Are Backlinks Dead? How AI Search Engines Re-Weighted Links vs. Unlinked Mentions
For nearly three decades, the rule of SEO was simple: more links equal higher rankings. If you wanted to rank for “best project management software,” you built a spreadsheet, reached out to hundreds of blogs, and secured as many hyperlinked anchors as humanly possible. Search engines treated those blue underlines as literal votes of confidence. … Read more