My linkwheel experiment

MrWonton · 12-02-2010, 06:13 AM

Hey guys,

I'm new (don't hold it against me). I used to frequent another forum, but its pretty much gone down the toilet, and the user interaction and post quality looks much better here, so I'm here to stay! A little background about me: I have been doing SEO for 5 years at a hobby level, and currently work as a PPC Executive for a large media agency.

A little background about this experiment. 5 years ago I made a very basic website, put adsense ads on it, did some SEO, and left it. It went to the top of UK google for its targetted KWs, and now earns me a bit of pocket money every month. Not much, but considering I don't touch the site, I'm happy. Its very seasonal, doing extremely well in January.

I was very surprised last month to see my earnings on one day shoot up from $3, to $62. Yes, an increase of $59!!! Those earnings only lasted for one day, before retuning to normal. Trying to figure out what the hell caused it, I realised that for that one day, my site had hit the top rank for my targetted KWs in US Google. Normally its halfway down the page.

So this has shown me that the potential to grab that top spot is definitely there! To help improve my offsite SEO, I'm going to try building a linkwheel. Not a horrible closed loop one, but a seemingly random one (not a wheel at all then?).

I will be documenting my progress here, as well as any change in traffic trends/SERPS/earnings. I will also be posting a picture each time I add a "spoke" to my wheel. This thread will act as a diary, as much for my benefit as anyone elses! (I'll be able to track the dates I made changes, etc). I will list what Web2.0 properties I use to build the links, so hopefully it'll be useful to some of you.

Until my post count is higher, I can't post links or images, so I'll just describe the linkwheel until my postcount meets the threshold (won't take long at all!).

At this moment, my site SERP for its targeted KWs on US Google is: 4

(Yesterday it was 5)

So far, I have created one hubpage, which links to my money site. I have also created a standalone blog which links to my money site. Both of these links were implemented yesterday. The hubpage has been indexed, but the blog post hasn't. I am in the process of creating a Squidoo lens to link to the standalone blog, and another web2.0 property which I haven't decided upon yet. Stay tuned for the diagram, things will become a lot clearer!

Thanks

claude20 · 12-02-2010, 06:18 AM

Welcome here!
Looking forward for your experiment.

sneharastogi · 12-02-2010, 06:19 AM

Linkwheel indeed is a great way to improve organic rankings!

Doug Miller · 12-02-2010, 07:01 AM

I too will be looking to see how you do with using a link wheel.

jhonsean · 12-02-2010, 07:06 AM

By creating a diagram this will show on how your link wheel method will work to improve your rankings.

Bomtik · 12-02-2010, 07:21 AM

Will be interesting to know more about your experiment.

webboss · 12-02-2010, 07:56 AM

Well its all about quality back link and these website surely have good potential users. and traffic.

Jesus Carrera · 12-02-2010, 11:22 AM

Yeah link wheels work quite well!

Welcome and let us know how it goes.

mllnsgrl · 12-02-2010, 03:47 PM

Thanks for putting up your progress.
Keep us posted. I'll be back to read more.

Liz

mascomasco · 12-02-2010, 03:56 PM

Bookmark this thread now.Keep us posted with happenings.

MrWonton · 12-02-2010, 03:57 PM

Thanks guys. I created a post on Gather.com, which links to my standalone blog (which in turn links to the money site). I finished the Squidoo lens, which links to Gather.com post, and the standalone blog.

I will upload the image as soon as I can!

cheap020 · 12-02-2010, 04:02 PM

Welcome!
So, what is the result?

joeho · 12-02-2010, 10:12 PM

looking forward to this too

MrWonton · 12-06-2010, 12:53 PM

As promised guys, this is what the link wheel currently looks like:

I haven't noticed any permanent difference in SERPS yet, although my site was briefly at position 2 today. Unfortunately its back down to 4 now. I will try and add another spoke tonight.

gtree · 12-06-2010, 12:57 PM

you keep squidoo lens on Center instead of Gather, that will do more for you...

MrWonton · 12-09-2010, 02:14 PM

The latest spoke is a Buzzle article. Over the weekend I'll be building links to the 3 spokes.

SERP checkers are saying my site is the 2nd result for its targetted KW, but when I manually search its showing up 5th. Either way, its moving around quite a lot in the top 5.

All of the properties in the link wheel are indexed in Google, which is a good start!

pacesetter007 · 04-29-2011, 11:53 AM

what happened to the challenger? He's no more updating...

Tim

Not New · 06-13-2011, 07:15 PM

A Lost interest.
B Hit high rank and doesn't want to share.
C Gone down the drain and is depressed.

