On Site Optimization Problem

[Johnny]

Unfortunately, it's kind of true. I've seen a lot of examples. In many cases Penguin beats Panda.

[seowebagency]

Yes. Rankings depends on both on-page and off page seo. It is possible to get rankings for low quality websites by building high quality links but on-page optimization is also necessary and recommended for prolonged rankings.

[emedianetwork]

Yes you get good ranking, but it is for limited time. Once Google find out you poorly optimize the website (on-page) then they drop your ranking. So, to maintain the ranking it is must that you optimize the website correctly.

[Stephen]

Poor on site optimization never gets good ranking. Huge off page will never help you to rank better because unless & until you complete all on page work properly you will not get the desired results.