I have been observing that for new sites, links to the site and/or sites even mentioning another site are outranking that site for its keywords (New sites only) Especially when its reputable forums. For instance a search for Atlanta Realtor you will see that both SEO Chat and Digital point where a links client of mine posted about his site now rank #1 and #2 respectively for "Atlanta Realtor" Im intentionally loading this "Atlanta" post to consolidate my proof even farther as in 3-5 days I guarantee that this thread will rank tops for the term too!
Started a thread at SEO Chat lets see if we get any bites
http://forums.seochat.com/showthread.php?p=70021#post70021

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