Take your pick.

Martin Bauer · 06-13-2011, 07:35 PM

Linkwheels would work great depending on your algorithm. It's not just about linking your money site from Web 2.0 properties.

Do you link your Web 2.0 properties from other Web 2.0 properties? Don't forget that if you want an authority Web 2.0 property you should link them too.

Here is an example (this is not exactly what I mean but it's a nice example);

skibbz · 06-13-2011, 07:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Martin Bauer

Linkwheels would work great depending on your algorithm. It's not just about linking your money site from Web 2.0 properties.

Do you link your Web 2.0 properties from other Web 2.0 properties? Don't forget that if you want an authority Web 2.0 property you should link them too.

Here is an example (this is not exactly what I mean but it's a nice example);

so you are saying you should have web 2.0 properties feeding into other web 2.0 properties and then to your money site?

Martin Bauer · 06-13-2011, 08:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by skibbz

so you are saying you should have web 2.0 properties feeding into other web 2.0 properties and then to your money site?

Exactly. As long as your properties are strong, your backlinks will be stronger. Think about it strong web links from strong properties. Your money site backlinks will be better and good.

I have a website only with 37 backlinks, from 29 different domains/IP and it's already ranking on 6 keywords and getting around 800 uniques daily.

skibbz · 06-13-2011, 08:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Martin Bauer

Exactly. As long as your properties are strong, your backlinks will be stronger. Think about it strong web links from strong properties. Your money site backlinks will be better and good.

I have a website only with 37 backlinks, from 29 different domains/IP and it's already ranking on 6 keywords and getting around 800 uniques daily.

thats excellent!! imagine if you had 2000 strong backlinks

Martin Bauer · 06-13-2011, 08:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by skibbz

thats excellent!! imagine if you had 2000 strong backlinks

I have better advice regarding imagining. How about researching why I had such strong backlinks? What did people find on my site to give me such backlinks?

Next step is understanding this and building my content and website in that way.

SEO Agency · 06-13-2011, 08:53 PM

Think of your experiment, hope it can help a lot.

12-02-2010, 06:13 AM	#1
MrWonton HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: England Posts: 185 Thanks: 70 Thanked 25 Times in 21 Posts Social Networking	My linkwheel experiment Hey guys, I'm new (don't hold it against me). I used to frequent another forum, but its pretty much gone down the toilet, and the user interaction and post quality looks much better here, so I'm here to stay! A little background about me: I have been doing SEO for 5 years at a hobby level, and currently work as a PPC Executive for a large media agency. A little background about this experiment. 5 years ago I made a very basic website, put adsense ads on it, did some SEO, and left it. It went to the top of UK google for its targetted KWs, and now earns me a bit of pocket money every month. Not much, but considering I don't touch the site, I'm happy. Its very seasonal, doing extremely well in January. I was very surprised last month to see my earnings on one day shoot up from $3, to $62. Yes, an increase of $59!!! Those earnings only lasted for one day, before retuning to normal. Trying to figure out what the hell caused it, I realised that for that one day, my site had hit the top rank for my targetted KWs in US Google. Normally its halfway down the page. So this has shown me that the potential to grab that top spot is definitely there! To help improve my offsite SEO, I'm going to try building a linkwheel. Not a horrible closed loop one, but a seemingly random one (not a wheel at all then?). I will be documenting my progress here, as well as any change in traffic trends/SERPS/earnings. I will also be posting a picture each time I add a "spoke" to my wheel. This thread will act as a diary, as much for my benefit as anyone elses! (I'll be able to track the dates I made changes, etc). I will list what Web2.0 properties I use to build the links, so hopefully it'll be useful to some of you. Until my post count is higher, I can't post links or images, so I'll just describe the linkwheel until my postcount meets the threshold (won't take long at all!). At this moment, my site SERP for its targeted KWs on US Google is: 4 (Yesterday it was 5) So far, I have created one hubpage, which links to my money site. I have also created a standalone blog which links to my money site. Both of these links were implemented yesterday. The hubpage has been indexed, but the blog post hasn't. I am in the process of creating a Squidoo lens to link to the standalone blog, and another web2.0 property which I haven't decided upon yet. Stay tuned for the diagram, things will become a lot clearer! Thanks

12-02-2010, 06:18 AM	#2
claude20 Active Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Hungary Posts: 60 Thanks: 16 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	Re: My linkwheel experiment Welcome here! Looking forward for your experiment.

