As you know, SEO and ranking for SERP (Search Engine Results Page) is a system. It consists of different methods and strategies that work into produce rankings.
Strategies and methods would include the following:
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Backlinking
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Social media
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Traffic
With Google’s new algorithm update, gone are the days of depending only on high powered back links from high authority sites. With the rise of user generated content Social Media and Traffic now come into play. Which is more of a natural way of ranking.
Google bot now look at all these factors to rank your site.
Think about it, would a site with high authority backlinks but no traffic and no social media chatter hold more relevant content, than a site with few backlinks but a lot of Social Media activity, and traffic?
And relevancy is the core factor that Google is looking for when serving results for each keyword search.
There is no the best method for SEO, you have to work on these 3 aspects: backlinks, social media, and traffic.
