{"id":4961,"date":"2022-03-02T21:05:02","date_gmt":"2022-03-02T21:05:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.joshuageorge.co.uk\/?p=4961"},"modified":"2022-05-21T13:45:12","modified_gmt":"2022-05-21T13:45:12","slug":"can-i-get-traffic-without-backlinks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joshuageorge.co.uk\/can-i-get-traffic-without-backlinks\/","title":{"rendered":"Can I Get Traffic Without Backlinks? | A Complete Road Map"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"4961\" class=\"elementor elementor-4961\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-28499a0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"28499a0\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4f40e9c\" data-id=\"4f40e9c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2b11829 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2b11829\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I am often asked about backlinks and whether or not you can generate traffic to your website without building any.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Backlinks still remain an important factor in SEO but there are certainly more ways than ever before to start sending traffic towards your website.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In this article, we will look at backlinks in detail and how you can start generating traffic to your website without the need to build any at all.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-644f78f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"644f78f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" id=\"what-is-a-url\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2><b>What are backlinks?<\/b><\/h2><ol><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What are backlinks?<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Are backlinks important?<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Do backlinks increase traffic?<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How can you boost traffic without backlinks?<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Can you do SEO without backlinks?<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Can I rank on Google without backlinks?<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Conclusion<\/span><\/li><\/ol><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Firstly, let&#8217;s introduce exactly what backlinks are&#8230;<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Backlinks are when a website links from one site to another. High-quality backlinks are like votes of confidence for your website. The more high quality, relevant links you have pointing at your website, the more authority you have in Google&#8217;s eyes and they are still a significant signal of trust which in turn help websites rank higher.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Whilst they are an important ranking factor for Google\u2019s algorithm, there are many other ranking factors that are also important. <\/span><b>Some of the other key ranking factors include:<\/b><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Optimised metadata<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Content quality and relevance<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">User experience<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Technical SEO<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Social presence<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Internal links<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Content coverage<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a6912be elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a6912be\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"950\" height=\"562\" src=\"https:\/\/www.joshuageorge.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/what-url-structure-looks-like-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"what url structure looks like\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.joshuageorge.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/what-url-structure-looks-like-1.jpg 950w, https:\/\/www.joshuageorge.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/what-url-structure-looks-like-1-500x296.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.joshuageorge.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/what-url-structure-looks-like-1-768x454.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 950px) 100vw, 950px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6e21a69 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6e21a69\" data-element_type=\"widget\" id=\"difference-between-domain-name-and-url\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3><b>Are backlinks important?<\/b><\/h3><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Backlinks are important for SEO and are certainly one of the more significant signals to tell Google what it is your website offers.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Backlinks can not only be a source of authority and relevance for Google but they can also drive potential customers from one site to the next. This means that the more links you have on other credible sites within your industry, the more eyes you can put on your website and grow your following.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7724061 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7724061\" data-element_type=\"widget\" id=\"does-case-matter-in-urls\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3><b>Do backlinks increase traffic?<\/b><\/h3><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Backlinks can certainly increase the traffic to your website. Again, the more links you have on relevant websites, the more chance there is to drive traffic.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Whilst backlinks can be a significant driver of traffic, there are certainly more ways than just building links to increase traffic.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b8a8cab elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b8a8cab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2><b>How can you increase traffic without backlinks?<\/b><\/h2><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can certainly start attracting traffic to your website without the need to build backlinks. Having good quality content that your potential users want to read is far more important and sharing this to your audience on social media will immediately bring traffic to your website without the need to build backlinks.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some of the best ways you can begin to attract traffic to your website include:<\/span><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Social media<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Creating user-focused content<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Building brand awareness<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Asking the audience to engage and share your content<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Driving PPC traffic to your website<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-512e8a7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"512e8a7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2><b>Can I rank on Google without backlinks?<\/b><\/h2><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can certainly rank in Google without any link building. Whilst building external links still remains an important part of SEO, depending on the competitive nature of your niche, you can most certainly rank without links.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5862240 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5862240\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3><b>Consider the competitive landscape of your niche<\/b><\/h3><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As a part of your SEO strategy initially, it is important to analyse the competitive landscape of the keywords you wish to rank. You can use free and paid SEO tools that will analyse your competitors\u2019 backlinks and tell you how competitive it is based on the number of links they have pointing at their website.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e3a8736 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e3a8736\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3><b>Content coverage<\/b><\/h3><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A well-optimised website that is full of quality content covering a number of related queries and topics that provides a great user experience is the website that is going to stand the test of time. Providing a good experience for your users and providing quality content is what is going to help your website long term.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a6ba991 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a6ba991\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3><b>Internal linking<\/b><\/h3><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can also focus your efforts on building links internally as a way to drive traffic to the pages you wish to rank higher. This is going to send traffic to relevant pages and will ultimately benefit the user experience, as well as make it easier for Google to find all of the pages within your website.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8d020a4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8d020a4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" id=\"conclusion\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2><b>Conclusion<\/b><\/h2><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can certainly drive traffic to your website without the need to build backlinks to your website. Social media is a great way to drive awareness and build an audience and means that if you have a website, naturally your audience will be interested in it and visit. By creating quality content that engages your readers, you can certainly drive traffic in this way. Whilst backlinks are important, there are certainly a lot of other ways to help increase traffic and your SEO presence. Ultimately, you need to approach SEO from all angles and try to do as much of everything as well as you possibly can. <\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am often asked about backlinks and whether or not you can generate traffic to your website without building any. Backlinks still remain an important factor in SEO but there are certainly more ways than ever before to start sending traffic towards your website. In this article, we will look at backlinks in detail and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joshuageorge.co.uk\/can-i-get-traffic-without-backlinks\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Can I Get Traffic Without Backlinks? | A Complete Road Map<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4345,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false},"categories":[16,15,86,82],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joshuageorge.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4961"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joshuageorge.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joshuageorge.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joshuageorge.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joshuageorge.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4961"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.joshuageorge.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4961\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4966,"href":"https:\/\/www.joshuageorge.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4961\/revisions\/4966"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joshuageorge.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4345"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joshuageorge.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4961"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joshuageorge.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4961"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joshuageorge.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4961"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}