Question About Forum Signatures

Ray Erdmann · 09-03-2009, 04:32 PM

This may be a dumb question, but since I can't find or remember what the answer is, I'd thought I'd ask.

We all know the importance of using a well constructed 'signature' when it comes to marketing our product(s) and/or services in those forums that allow it, but does that 'signature' count as a back-link to the site the signature is linking to?

I'm thinking no, but just need to confirm if my thinking is right not.

Thanks,

Ray

Intrepreneur · 09-03-2009, 04:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ray Erdmann

This may be a dumb question, but since I can't find or remember what the answer is, I'd thought I'd ask.

We all know the importance of using a well constructed 'signature' when it comes to marketing our product(s) and/or services in those forums that allow it, but does that 'signature' count as a back-link to the site the signature is linking to?

I'm thinking no, but just need to confirm if my thinking is right not.

Thanks,

Ray

Yea it counts as a backlink. You want to avoid putting your link in your sig in forums that apply the nofollow rule, or you'll links look like spam.

Mark.

Mohammad Afaq · 09-03-2009, 04:37 PM

If the forum allows dofollow signature links then yeah you get a backlink from the links. Warrior Forum is a forum that allows dofollow links and some others are:

SitePoint Forums: Resources, Design, HTML, CSS, PHP, ASP, MySQL and more for your web site.
Webmaster Forum - Internet Marketing & Search Engine Forums
Webmaster-Talk.com Webmaster Forum - Web Design, Coding, SEO Forums

and many many more. You can google it and you will find lots.

Ray Erdmann · 09-03-2009, 06:02 PM

Thanks for the responses guys!

I'm making a list now of the forums that I'm going to be posting in which are relevant to the niche I'm entering so I'll read up on whether those certain forums are 'do-follow' or 'no-follow'.

Ray

FormerWageSlave · 09-03-2009, 11:11 PM

How do you determine if the forum is a do or don't follow?

09-03-2009, 04:32 PM	#1
Ray Erdmann HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Eastern Washington Posts: 495 Blog Entries: 4 Thanks: 188 Thanked 76 Times in 55 Posts	Question About Forum Signatures This may be a dumb question, but since I can't find or remember what the answer is, I'd thought I'd ask. We all know the importance of using a well constructed 'signature' when it comes to marketing our product(s) and/or services in those forums that allow it, but does that 'signature' count as a back-link to the site the signature is linking to? I'm thinking no, but just need to confirm if my thinking is right not. Thanks, Ray
	"Whether you think you can or not...you'll always be 100% right!"

09-03-2009, 04:37 PM	#3
Mohammad Afaq Senior Warrior Member War Room Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: USA Posts: 2,036 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 685 Thanked 486 Times in 293 Posts Social Networking Contact Info	Re: Question About Forum Signatures If the forum allows dofollow signature links then yeah you get a backlink from the links. Warrior Forum is a forum that allows dofollow links and some others are: SitePoint Forums: Resources, Design, HTML, CSS, PHP, ASP, MySQL and more for your web site. Webmaster Forum - Internet Marketing & Search Engine Forums Webmaster-Talk.com Webmaster Forum - Web Design, Coding, SEO Forums and many many more. You can google it and you will find lots.

09-03-2009, 06:02 PM	#4
Ray Erdmann HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Eastern Washington Posts: 495 Blog Entries: 4 Thanks: 188 Thanked 76 Times in 55 Posts	Re: Question About Forum Signatures Thanks for the responses guys! I'm making a list now of the forums that I'm going to be posting in which are relevant to the niche I'm entering so I'll read up on whether those certain forums are 'do-follow' or 'no-follow'. Ray
	"Whether you think you can or not...you'll always be 100% right!"

09-03-2009, 11:11 PM	#5
FormerWageSlave Learnin' as I go... Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 198 Thanks: 27 Thanked 33 Times in 25 Posts	Re: Question About Forum Signatures How do you determine if the forum is a do or don't follow?