What is best for SEO? Content or links?

My new website is on page 1 for its keyword after about 4 weeks. It made page 2 after 2 weeks. I added new content and posted links.

Could I have achieved page 1 without links? Is content alone enough?

Posting links gets really boring...

It is very rare to go on page 1 of SERPs without quality links pointing to your site. That would mean that your keyword has no competition so it is probably not so good.

Did that keyword gave you any conversions?

It depends on which keyword you are targeting, if the keyword is too competitive, then ranking with that keyword is difficult. If keyword is less competitive then ranking with that keyword is bit easier.

Hi, well basicly like SEO i prefer links.

content is key of seo

Content is king but on-page is directly or indirectly interlink with off-page so for quick and effective results you need to create qualified backlinks than you can only see 100% results...

Content on your site and keywords are extremely important but you won't be able to stay on top if you don't use link building. TRying that is a waste of time. I myself tried it for awhile, cause I found it extremely boring, but easysubmits showed me that I can do better if I get backlinks. Slowly my pagerank got better. Now I'm just keeping it up there. :)

If your content is unique and people want to reuse that or link to your site. You get link without linkbuilding efforts. If your content is not really good enough to get the link, you need build back links to get high rank in the search engine for your targeted keywords.

yes this is wright. ;) if your  traffic is very strong than u have no fare.

I think both are important.

You can compare content to king and links to queen.

Only a combination of the two aspects can bring a better ranking in SERPs.

See both things are important. The content should be relevant and unique and the site must have quality High PR back Links. :)

I think it is impossible. Backlinks are very important in your ranking.

If you have good content you will get backlinks easily.

Both are important.

i think both r very important... links for giving back links and content giving good results of keywords....so both r must.

Content is considered as kind and from my personal experience content has more power to uphold website in good position in search engine required content has been updated on regular basis

I don't think there is any contest between content and links. They are both important, aren't they?

A good site rank is the combined effort of the two. You have to have both quality content and quality links from relevant sites.

Content is king but on-page is directly or indirectly interlink with off-page...!! So for quick and effective results you need to create qualified back links than you can only see 100% results...

i don't understand you question pls clear it if you talk about inter linking so its the good part of SEO

SEO requires both on-page and off-page factors for success. The magic formula is daily backlinks and quality content for high rankings.

yaa back links and content both are very important in SEO

A quality SEO program must utilize both on page and off-page SEO. Meaning both quality content and daily links must be used to get you the high ranks you wish to achieve.

Yes... but this needs explanation.

No amount of backlinks will bring a rubbish-content site to the top of serps. (Correct me if I'm wrong!)

But I have a PR3 site on the first page of serps with no backlinks worth mentioning. It is unique niche content.

Point proved?

I think links are more important... :)

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I have an awful feeling that I wasted my time with the post two above.

goolge not also value the quality and quantity outside the chain of you

I was wrong. I sent a nearly-blank webpage to the top of serps (on non-competitive keywords, of course, just as a test) by backlink juice.

You have to implement inter page linking strategy now to show your other page just under the first one in SERP.

Keyword research is also important - semrush is a good tool to help you with that.

All 3 is important without content you cannot make a website, without links you cannot increase your SERPS, without seo you cannot generate your leads

Hello dear,I think both are important in SEO.links for giving back links and content giving good results.

Hi dear friend
  Well both have equal responsibility. Content is that which you put in your site and links are those which are only two or three in your site.If your content is without spamming so you will get more benefit.

For SEO purposes both are certainly important, but, for business the object isn't to just rank in search engine results pages, you want to get potential clients to contact you and do business with you.  To that end content is king ... no one is going to pick up the phone and call in response to spamming, keyword stuffing nonsense!

Both are important because they are first in on page and off page activities...

Create good contents and it'll increase your readership and visibility. But you must also realize the value and importance of link building for SEO

Create good contents and it'll increase your readership and visibility. But you must also realize the value and importance of link building for SEO.

I've done, on a keyword that was very good. (OK... it was a very niche market... but the derogatory "not so good" did not apply!)

Google prefer good, unique and fresh content on a site. But the problem is that we first have to tell Google that we have updated our content for this we have to post links so that Google may notice these links(Which of course should be from High PR sites) and the crawl your page. both are beneficial for good rank...

Isn't re-submitting the sitemap enough?

SEO is one tool out of many businesses use to generate sales.  Links are great for building pagerank and moving up in the serps, but, your content is what will be the determining factor when the potential client decides who he will do business with.

I was wrong! Somebody proved the reverse on another forum.

Maintaining a PR (Page Rank) requires constant application of link building and SEO tasks.

