When it comes to SEO (search engine optimization) content is king. And this doesn't change whether you're doing SEO for a client or for yourself as an affiliate marketer . The content is the most important element... Because without really high-quality, relevant content, the search engines don't have a lot of information to go on to actually find and rank your website. Now, there are two elements to getting websites to the top of page 1 in the search results... So, the other piece of the puzzle is backlinks . But, I want to stress the fact that throwing a lot of backlinks at your website, even if they're really powerful backlinks, isn't the greatest strategy if your content is complete garbage. It might work in the short term, but don't be surprised if your sites rankings drop significantly over time. So, the long way of doing SEO is to actually create the content yourself or outsource articles . And be disciplined and consistent enough to...