Backlink shenanigans

DavidO · 10-22-2008, 07:29 AM

There is a lot of stuff going around about how to obtain high-ranking backlinks as well as edu backlinks. It often involves registering on a more or less random site and putting your link in your profile. Sometimes it involves an outright "sneaky" way of getting your link into a site undetected.

While these methods do work as advertised I have to wonder about the value of these links. Aren't the search engines capable of recognizing the difference between a link embedded in relevant sites or content and an irrelevant link, often found in profile pages and disassociated from content?

And I also have to wonder at the potential risk of becoming recognized by a search engine as an edu link spammer. A couple years ago when I was just starting in IM I was taken in by some "greyhat" Adwords techniques and ended up getting banned.

While I woudn't expect that to happen through linking I do think it's probably a better strategy to put in the extra work to locate relevant blogs and other sites to contribute to and to link back from.

I've usually found that the "easy" ways tend to backfire.

Emailrevealer · 10-22-2008, 01:54 PM

You're not going to have a problem with links in your profile.

yaji · 10-23-2008, 09:35 AM

Search your keyword and find your quality back link sources by inspecting how #1 site gets all their backlinks, which might be quality links, that is, PR is pretty high.

There is no problem to embed your link in profile but you are right, serach engine may be able to be intelligent enough to tell the difference in the future.

Kurt · 10-23-2008, 09:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DavidO

And I also have to wonder at the potential risk of becoming recognized by a search engine as an edu link spammer. A couple years ago when I was just starting in IM I was taken in by some "greyhat" Adwords techniques and ended up getting banned.

A while back, a very hard core SEOer I know tested this. What he found was a natual linking pattern was far better than just getting high value links.

Basically, for every 1 .edu link, you should have about 40 lesser value links. Anyone that has 50 .edu links and no (or few) other links, isn't natural and is easy to detect.

Spread your links around for the most benefit.

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10-22-2008, 07:29 AM	#1
DavidO Senior Warrior Member War Room Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: United Kingdom, Spain Posts: 2,031 Thanks: 10 Thanked 101 Times in 58 Posts	Backlink shenanigans There is a lot of stuff going around about how to obtain high-ranking backlinks as well as edu backlinks. It often involves registering on a more or less random site and putting your link in your profile. Sometimes it involves an outright "sneaky" way of getting your link into a site undetected. While these methods do work as advertised I have to wonder about the value of these links. Aren't the search engines capable of recognizing the difference between a link embedded in relevant sites or content and an irrelevant link, often found in profile pages and disassociated from content? And I also have to wonder at the potential risk of becoming recognized by a search engine as an edu link spammer. A couple years ago when I was just starting in IM I was taken in by some "greyhat" Adwords techniques and ended up getting banned. While I woudn't expect that to happen through linking I do think it's probably a better strategy to put in the extra work to locate relevant blogs and other sites to contribute to and to link back from. I've usually found that the "easy" ways tend to backfire.