Hello Everyone,
I was just reading an e-book in which the author states that with themed content you can rank well in Google without the need of buildings backlinks. I was wondering if this is true or if I am wasting my time just writing themed articles without building any backlink to the pages....

Thanks,
WebInstance

Backlingking really play and important role in page optimization. The number of backlinks is one indication of the popularity or importance of that website or page.

The question is why would you not want quality natural backlinks if you can get them, but things like social votes are becoming important to ranking.

For the past months, I have been doing only social bookmarking, without any other techniques and I may say, that this is enough for the first page for some sites

IF you are looking for advanced SEO techniques to take your website performance to the next level, then content both on- and off-page will be advisable.