Use Wiki for back links??

14 years ago

Wikipedia links are all nofollow and won't help you that much, if at all.

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danjensen

14 years ago

thanks macaw i hadn't seen it as an SEO so wanted to check

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Craig Zimbrowski

14 years ago

Yes, they are nofollow, also Wikipedia has a policy on external links.
You can't link to blogs, social networking sites, forums or sites that require that you register (logins).

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bgmacaw

14 years ago

Originally Posted by Craig Zimbrowski

You can't link to blogs

This isn't correct. There are a number of blogs that are linked to for various reasons, typically because the blogger in question is a subject matter expert on the topic at hand.

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Craig Zimbrowski

14 years ago

Originally Posted by bgmacaw

This isn't correct. There are a number of blogs that are linked to for various reasons, typically because the blogger in question is a subject matter expert on the topic at hand.

It could be, but im only making some reference to their policies on external links,

They are on the section: Links normally to be avoided. But like you said, if the blogger is expert on his area Wikipedia could make some exceptions.

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bgmacaw

14 years ago

Originally Posted by Craig Zimbrowski

It could be, but im only making some reference to their policies on external links,

They are on the section: Links normally to be avoided. But like you said, if the blogger is expert on his area Wikipedia could make some exceptions.

I've found a considerable number of blogs linked in "External links" and "References" sections of Wiki articles. These sites are almost always well regarded authority sites or the personal/corporate site of the article subject. I'd guess they don't want people linking to their own "My Fat Loss" affiliate blog but they don't seem to have a problem with linking to authority sites that use WordPress or other blogging scripts as a CMS.

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danjensen 14 years ago

Thanks for all the advice guys.

So general concensus is If my site has anough expert content I should be able to get away with it.
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writerhere

14 years ago

I have found that back links from ezine is quite good...

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JakeRhodes

14 years ago

Remember that only Google pays attention to the nofollow tag so Wiki links are still valuable in terms of SEO for Yahoo and Bing. Also from experience you can get a handful of visitors each day from a Wiki link.

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danjensen 14 years ago

Thanks for the feedback all.

For my niche I am one of the few experts posting online so think Wiki might be a nice area to target. Especially as i think it will drive niche specific traffic.

I will test it for a couple months see how i get on.

thanks for the advice
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timpears

14 years ago

Google has stated that they don't pay much attention to the nofollow attribute any more. I think it was Matt Cuts that I heard say that but can't remember for sure.

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Skuxta

14 years ago

Wiki can be used nicely as a doorway page to block your competitors. As 9/10 depending on your niche will rank in the top 3 and outrank any competitors you have.

And you act sneakily and use Wiki properly. You can make it a doorway page for people to come to your site rather than a competitor's as you have the rank blocker.

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Sonomacats

14 years ago

I have a link there in the one area in which I am a super expert and it goes to a site that is primarily content written for people who are trying to deal with a specific problem in a super specific niche. I mostly did it so that people who were searching on the keyword term would find a resource.

For me it was just one more way for people to find out about me. I don't care what Google decides to do - if someone is searching on that term, they'll find me. In the end, that's really all that matters. However, I wouldn't do it for my more commercial sites because it's too likely to be seen as spam and deleted.

Bottom line - it all depends on what your site is about and if it's a resource or something else.

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