What is more important Backlinks or Traffic?

jason s · #1 (**permalink**) 07-27-09, 21:59

Hey mates what is more important for your blog Backlinks or Traffic?

aliya · #2 (**permalink**) 07-28-09, 08:09

In order to improve traffic you will require backlinks to your blog so, both are important.

jason s · #3 (**permalink**) 07-28-09, 16:23

No i am stuck in a very different situation over here my blog is attracting good traffic, but the backlinks are very few. What is your answer now?

aliya · #4 (**permalink**) 07-29-09, 08:06

Sounds good that without any back links you are able to attract visitors on your blog. It seems that you had done a good onpage optimization however, if you will add some back links to your blog then it can double the current traffic.

sharron · #5 (**permalink**) 07-30-09, 08:05

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Originally Posted by jason s

No i am stuck in a very different situation over here my blog is attracting good traffic, but the backlinks are very few. What is your answer now?

Can you please let me know the URL of your Blog?

carl owen · #6 (**permalink**) 07-31-09, 17:34

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Originally Posted by jason s

No i am stuck in a very different situation over here my blog is attracting good traffic, but the backlinks are very few. What is your answer now?

If you are getting good traffic for your blog without backlinks then it is definitely good, however, you can surely get more traffic if you have more backlinks for your blog.

If you wish to have more backlinks for your blog, you can start with some simple techniques for getting backlinks for your blog. Some of the techniques are given below :

1. Forum postings with signatures.

2. Directory submissions (most common technique ;))

3. Blog commenting.

4. Social bookmarking.

5. RSS feed submission.

6. Article submissions (which will also help you to spread your content

)

Hope this helps

benivolent · #7 (**permalink**) 10-11-09, 05:00

Backlinks is the best way to improve the rankings of your site.But it requires a lot of time and effort to build that kind of traffic for your site it never happens in a flip but yes over a period of time you gain some loyal visitors and great backlinks with an ever increasing traffic.

dncompute · #8 (**permalink**) 10-12-09, 10:00

It depends a lot on what you want to achieve with your blog, and you also should remember that even if you have traffic now, that can change. If your blog is new, Google will give you a better ranking because it loves new content, but after a while you may find your blog will drop in the SERPs and you will be wondering where all your traffic went.

My suggestion would be to get some good backlinks from authority or relevant sites, which will boost your ranking and increase your targeted traffic. But whatever method you decide to use, do not use duplicate content because for one thing the big G will overlook it in the best case scenario, in the worst you may get your blog deindexed.

Walter · #9 (**permalink**) 10-13-09, 17:02

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Originally Posted by jason s

No i am stuck in a very different situation over here my blog is attracting good traffic, but the backlinks are very few. What is your answer now?

The reason behind this may be the topic you have chosen for blogging. If we are going for a general topic like news on mobile and gadget, gaming, bikes and cars or any thing that is made for general surfers. Even if you are utilizing good number of images then that is the plus point. Generally people like to search for images rather than reading some information. This can boost a good amount of traffic for your blog but if you work on some offpage optimization then you will be also able to improve the PR of your blog.

Titus · #10 (**permalink**) 10-13-09, 20:07

Well, if you have good traffic for your blog without much backlinks, it is certainly good and one of the reasons for this would be the fact that the content of your website is unique and is searched quite often on the internet.

If you have unique content on your website, it does not mean that you will get backlinks automatically and you do not have to do much offpage optimization for getting backlinks. If the content of your website is good, it will make it easier for you to get backlinks, however, it is important to work for the offpage optimization of the website.

Hence, I would suggest you to start with the offpage optimization for your website which will help you to get more backlinks which will affect the PR as well as traffic for your website

Ishaan · #11 (**permalink**) 10-14-09, 06:23

It totally depends on us, if we are targeting audiences via search engines for a long-term, then surely backlinks are more important as they will boost your keywords in SERP results.

Titus · #12 (**permalink**) 10-14-09, 16:16

Backlinks are certainly important, however, it is also important to make sure that building backlinks is a lengthy process and you shouldn't try to gain backlinks within a couple of days as this can actually prove to be negative for your website.

For example, you should submit links of your website in 15-20 directories regularly rather than submitting your website links into 500 directories once is a month which would ensure better search engine rankings for your website

MattBarthorp · #13 (**permalink**) 10-14-09, 19:06

Yes initially it is better to start with submitting your website to 30-40 directory sites on a regular basis.Later as your website grows older, no matter how many submissions you do,there should be consistency in it.Regularity is the only way that search engines do not take it as spamming.Your link building process should seem natural to search engines.