Hello, I am really interested in SEO which I want to get indexed on Google, Yahoo, MSN, and other major search engines. What I have been doing in my free time is to create new pages adding to my sites and also submit my sites to web directories and article directories to get back links. What method is better to get more traffic? 1. Fresh updated content. 2. Back links. Thank you!
You need both. Killer content can create links on it's own though, so i would start there, and use your free time to get the backlinks.
Fresh content is better if the quality of backlinks you are generating are worthless and are only created to trick google
Agreed with above, however you need to build some quality links and not just through directories etc... I am also not talking about high pr.. Get some good links with a good alexa rank. PM me if you wish with some ways to do so.
there are ways to rank even without too much content there are ways to get traffic to a site even without links - writing hell lot of content would give this outcome [but yeah the niche must contain a lot of keywords in it] So i prefer this method => first concentrate on content,site will age in the mean time,do the SEO and once you come out of sandbox,you will see great results.
Create more backlinks and submit articles to article directories (Use the Submit Article Link in my Sig) these are good methods to increase backlinks and further more your sites ranking / SERPs will get better, Good luck
For me I would focus more on the content since this is the only way to get regular visitors. Here is my percentage of priority 75% content while 25% on backlinks.
Actually backlinks will improve your site to gain rank on search engine that will give you organic traffic while content will attract more traffic specially if the content is interesting.
Both are equally important. If there's a great content on your site, people will arithmetically link to it.