Did I create a link wheel & got penalized for it?
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I have been consistently building links for both keywords (mostly Angelas & PJs sites) and I was able to watch a slow but consistent climb in the rankings up until #3. Aiming for #2 I built more links this month for both keywords, just like previously. Except for one thing: I also built links to profile pages I wasn't able to get indexed previously. Those profile pages link to the page Im ranking with. So Im wondering if this is already considered a link wheel and thus google penalized me for it?
I didn't really do that many of these "link-links" and quite frankly, I never gave link wheels much thought. But now Im thinking I unintentionally created one and Google doesnt like it. I dont see how though, given that all the pages are filled with some content on a relatively high PR site.
This is the pattern I did:
Post on forum X with link to profile site A--> profile site A with bio text linking to my page --> my page
Post on forum Y with link to profile site B --> profile site B with bio text linking to my page --> my page
I only used genuine forum posts to do the links to the profiles (either via signature or homepage field). I already did this a little bit last month but I guess this month it triggered something. Anyone have any idea if this is bad? I want to emphasize that I did not do any real link wheeling, like getting several pages to link to the same profile. There was always only one forum page that linked to one external profile.
Of course its also possible that I got so much link juice from this that Im experiencing a short google dance. But I find that a tad hard to believe since usually I only experience the Google dance when I begin a campaign, not when Im already several months into it. But I guess anything is possible?
Thanks for any feedback!
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