Do link wheels still work?

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I've been reading some conflicting opinions regarding the effectiveness of link wheels since Google's latest Panda changes.

Does anyone know if link wheels are truly still effective or if there are new strategies that must be utilized to make them so?
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  • Profile picture of the author Spectresoft
    Well I have to say most people here don't do only one form of SEO (onsite and offsite) at a time so it's hard to say what single thing caused an increase in SERP's.

    With that said I used a variant of Link Wheels called a Link Magnet :rolleyes: and while I can't believe I actually said that I have to say it did appear to provide a lot of link juice.

    Again, who knows. It could have been blog comments, social bookmarks or article submissions that did it. Or a google update. Who know's?
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  • Profile picture of the author jpboxersox
    I find link pyramids more effective, it is more natural and I think it has more flow of link juice.
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  • Profile picture of the author Matt Baker
    Short answer for this is Yes
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  • Profile picture of the author imdomination
    Yeah, I still use them and haven't had any problems. I prefer open-ended link wheels though.
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    • Profile picture of the author guzpra
      Originally Posted by imdomination View Post

      Yeah, I still use them and haven't had any problems. I prefer open-ended link wheels though.

      open ended, like what?
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  • Profile picture of the author EugeneS
    Yes of course and it still effective.
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  • Profile picture of the author C Rebecca
    A link wheel is a system of websites that point to each other in an attempt to improve rankings in Google's organic search. The promoted site resides at the center of the link wheel. All other sites (spokes) link back to the promoted site.

    When you link multiple authority sites to each other and they are all linking out to your site, guess what... the search engines become happy and they you share a little of that authority!

    To make the most of Google linkwheel, you must:
    - Create unique and valuable content that begs to be linked to.
    - Monitor which content on your blog or site has performed well.
    - Search Google for the best wheel spokes to get links from.
    - Email the controllers of the spokes and inform them your content exists and ask for a link.

    P.S - There are, however, mixed opinions over the legitimacy of this technique in the eyes of search engines.
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  • Profile picture of the author Klemen Znidar
    They work. I prefer pyramids tho. It seems more natural to me. Don't have any figures to compare tho (which is better).
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  • Profile picture of the author Daniel Wilson
    Why wouldn't it work? It just an artificial connection of pages.

    How much will it benefit your website is another story. And if your linkwheel gets busted in how much trouble you'll get is also another story.
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  • Profile picture of the author Gooplex
    Originally Posted by rusty1027 View Post

    I've been reading some conflicting opinions regarding the effectiveness of link wheels since Google's latest Panda changes.

    Does anyone know if link wheels are truly still effective or if there are new strategies that must be utilized to make them so?
    yes, Linkwheel is still effective but i found link pyramid better than Linkwheel.
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  • Profile picture of the author bermuda
    Google is searching the net on a daily basis, in a non-stop way and examining links which point at websites. Link wheels, reciprocal types of votes and three-way listings can be named as methods which have been invented or created by webmasters. As long as the links added to your website are on pages which are accessed and crawled by Google, you can name the links counted, although there is a debate about values which can be achieved through participating in the plans.

    Text links which are found on pages, crawled by Google would more than probably appear in your Google Webmaster Tools panel. Nobody except the Google team might be able to tell how valuable they are. In some cases, some link wheels are created in a natural and organic way, when some authority content pages are added to the websites and hundreds of readers find the materials just too great to miss and they would add links to them, without even the authors being aware of them.
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  • Profile picture of the author krishacetravison
    Link wheel is still working but not as much as it was. I've conducted an observation about websites who used link wheels before. They do rank high in SERPS but after some updates that occurred they have suddenly disappeared in SERP. I just don't really know what causes them to lose their ranking.

