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Which is more important: content or links?

On February 26, 2009, Google software engineer Matt Cutts collected questions on Google Moderator and answered many of them on video. Jeff from New York City asked: As Google's algo evolves, is i...  
 
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I can verify this really works. I have a page that is currently ranked #2 for two main keywords, besides the over 1,000 long tail keywords it pull hits from. I have never requested links from ANY web site or done any link exchanges. Others just like the page and naturally link to it. It often comes up as an answer in Yahoo's Answers too. Good content attracts 1-way links that are often good PR links as well. Focus on good unique dynamic content and theres a good chance the SEO will happen easily
craftpals (2 months ago) Show Hide
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Thank you Matt! Thank you Google!
Great videos!
rhilliard1708 (6 months ago) Show Hide
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great video. Great SEO answer. Great content is a must to get great links.
600RR4Life (7 months ago) Show Hide
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content is the most important partt of any website.
AmyK007 (7 months ago) Show Hide
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Brilliant.
designed2perform (7 months ago) Show Hide
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Great Video!
LucioDiasRibeiro (8 months ago) Show Hide
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Alright Matt, agree. Question what about good content made just for inbound links?
ErikVeland (8 months ago) Show Hide
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Great insight. Great mo!

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