Copy from ahrefs
an alleged filter that prevents new websites from ranking in Google's top results
Alleged being the main focus.
personally I think it's more a term people use other than an actual thing
As graybeard has already said it's only a problem if you want to try and get organic traffic. If that's your goal then just keep adding good quality text to your site.
So what's the solution?
Google has what I need, I optimize my sites for that and I make a profit.
Maybe I'm missing the point but I can't see a viable alternative.
It's always unclear with Google updates.
Apparently, to protect yourself from the current update we need to E-A-T more :rofl
I have two main sites in two different niches and I haven't seen any changes in traffic. Fingers crossed it stays that way.
I think you have to be very careful with any link building now, they definitely still work but quality links are important. Random crappy links can do more damage than good.
Quality content, good user experience, quality links and you've got it.
I think it's best to let your content find its own place in the SERPs first before you start link building. Doing this ensures you don't over link it, which I believe will become an issue in future updates.
Just as @shibanni has mentioned, niche edits and guest posts work very well when done...
This is so true, especially when you consider the things you could be doing with your time. We don't have much of it.
You could argue SEO is the most expensive form of traffic by far.
As far as I know, Wikipedia's links are dofollow but Google doesn't count them. But it is only other people's opinions I tend to agree with. I haven't got any links from Wikipedia so I can't say from experience.
When I get some time I might give it a go :)
I use niche edits and guest posts mainly, and I only ever backlink internal pages. Generally, I leave a page for 3 months to see how it does in the SERPs naturally then if it needs a push I give it minimal backlinks to get it into a good position. This has worked well for me so far.
But I have...
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