimization. Although we must focus on marketing of business what we offer from the site. Unfeigned Regards
Content + SEO = 1st on Google. There is no other way to game the system even thou many have tried before. 7 Effective Ways to Build Back Links 5 Advanced SEO Techniques 9 Tips For Optimizing Your Blog
It's an ever increasingly complex algorithm, you can't say that one thing is more influential than the other as it changes all the time... I'm sure I'm just repeating what everybody but the thread starter has said so far, but there's nothing wrong with a strengthened opinion...