...many of people said "content is king" but I say that mixture of uniqe content and quality links is warranty for your success.

I have heard that you cannot find your website's real PR. What Google releases is not accurate, and is nicknamed "FoolBar". Is this right? Does anybody know for sure?

Agree totally that it is links that get you to the top and keep you there. Content is very important but more so to keep your readers coming back and entertained with quality content.

Both content and Links are important. You should have a very good contents with relevant keywords, plus do link building in all possible way like directories, blog and forums submissions.

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Both are equally important if the content is good then only the links is build up.

All search engines declare that content is first for SEO,then back links come.But I don't think that they've found any ideal algorithm to prove it.Many sites don't have good content still then they're on top for some keywords.But till now both content & back links are important.

Well for me a nice blend of both :)

Both are equally important when we talk about SEO

In my openion, both are very important in SEO.
content is the king and links is queen in SEO. content is giving the good results of keyword and link is giving the quality back links.

Yes i am agree with alicakeys

Both are important in SEO, Bcoz in SEO we do different activities for different goals

Who is the king then? Content or Backlinks? :)

For a website content is king having said that links are crucial for getting traffic to the website

Thereby both are essential

Just one thing you also have in your mind that you need to write more keywords specific content so you can get better result for your keyword and try to write keyword specific url that will help in you in long term.

i was reading an article, where the writer mentioned that the content is queen,.but the back link is king,,, so here i though both of them do have great effects on you website ranking .

Well i agree that you should include keywords in the content but that too should have some limit.. Keep keyword density rule in mind while writing the content for your website!

Both are quite important since both the factors giv great amount of traffic to u r site

I am doing Off-page SEO. If you have quality link to your site,then you must do the content and take  good backlinks.

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content is more important according to my point of view. if you have content then you could also have traffic.

content is more important according to my point of view. if you have content then you could also have traffic.

How many competitors do you have on your keywords?

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my website one year old and i am performing some activities for that but no pr then what i will do for that content pay major roll or back links.

Content is King. Without a content, it's difficult to parse the relevant topic. I don't believe your site doesn't have any contents. I prefer quality contents than quantity inbound links. It's better to have quality inbound links than quantity inbound links.

I guess you are searching your website with your url name if not then you need to collect some link to be on first page.

Quality content with link.

quality backlink with pr. participate related niche with pr2+

You should pay attention to both this factors if you want seo success

Thank you for sharing this knowledge...

Link building and content production go hand in hand.

Consistently creating content  is very important. It must be original. It drives traffic if done properly.

Some articles and content will get more traffic than others, but it is important to crank out as much good content as you can. Link backs will come if are producing good content.

what is a quality content

Hi,
I'm agree both are very important; but now a days back links are so valuable instead of content, without back links you can't. ? ;)

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Write in proper English, for a start!

content but make sure you update it

Content is the key to get more links, but at the same time once a while you should add fresh content then only you will better traffic.

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both are equally important.. i think your keyword has low competition thats why it sustains on page 1..

I think both have equally importance for SEO. I prefer to both content and links.

I think both writing good content and the links matter. If you post good and useful content, you may get links the natural way, if you don't, consider buying some!

Both of them are important and helpful as well, but content is far more relevant over links. Remember that, content is the key to SEO. :)

i will say on page optimization is king so off page optimization is queen. it's mini goal round round.

Both for sure!

Hey....
i think both are important for good SEO... Contents are little bit more important if you have good contents than your links should exist for long time but it doesn't mean that links have no importance....

Links were beating content until the latest Google algorithm change. Now we are still testing...

I am completely agree with alicakeys statement and would like to advise you to continue with your link building efforts along with creating quality content for your website as both of them are necessary to attain and maintain good seo rankings for your keywords.

However, if you got bored with posting links here and there I would suggest you to put some efforts on social media marketing. You can get a good amount of traffic from social media websites like stumbleupon, facebook, and twitter etc. But, that will require you to actively interacting with the members, making friends, and engaging the community members to draw traffic towards your website.

if your content is strong so you don't have to do less???½ link building , according to me strong content is the best for seod.

Both of them are important.
Quality content is the essence of the websites.
Google thinks high of BACKLINKS,which increase your site's PR quickly.

I would go with the content ... but you should do them both if you want success.

Combination of both.

If you have unlimited links, you won't need content, but since you can't get enough links you will have to combine them both.

backlinks are more important... when you already have a good amount of backlinks then new quality content helps...

Important things to consider when building links such as choose only dofollow directories, submit site under most relevant category, rotate page title etc..

Both quality content and backlinks are very essential in SEO..
I'm surprised to know that you're able to get your site on 1st page of SERP without links..
i would still suggest for you to get quality backlinks...