How Much Will 50 .edu & .gov Backlinks Boost My Rankings?

taskemann · 10-13-2011, 11:47 AM

Hi! Today I ordered 50 .edu & .gov backlinks from a guy at Fiverr.
This "gig" had over 3700 thumbs up and only 1 thumbs down, so I think he can deliver what he described!

But how much will this boost my search engine rankings?

options · 10-13-2011, 11:50 AM

Not alot, if he pings them they might give a little boost, but there most likly forum profile links which are quite hard to get indexed.

MikeFriedman · 10-13-2011, 11:56 AM

Probably not at all.

.edu and .gov links do not carry any magical ranking power.

If anyone is selling them, it is because they are using a list of sites that they are spamming to death. You said this gig had 3700 thumbs up, so your link is probably link 3701 on each of those sites.

options · 10-13-2011, 11:58 AM

I think mikes hit the nail on the head there!

taskemann · 10-13-2011, 12:00 PM

But I have read on this forum that .gov and .edu backlinks are very effective to increase the search engine rankings...

MikeFriedman · 10-13-2011, 12:02 PM

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Originally Posted by taskemann

But I have read on this forum that .gov and .edu backlinks are very effective to increase the search engine rankings...

And that is usually coming from people selling .edu and .gov backlinks.

You shouldn't believe everything you read.

****ty .edu links are just as worthless as ****ty .com links.

options · 10-13-2011, 12:04 PM

They can be but i think with the panda update they will be pretty useless, even more so if you have alot of OBL...

taskemann · 10-13-2011, 12:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MikeFriedman

And that is usually coming from people selling .edu and .gov backlinks.

You shouldn't believe everything you read.

****ty .edu links are just as worthless as ****ty .com links.

Ok, so it is the amount of backlinks that counts, and not the domain level?

(I don't believe in everything I read, the bible for example

)

SEOATCL · 10-13-2011, 12:06 PM

I don't think if 50 backlinks are enough to boost your ranking, try order more for positive results.

options · 10-13-2011, 12:13 PM

Have a read of the seo questions at the top of this, SEO - Frequently Asked Questions its both quantity and quality, you need to diverse your backlinking from social bookmarking to article maketing, relevant content in your backlinks.

You should try bmr and hire a writer to do the work for you, a pr3 link will give you much more weight than 100 links of crap.

hashbury · 10-13-2011, 12:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by taskemann

Ok, so it is the amount of backlinks that counts, and not the domain level?

(I don't believe in everything I read, the bible for example

)

Its not the amount its the quality of the backlinks.

You want backlinks that are closely related to your site, and from a preferably high pr page with low outbound links.

IamTJM · 10-13-2011, 01:01 PM

High PR and relative backlinks along with unique/quality content are key for rankings. .edu and .gov backlinks can help, but it depends on many things such as competitors' backlinks, whether they are dofollow, etc...

n_touch · 10-13-2011, 09:51 PM

It all depends on the quality of the backlinks. The odds of you getting the best quality are pretty slim. Either they are going to be profile backlinks, or they are going to be blogs that have a ton of comments as said before. Even if they get indexed, so many of the comments are the exact same, that many of the search engines may not count the link. The one thing that you can do, and it takes a little work is to get the gig, and the go back to the blog and see if there are other posts that have less comments and the make a comment yourself. A little extra work, but may payoff in the long run.

rowanman28 · 10-13-2011, 11:45 PM

The potential is that these links will hurt your rankings, not help them, especially if you have a new site. Best advice I have would be to pay individual people to do what they would do if they actually liked your site. Write a blog post about it, share it, tweet it, like it, give it a Google Plus.

10-13-2011, 11:47 AM	#1
taskemann Jimmy Bredesen War Room Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Trondheim - Norway Posts: 350 Thanks: 102 Thanked 74 Times in 53 Posts Social Networking	How Much Will 50 .edu & .gov Backlinks Boost My Rankings? Hi! Today I ordered 50 .edu & .gov backlinks from a guy at Fiverr. This "gig" had over 3700 thumbs up and only 1 thumbs down, so I think he can deliver what he described! But how much will this boost my search engine rankings?
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10-13-2011, 11:50 AM	#2
options HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: London uk Posts: 489 Thanks: 29 Thanked 62 Times in 49 Posts	Re: How Much Will 50 .edu & .gov Backlinks Boost My Rankings? Not alot, if he pings them they might give a little boost, but there most likly forum profile links which are quite hard to get indexed.
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taskemann Jimmy Bredesen War Room Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Trondheim - Norway Posts: 350 Thanks: 102 Thanked 74 Times in 53 Posts Social Networking	Re: How Much Will 50 .edu & .gov Backlinks Boost My Rankings? But I have read on this forum that .gov and .edu backlinks are very effective to increase the search engine rankings...

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options HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: London uk Posts: 489 Thanks: 29 Thanked 62 Times in 49 Posts	Re: How Much Will 50 .edu & .gov Backlinks Boost My Rankings? They can be but i think with the panda update they will be pretty useless, even more so if you have alot of OBL...
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10-13-2011, 12:13 PM	#10
options HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: London uk Posts: 489 Thanks: 29 Thanked 62 Times in 49 Posts	Re: How Much Will 50 .edu & .gov Backlinks Boost My Rankings? Have a read of the seo questions at the top of this, SEO - Frequently Asked Questions its both quantity and quality, you need to diverse your backlinking from social bookmarking to article maketing, relevant content in your backlinks. You should try bmr and hire a writer to do the work for you, a pr3 link will give you much more weight than 100 links of crap.
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IamTJM HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Bay Area, California Posts: 300 Thanks: 3 Thanked 124 Times in 50 Posts	Re: How Much Will 50 .edu & .gov Backlinks Boost My Rankings? High PR and relative backlinks along with unique/quality content are key for rankings. .edu and .gov backlinks can help, but it depends on many things such as competitors' backlinks, whether they are dofollow, etc...

10-13-2011, 09:51 PM	#13
n_touch HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 171 Thanks: 12 Thanked 13 Times in 13 Posts	Re: How Much Will 50 .edu & .gov Backlinks Boost My Rankings? It all depends on the quality of the backlinks. The odds of you getting the best quality are pretty slim. Either they are going to be profile backlinks, or they are going to be blogs that have a ton of comments as said before. Even if they get indexed, so many of the comments are the exact same, that many of the search engines may not count the link. The one thing that you can do, and it takes a little work is to get the gig, and the go back to the blog and see if there are other posts that have less comments and the make a comment yourself. A little extra work, but may payoff in the long run.
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