12-02-2010, 06:19 AM	#3
sneharastogi Warrior Member War Room Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Posts: 27 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: My linkwheel experiment Linkwheel indeed is a great way to improve organic rankings!
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12-02-2010, 07:01 AM	#4
Doug Miller Warrior Member War Room Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: USA Posts: 24 Thanks: 1 Thanked 4 Times in 4 Posts	Re: My linkwheel experiment I too will be looking to see how you do with using a link wheel.

12-02-2010, 07:06 AM	#5
jhonsean Advanced Warrior Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 852 Thanks: 0 Thanked 26 Times in 26 Posts	Re: My linkwheel experiment By creating a diagram this will show on how your link wheel method will work to improve your rankings.

12-02-2010, 07:21 AM	#6
Bomtik Active Warrior Join Date: Nov 2010 Posts: 37 Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	Re: My linkwheel experiment Will be interesting to know more about your experiment.

12-02-2010, 07:56 AM	#7
webboss Active Warrior Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 73 Thanks: 4 Thanked 5 Times in 5 Posts	Re: My linkwheel experiment Well its all about quality back link and these website surely have good potential users. and traffic.
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12-02-2010, 11:22 AM	#8
Jesus Carrera Active Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 42 Thanks: 1 Thanked 4 Times in 4 Posts	Re: My linkwheel experiment Yeah link wheels work quite well! Welcome and let us know how it goes.

12-02-2010, 03:47 PM	#9
mllnsgrl HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: NNJ Posts: 312 Thanks: 135 Thanked 43 Times in 40 Posts Social Networking	Re: My linkwheel experiment Thanks for putting up your progress. Keep us posted. I'll be back to read more. Liz
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12-02-2010, 03:56 PM	#10
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12-02-2010, 03:57 PM	#11
MrWonton HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: England Posts: 185 Thanks: 70 Thanked 25 Times in 21 Posts Social Networking	Re: My linkwheel experiment Thanks guys. I created a post on Gather.com, which links to my standalone blog (which in turn links to the money site). I finished the Squidoo lens, which links to Gather.com post, and the standalone blog. I will upload the image as soon as I can!

12-02-2010, 04:02 PM	#12
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12-02-2010, 10:12 PM	#13
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12-06-2010, 12:53 PM	#14
MrWonton HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: England Posts: 185 Thanks: 70 Thanked 25 Times in 21 Posts Social Networking	Re: My linkwheel experiment As promised guys, this is what the link wheel currently looks like: I haven't noticed any permanent difference in SERPS yet, although my site was briefly at position 2 today. Unfortunately its back down to 4 now. I will try and add another spoke tonight.

12-06-2010, 12:57 PM	#15
gtree Active Warrior Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Guru's Lotus Feet Posts: 47 Thanks: 5 Thanked 4 Times in 4 Posts	Re: My linkwheel experiment you keep squidoo lens on Center instead of Gather, that will do more for you...
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12-09-2010, 02:14 PM	#16
MrWonton HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: England Posts: 185 Thanks: 70 Thanked 25 Times in 21 Posts Social Networking	Re: My linkwheel experiment The latest spoke is a Buzzle article. Over the weekend I'll be building links to the 3 spokes. SERP checkers are saying my site is the 2nd result for its targetted KW, but when I manually search its showing up 5th. Either way, its moving around quite a lot in the top 5. All of the properties in the link wheel are indexed in Google, which is a good start!

04-29-2011, 11:53 AM	#17
pacesetter007 ExtraordinaryWebHost.com War Room Member Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Everywhere Posts: 439 Thanks: 56 Thanked 48 Times in 30 Posts Social Networking Contact Info	Re: My linkwheel experiment what happened to the challenger? He's no more updating... Tim

06-13-2011, 07:15 PM	#18
Not New HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: USA Posts: 472 Thanks: 109 Thanked 76 Times in 71 Posts	Re: My linkwheel experiment A Lost interest. B Hit high rank and doesn't want to share. C Gone down the drain and is depressed. Take your pick.

06-13-2011, 07:35 PM	#19
Martin Bauer Traffic Ninja War Room Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Graz, Austria Posts: 86 Thanks: 3 Thanked 73 Times in 12 Posts	Re: My linkwheel experiment Linkwheels would work great depending on your algorithm. It's not just about linking your money site from Web 2.0 properties. Do you link your Web 2.0 properties from other Web 2.0 properties? Don't forget that if you want an authority Web 2.0 property you should link them too. Here is an example (this is not exactly what I mean but it's a nice example);

06-13-2011, 08:53 PM	#24
SEO Agency HyperActive Warrior Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 200 Thanks: 0 Thanked 13 Times in 13 Posts	Re: My linkwheel experiment Think of your experiment, hope it can help a lot.