How Can a website with Far lower links and authority outrank me?

[TP_Marketing]

I Have a competitor clearly using incorrect methods to rank, How can they be coming in ahead of me? Pages are are all keyword stuffed, site is only 1 year old. It looks like their main source is Press Releases for backlinks. How long does it usually take google weed these people out?

Thx!

[EGOL]

I Have a competitor clearly using incorrect methods to rank, How can they be coming in ahead of me? Pages are are all keyword stuffed, site is only 1 year old. It looks like their main source is Press Releases for backlinks.

If that's all they got then they shouldn't be too hard to beat.  Have you done any work?

How long does it usually take google weed these people out?

Until you earn the position above them.

[TP_Marketing]

I thought that with the current update it would penalize/de-index these type of sites.

Ty

[EGOL]

These situations are becoming much less common than they were a few years ago.  But this still occurs often in niches with low competition.

It can also occur when a domain has more authority than you realize or links that are not being displayed in the tool that you are checking.  They could be new links or redirected links.

From what I have seen, this type of page rarely beats a good page on a well-established domain.