Is SEO mandatory for high website traffic?

[Sanalgezgin57]

My SEO knowledge is practically non-existent. No SEO work was done on the sites I built. How long would it take for sites to rise with purely organic traffic, or would they stay where they are? Just by adding unique content. It was always a question on my mind.

[sakarya]

It is an SEO criterion in unique content, but I don’t think it is sufficient on its own.

[fafafe123]

Look, as someone who has really struggled with this issue, I can tell you it is difficult. In some sectors I entered, I was able to get enough hits just by writing. However, this wasn’t the peak either. In other words, something always felt missing.

Anyway, you understand this when you write original content and monitor a site for 5-6 months. Without digressing, I can say this: Let’s say there is a niche. There isn’t much competition, and everything you write ranks on pages 2-3 from the very first day you open the site. After 5-6 months, if you are a beginner, you get traffic that satisfies you.

But there are some sectors that are crowded, and you definitely need something extra. In other words, writing unique and original content on the subject isn’t enough. Alongside that, it must be shared on social media or discussed on news sites. So much so that this business is a bit like turning money into money, of course, for those who know the job.

EDIT-Transportation: How much unique content can you really write about transportation anyway? This is where backlinks and other off-page SEO factors come into play. So if you ask me, whether you write for low competition or high competition, backlinks are a must.

[yerdemli]

In 2007, we had created an Ottoman Turkish Dictionary, and at that time, there were two sites appearing in the top results: OsmanlicaTurkce.com and EbruliSozluk.net.

We caught up to them shortly. We were getting 3,000 daily visits.

When we split with the partner, we decided not to continue, and we closed our OsmanlicaSozluk.net.

It must be harder now.

Here was the situation back in 2013.

osmanlicaturkce.com PR: 5 Alexa: 356.910
osmanlicasozluk.net PR: 3 Alexa: 4.320.846
ebrulisozluk.net PR: 3 Alexa: 7.540.458

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@fafafe123

Look, as someone who has really struggled with this issue, I can say that it is difficult. In some sectors I launched, I was able to get enough traffic just by writing. However, this was still not the peak. So, it always felt like something was missing. Anyway, when you write original content for a site and monitor it for 5-6 months, you can understand. Without digressing, I can say this: Let’s say there is a niche. Not too many competitors, everything you write ranks on pages 2-3 from the very first day you open the site. After 5-6 months, if you are a beginner, you get enough traffic to satisfy you. But there are some sectors that are crowded, and you definitely need something extra. So, writing the topic originally and uniquely isn’t enough. Along with that, it must be shared on social media or talked about on news sites. So much so that this business is a bit like turning money into money, of course, for those who know the business.

EDIT-Transportation: How unique can you write about transportation anyway? This is where backlinks and other off-page SEO factors come into play. So, if you ask me, whether you write for low competition or high competition, backlinks are a must.

I think you are very, very right. In fact, according to my observations, the backlinks received are the most important criterion allowing you to rank and attract visitors, much more so than the quality of the writing, even though people say backlinks are dead. I write an article in my sector, and the article I write is the best and most comprehensive one written to date, but it doesn’t even show up in the top 500. However, I look at the sites in the top 10; they have no relevance to the topic, in fact, the keyword isn’t even mentioned in the topic—I’m not kidding, it’s not even in the title—but that person appears in searches. And when you examine it in depth, they have acquired backlinks for the keyword; whether the topic is relevant or not is secondary. This is my observation; I don’t know if it is correct, incorrect, or incomplete.

[PEKER]

Arkadaşların sözlerine ne kadar katılsam da, sonucu sadece para ile backlink veya tanıtım yazısı almaya bağlamışlar. Unutmayalım ki google, bizim ve rakiplerimizin sıralamalarını yüzlerce algoritmadan geçirip öyle sıralıyor. SEO herşeyden önce bir bütündür, on page ve off page olarak ne kadar değerliysek google ın gözünde o kadar yükseliriz. Ne kadar backlink alırsak değil. Demek istemiyorum ki backlink önemli değil ama herşeyi gözardı edin…

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@PEKER

As much as I agree with the friends’ words, they have attributed the result solely to getting backlinks or promotional articles for money. Let’s not forget that Google ranks us and our competitors by running them through hundreds of algorithms. SEO is, above all, a whole; we rise in Google’s eyes to the extent that we are valuable in terms of on-page and off-page. Not based on how many backlinks we get. I’m not saying backlinks aren’t important, but ignoring everything else…

I agree.
**Our on-page SEO: The Foundation of Our Building
Our off-page SEO: The Fine Workmanship, Plaster, and Whitewash of Our Building.

If the foundation is faulty, no matter how good the workmanship—that is, off-page SEO—is, the building will collapse at the slightest tremor. **We must lay the foundation, prioritize it the most, and then perform the fine workmanship. In short, it is necessary to evaluate on-page and off-page as a whole and take steps accordingly.