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I hear people saying you need strong backlinks foundation in order to rank your website. But i see many publisher is paid. so can you suggest me free sites that i can publish pr. I really love it as a beginner in seo

Its been 7 months handling this medical website and no rankings and ai visibility. In short no progress, anyone can give me tips or instruct me what to do? I'm just a beginner.