Backlinks vs Content, anyone tried only one?

[mikepcservice]

Has anyone here ever tried only one of those two options, if yes, was it successful please? Reason asking is I know SEO people who don't do any blogging [only backlinking] and they have success but haven't found anyone yet who got good rankings based on fresh content alone.

 

[mikepcservice]

Thank you! that is exactly what I have been doing. Reason why I had to ask this question is because a back linker suggested to me to link to the HOME page. What I have been doing is each month link to a different page [most important pages] so I cycle this.

 

[Andrew Scherer]

I remember years ago Chase Reiner made claims that backlinks meant nothing, you could rank on content alone. And ran some experiments on it. It caused quite an uproar, I don't actually think his experiments turned out positively. Content when just a handful of links to push it is much better than content with no links at all.

 

[mikepcservice]

Very well put, thanks.