Hi,

I wanted to ask if backlinks are still relevant, most SEO experts say it is, and that is how google gives rank to you site. But AI engines don’t.

The first issue is that most website don’t give follow backlinks. All are paid now.

Second is that even if you leave a backlink anywhere on their website, even nofollow, the moderator removes it.

If you drop your links on low quality website, semrush flags it.

At then end most backlink expert now days are created random profiles on different websites, and they drop their links there.

So what is working?

For me, i feel all these things are just hacks. They are not genuine back links, will AI not understand this?