How can content be ranked if there aren't many links to it?

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Published on June 2, 2014 5:19:48 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rr1J31jTyFg

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How does Google determine quality content if there aren't a lot of links to a post?
Ashish, India

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