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the gap between what seo blogs preach and what actually ranks is massive, and i think it’s because they need to sell you something or get clicks
this is what i did building zignalify, i’ve looked at thousands of google search console datasets and the pattern is pretty clear: google’s algorithm is way more forgiving than the blog content makes it sound. bad links? they’re just noise to google most of the time. one spammy backlink won’t tank you because google’s literally filtering that stuff out constantly
what actually moves the needle is domain authority and relevance, yeah. but here’s the thing people miss: you still need decent content because it’s the vehicle for authority signals. it’s not either/or, it’s just that content alone without authority is basically invisible 🙂
