A little tip for Newbies "How to Get .edu and .gov Backlinks"

[diegoortiz]

we all know how important your site outbound linking structure is, you need to show the search engines your site matters, and i find the best way to do just that is by having .edu and .gov blogs linking to my site. there are other places you can get great link juice (like high PR forum profiles), but i also recommend you use this little trick:

all you have to do is ust copy this term in google and you will get all the blogs for your "niche"that have a .edu or .gov extension in it:

site:.edu "powered by wordpress" "your_keyword"

also change the .edu extension with .gov to get .gov blogs.

remember to always do this manually, and leave good relevant comments in the blogs you find, to lift the chances of the blog moderator accepting your comment.

remember, the more you do this, the better,

so take care and good luck

[diegoortiz]

and these are more options to get blogs with comments allowed

site:.edu -"You must be logged in to post a comment" "Powered by WordPress" "Leave a Reply" "your_keyword"
site:.edu -"You must be logged in to post a comment" "Powered by WordPress" "Add your comment" "your_keyword"
site:.edu -"You must be logged in to post a comment" "Powered by WordPress" "You may use these HTML tags and attributes" "your_keyword"

[chrissyb]

Thanks...

Honestly - some of the subject matter on these blogs is mind boggling, I could spend half and hour trying to think of something to write, that didn't sound spammy.

I just found an EDU Harvard blog talking about twitter metrics, I couldn't understand half of it.

Also if you can't post your link in the main blog comment, is it as good in your website link submission box?

[diegoortiz]

Originally Posted by chrissyb

Thanks...

Honestly - some of the subject matter on these blogs is mind boggling, I could spend half and hour trying to think of something to write, that didn't sound spammy.

I just found an EDU Harvard blog talking about twitter metrics, I couldn't understand half of it.

Also if you can't post your link in the main blog comment, is it as good in your website link submission box?

do you mean is it good for you linking sructures? than yes one comment approved from a edu or gov blog is a great linkback to your site, a must have

[Tad 100]

Very great post, but as we talked with other person don't spam because 1 good comment can bring you a lot of value if you do it right.

[diegoortiz]

exactly, say NO to spamming, it may give you some results in the begining but sooner or later it will bite you in the ass, and you dont need that in your business

[DireStraits]

Just a quick note to say that contrary to what some people believe, .edu and .gov backlinks aren't intrinsically worth any more than backlinks from other sources. This has been independently verified by so many people who have taken the time to measure their results as best as they can, and the myth has also been laid to rest by Google's own Matt Cutts, who himself states that backlinks from such domains don't necessarily confer any added benefit over those from other sources.

Sure, they're backlinks, and if they're from high-PR and/or context-relevant pages - great. If not, I would struggle to justify the time spent attempting to acquire such specific backlinks to the exclusion of others.

But yes, if you can get them easily, why not? Just don't get too caught up in spending (i.e., wasting) huge amounts of time attempting to search for (and place) them on the mistaken assumption that "it's time well spent because they're worth far more", when you could've more easily acquired backlinks from other authority-laden, context-relevant, potentially-high-PR non-edu and non-gov sources in the same or a lesser amount of time.

Just my input, anyway.

[chrissyb]

Excellent - my question was a one of structure I guess about where to put your links, I can comment on some of these blogs, with some worthwhile authority - but the only space for submitting your URL is in the website submission box, does this suffice...? I think the answer is yes...?

Interesting DireStraits about the link worth, it does seem a bit predictable that Google would prioritise certain suffixes .gov, .edu, when there's no guarantee the information is any more worthwhile...I had thought about that, but I noticed that sites such as woorank use this as a metric...

[Tad 100]

Originally Posted by DireStraits

Just a quick note to say that contrary to what some people believe, .edu and .gov backlinks aren't intrinsically worth any more than backlinks from other sources. This has been independently verified by so many people who have taken the time to measure their results as best as they can, and the myth has also been laid to rest by Google's own Matt Cutts, who himself states that backlinks from such domains don't necessarily confer any added benefit over those from other sources.

Sure, they're backlinks, and if they're from high-PR and/or context-relevant pages - great. If not, I would struggle to justify the time spent attempting to acquire such specific backlinks to the exclusion of others.

But yes, if you can get them easily, why not? Just don't get too caught up in spending (i.e., wasting) huge amounts of time attempting to search for (and place) them on the mistaken assumption that "it's time well spent because they're worth far more", when you could've more easily acquired backlinks from other authority-laden, context-relevant, potentially-high-PR non-edu and non-gov sources in the same or a lesser amount of time.

Just my input, anyway.

