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Originally Posted by Blackbird
Hello,
Probably a simple question but I appreciate the input.
I have found a set of keywords that normally would look relatively easy to rank highly for but there is one issue I'm not sure about.
The top 2-3 spots are taken by youtube or other video sites. Their title and description on the google listing is fairly relevant and the onpage text is also relevant, but these pages have zero backlinks.
If I create sites that have basic seo and backlinking, should I be able to outrank these pages?
Thanks for your answers.
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Youtube is owned by google and these days google is turning into a self promotion engine. Most of the top serps now are held by its own properties or members of the OPA.
If you build consistent backlinks it helps, but the focus of google now is artificial neural pathways on learning machine development, so I would focus your efforts there for a number 1 ranking. Backlinks should focus more on social networks now and not so much on websites anymore. Bing/yahoo will rank heavily on facebook n twitter likes/shares. Google does not have full access to this data and relies more on neural pathways now.
Best of luck.