Question: Why is it I have more backlinks then my competitor and I have a lower position in the SERPS then they do.

Answer: First off, there are no stupid questions, just stupid people. The reason is simple. Backlinks, though a large ranking factor, is not the only factor. Take yourself away from Twittering all your fake friends about the size of your bowel movements, and think like Google. If the only ranking factor of a site was how many backlinks it had, I and the rest of the SEO community would be called BLO (Backlink Optimizers). How boring would that be. The entire webmaster community would never give out any links, and the rate of comment and forum spam would sky rocket.

I love you idiots that do noting but backlink, makes my job easier. Here are some hints for those of you with short attention spans. Valid HTML, Correct MetaTag Usage, Perfect Site Structure, Non Spammy Internal Linking, etc… Now get to work..