I get some value from edu backlinks, but like I said in my video they are not so super powerfull. I noticed that I moved up really well but not from 5 page to 1 for very competitive keywords.

I want to say one thing. You stated that getting those links is harder and sometimes don't worth the time in some situations. But because of this I think they will no be spammed so much for example like other .com profiles or blogs.

Like you said it takes more time but if you can get them easy it is a great way. I have to agree with you.

[DireStraits]

Originally Posted by chrissyb

Interesting DireStraits about the link worth, it does seem a bit predictable that Google would prioritise certain suffixes .gov, .edu, when there's no guarantee the information is any more worthwhile...

I agree. Not only would it be a bit predictable, it'd be a wholly inadequate way of determining backlink value, simply because of the fact there are so many ways (as highlighted in this very thread) of finding and placing .gov and .edu backlinks just like there are backlinks of any other type.

Originally Posted by chrissyb

I had thought about that, but I noticed that sites such as woorank use this as a metric...

I understand. Maybe I'm just sceptical, but there are, as I see it, two big reasons for these "SEO-analytics" sites/services/tools to consider these as an independent metric:

(1) There is certainly some correlation - probably quite a large one, anyway - between sites residing on .gov and .edu domains, and sites that are immensely authoritative. But, as another member here often likes to say (forgive me, Alexa, for stealing "your words ), "correlation is not causation", and you have to question where the authority comes from. Some of the information on these sites is written and published by experts in their field. People are more likely to link back to content they deem to be accurate, reliable, authoritative and trustworthy, and being affiliated with an official or prestigious institution - such as government or a well-known/respected university - can kind of encourage a favourable perception/reaction from people. But it doesn't always work. Reputation/affiliation can help, but people still recognise irrelevant, nonsense content when they see it. Which is why, depending on the content such sites contain, its subject-matter and who wrote it, not all .gov and .edu sites amass such authority. What I'm saying is that the quantity and overall value of the backlinks these sites sometimes more easily amass is what ultimately determines their own outgoing link-strength - just as is the case for any other site. No decent/measurable incoming link-strength = no decent/measurable outgoing link-strength.

(2) Due to the sheer number of people who do believe that backlinks from such domains intrinsically confer more value, publishing data on them is a way of "satisfying the demand". Whether the demand for that data is justified is another matter. Liken it to those offering "article spinning software/services". There are few instances in which spinning is necessary or helpful, yet because of the scale of the misconception, customer demand exists for such products/services and new vendors will inevitably always appear to cater for (and often attempt to perpetuate and increase) that demand.

[Tim Wallace]

It is useful search command, but for me, the results that showed is just a few or even none, so I think I should try other ways.

[thebitbotdotcom]

Sweet. Thanks for the tip. It actually works!

[robertkellymoore]

Thanks... for nice information but i have some problem when i use this trick site:.edu "powered by wordpress" "your_keyword"

site:.edu "powered by wordpress" "new york flights" what i use "powered by wordpress" here...

[sonicadam123]

Thanks for the tip, it worked well when I just tried it.

My only problem now is going to be understanding what they're going on about on these sites.

[chrissyb]

Originally Posted by sonicadam123

Thanks for the tip, it worked well when I just tried it.

My only problem now is going to be understanding what they're going on about on these sites.

That's exactly my problem - I went to university - but oh my God!

[escortadelaide]

This is great to have a forum site like this. It surely help me. Is there a guru or tutor's that i can ask question about it. Thanks guys!!!

[faysal969]

This is a very nice useful thread. I wanna use this. Thanks for sharing.

[caseyscreen]

Wow this is such nice trick to find out the .edu blogs.

[Dele]

Originally Posted by chrissyb

Excellent - my question was a one of structure I guess about where to put your links, I can comment on some of these blogs, with some worthwhile authority - but the only space for submitting your URL is in the website submission box, does this suffice...? I think the answer is yes...?

Yes, it does suffice though not as good as the contextual backlink which is in most cases disapproved at any rate.

[diegoortiz]

Originally Posted by Tim Wallace

It is useful search command, but for me, the results that showed is just a few or even none, so I think I should try other ways.

thank you, hey if you have any questions, you can always contact me and ask away, i dont charge for advice

[diegoortiz]

Originally Posted by thebitbotdotcom

Sweet. Thanks for the tip. It actually works!

your welcome

[diegoortiz]

Originally Posted by escortadelaide

This is great to have a forum site like this. It surely help me. Is there a guru or tutor's that i can ask question about it. Thanks guys!!!

hey tell you what, go ahead and contact me through skype @ diegoortizpr and ill give a free 1hr consultation on any topic you need help on, NO charge