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you are using anecdotal stories. not proof this is the case for all situations. Rolling Stone is a respected news source for music and a household name. and you are talking about Top Stories. I would imagine anything they write is a top story; music, sports, etc.
news stories only live on google news for 48 hours. that’s how google news works for all sites. the author would need to change the URL to get that page back on the news feed for another 48 hours
I have some product pages that rank higher than sites that have been around 10x longer and have 20x more quality links than I have. explain that
the answer is: it isn’t that simple. the algorithm isn’t: site A has more X than site B so site A ranks higher 100% of the time. there are thousands of ranking factors that are taken in account for every situation. no two would ever be the same
as important backlinks are, their are other factors that go into the equation. and no one thinks ‘content is king’. that is just a phrase that people like to refer to
