
Three Reasons Your SEO Backlinks Are Not Helping You - Episode 116
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1:42 Schedule an SEO Zoom Advisory Call with me
2:06 The first reason (not enough authority)
3:45 You need enough authority compared to your competition
4:02 The second reason (they are spammy)
4:46 The third reason (other problems with your website)
6:05 You can do things wrong and they won't hurt you until you start getting authority and search engines look more closely at your site
6:50 Article I was talking about
8:50 We do not sell backlinks off a menu
11:02 The 4 things you need to rank
11:04 1 No penalties
11:06 2 Content
11:07 3 Relevancy
11:09 4 Authority
11:10 There's a reason we do it that way
11:30 When you have everything you need, THEN you need authority
13:18 We cannot "take a quick look at your website" because SEO has covers more than your website
15:50 It's impossible to do SEO without studying your competition
16:00 Review
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