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The Link Building Signal AI Search Engines Care About Most

Backlinks can help you rank in traditional Google search results. But are they enough to help your brand appear in AI-generated answers? Google still relies heavily on signals like relevance and authority. Those aren’t going away. But AI search engines don’t just evaluate the quality of your links. They also use the content on the…

David Farkas  6/24/2026  
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Domain Authority is Good, But Relevant Links Are Even Better

Has it ever occurred to you why Google hasn’t updated PageRank since 2013? Something tells me it wasn’t Google’s way of endorsing Domain Authority. Still, in my conversations with clients and other link builders, DA, DR, and AS come up all of the time. For example, I was recently contacted by a prospective client who…

David Farkas Updated on 4/8/2025 166 comments
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Are You Even Ready for Link Building Services?

Are you even ready for link building services? Even if you’re willing to invest heavily in the best link building services available, it’s important to have a strategy in place. You’ve established your business and invested in a website. You built your website to showcase your product or service, and you’re hoping your online presence…

David Farkas  3/21/2025 2 comments
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White Hat Link Building Strategies That Actually Work (and What to Avoid)

Did you know that backlinks remain one of Google’s top three ranking factors? Yet, most websites either ignore link building, outsource it blindly, or rely on outdated tactics that no longer work. If you care about organic search traffic, then it is absolutely necessary to understand what white-hat link building strategies work and which strategies…

David Farkas  3/11/2025  
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You’re Not Ready for Link Building Without Linkable Assets

You can’t build good, relevant links to your website unless you have at least one linkable asset. In the old days of link building, you could spam directories and engage in every link scheme under the sun in order to increase your search engine visibility, even though you had absolutely nothing on your website link-worthy….

David Farkas  2/25/2025 56 comments
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