{"id":3834,"date":"2015-11-14T11:19:12","date_gmt":"2015-11-14T16:19:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/digitalreadymarketing.com\/?p=3834"},"modified":"2016-01-31T08:15:33","modified_gmt":"2016-01-31T13:15:33","slug":"rank-website-1st-page-google-backlinks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/digitalreadymarketing.com\/rank-website-1st-page-google-backlinks\/","title":{"rendered":"Can You Rank Your Website 1st Page On Google Without Backlinks?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I recently posted a question on a LinkedIn group asking what everyone thinks about the possibility of ranking a website on 1st page of Google without any backlinks.<\/p>\n<p>In case you are interested, the link below will take you to the discussion (You might need a LinkeIn account to see it).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/grp\/post\/71207-6061149235439550465#commentID_6070840330364678144\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/grp\/post\/71207-6061149235439550465#commentID_6070840330364678144<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The response was overwhelming and people took sides on this conversation. One group\u00a0of\u00a0people believe in backlink building and the other on the opposite side.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/digitalreadymarketing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Rank-without-backlink-conversation-on-Linkedin.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3835 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/digitalreadymarketing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Rank-without-backlink-conversation-on-Linkedin.png\" alt=\"Rank without backlink conversation on Linkedin\" width=\"665\" height=\"232\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digitalreadymarketing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Rank-without-backlink-conversation-on-Linkedin.png 665w, https:\/\/digitalreadymarketing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Rank-without-backlink-conversation-on-Linkedin-300x105.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 665px) 100vw, 665px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>So what do I think about ranking on 1st page without link building?<\/h2>\n<p>One of the answers in the discussion thread is similar to\u00a0what I think.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3836 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/digitalreadymarketing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/good-answer-for-if-it-is-possible-to-rank-without-backlinks.png\" alt=\"good answer for if it is possible to rank without backlinks\" width=\"634\" height=\"198\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digitalreadymarketing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/good-answer-for-if-it-is-possible-to-rank-without-backlinks.png 634w, https:\/\/digitalreadymarketing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/good-answer-for-if-it-is-possible-to-rank-without-backlinks-300x94.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 634px) 100vw, 634px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It is indeed possible to rank on 1st page without any backlink building but that is not the purpose of SEO.<\/p>\n<p>What we should be thinking about is to make a site both user friendly and search engine friendly.<\/p>\n<p>If\u00a0the\u00a0content is good and everyone loves the site, it is inevitable that website will get some backlinks, even though it might be ranking on 1st page without any backlinks initially.<\/p>\n<p>We also should not ignore the social signal even though Google has publicly denying it using social signal as a ranking factor &#8211; interestingly enough, when looking at<a href=\"http:\/\/www.searchmetrics.com\/knowledge-base\/ranking-factors\/\" target=\"_blank\"> the study carried out by searchmetrics.com<\/a>, social signal is highly correlated with ranking (image taken from the study shown below).<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3837 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/digitalreadymarketing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/screen-shot-fromsearchmetrics-2015-ranking-factor-for-social-signal.png\" alt=\"screen shot from searchmetrics 2015 ranking factor for social signal\" width=\"649\" height=\"263\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digitalreadymarketing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/screen-shot-fromsearchmetrics-2015-ranking-factor-for-social-signal.png 649w, https:\/\/digitalreadymarketing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/screen-shot-fromsearchmetrics-2015-ranking-factor-for-social-signal-300x122.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 649px) 100vw, 649px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In fact, I have managed to rank websites on 1st page without any backlink building. Some of the ones that did particularly well actually were shared on various social media platforms.<\/p>\n<p>Some after ranking on the first page for a while, acquired backlinks naturally without any link building. Most likely people think it was relevant and the fact that it was ranking high on page 1 indicates it is a trust worthy information.<\/p>\n<p>It really comes down to with the limited resource you have, what you can do best with it. If building backlinks provides the best Return Of Investment (ROI), why not?<\/p>\n<p>In fact, if spending for paid ads provides a better ROI than SEO, that should be the focus for the business.<\/p>\n<p>The question should not\u00a0really be &#8220;what is the best method to market the business?&#8221; but rather &#8220;what is the best strategy to grow the business?&#8221; should be the focus.<\/p>\n<p>Do you agree? or disagree? 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