Does Website Design Matter?

[JABacchetta]

I've got a new site officially launching next month (just waiting on a few inner page designs to be finished up).

But if I'm looking to get a head start on backlinks, would it be okay to start publishing content now on one of the default WordPress themes? And then start publishing guest posts immediately to get backlinks?

Or would Google look at the site as not being unique?

[Francisco_Meza]

This is a great question. I think maybe you should start ramping up your content so that once your site is ready you can come blasting out with some great content. What I am saying is keep your blog posts as drafts and then launch once the site is ready.

Personally, I wouldn't link or share a default WordPress theme.