    But If you're just asking if they are still effective, yes they are. But again, not as much as before.
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  • Profile picture of the author owenlee
    It is still working fine for me..the key to a effective linkwheel is lies in the articles itself..it plays an important role...
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  • Profile picture of the author Abdul Jabbar
    I prefer link pyramid. Links wheels left footprints that Google judge easily So, Link Pyramid is giving good results.
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  • Profile picture of the author olauno
    Why not do both and build multiple tiers of link wheels and pyramid.
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  • Profile picture of the author faceblogger
    They still work fine for me.
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  • Profile picture of the author jinx1221
    Linkwheel is sort of an old term, and now may be synonymous with multi tiered link building (linkwheel is quicker and easier to say Anyways, yeah, "linkwheels", when done right, are probably the most effective of any other method/software out there, especially since panda. Google's focus has shifted heavily toward quality, contextual content, so a nice network of blogs centered around your site's theme has an incredibly huge seo advantage over maybe thousands of, say, profile links, due not so much by the authority of the sites/blogs, but by the weight that the content gives your links.
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  • Profile picture of the author vasionit
    link wheels still work if design and implemented correctly.

    well by the way if you search on fiver*.com you will notice you will see many examples of multi tire link wheels / backlinks.

    just a quick note: whenever you try to create linkwheel don't point to main site. try to create article on intermediate site like blogger or squidoo or hubpages and point all link to them.. (just think about panda update and avoid any penalty in future)

    That's my 2 cent...
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  • Profile picture of the author Osman_M
    Link wheels and link pyramids still do work. You just have to implement correctly and naturally. A lot of the automated programs may create them too quickly but then some like Senuke you can control the pace.

    Build them slowly and effectively and you will see results.
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  • Profile picture of the author Jack Samurai
    Yeh link wheel is works. It ensure major benefits in ranking.
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  • Profile picture of the author Droopy Dawg
    They still work... but not on their own.

    Mix it up a little... use link wheels... link pyramids... link pushes... use diverse linking strategies, and don't get stuck using one method.

    If you happen to get lazy (as many of us have), then link pyramids are the way to go if you're only going to use one method.
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  • Profile picture of the author Illuminart
    Of course, they do work. The thing here is that the landscape or the approach for linkwheels entirely changed. Gone are the days when article directories are the core factors that govern an effective linkwheel strategy. Now, backlinks are also weighed depending on the quality and quantity of backlinks across different web pages.
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  • Profile picture of the author dotgirish
    Closed link wheel is not working (for me atleast) , but open link wheel works , but more than that link pyramids are doing great these days. I know few of my pals who have build more than 4-5 layers of pyramid and staying strong in their positions.
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  • Profile picture of the author BezVrska
    Build Link Pyramids, they are effective..
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  • Profile picture of the author awj888
    how about combining the best of worlds. create your spokes, for the link wheel, use UNIQUE and high quality content, then build massive pyramids to boost those links. Ranks -> UP 100%
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  • Profile picture of the author OmarNegron
    they still have a bit of an impact. Link pyramids as well.

    -Omar
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  • Profile picture of the author epathj
    I think link pyramids would be more effective and natural,safer than link wheel
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  • Profile picture of the author Stuart william
    Link wheel technique still helps much in seo process. but you need to take care of genuine content used in article.
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  • Profile picture of the author TechnoGreen
    I found linkwheel is really effective, and I am still applying this on my sites.
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  • Profile picture of the author phans
    what is the difference between a link pyramid and a link push? link push can be done very random but it seems like nobody talks/knows about them?
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  • Profile picture of the author clayherb
    They are working good for me.
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  • Profile picture of the author jinx1221
    Linkpush is sort of the same thing as a link pyramid, in that you build your structures out from the main site (your money site), only not interlinking between these sites. Then you branch out from each of these, out, like you did your main site, and keep going out and out, just not interlinking any branch to another. Did that totally confuse the hell out of anyone, or am I the only one?!
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    • Profile picture of the author phans
      Originally Posted by jinx1221 View Post

      Linkpush is sort of the same thing as a link pyramid, in that you build your structures out from the main site (your money site), only not interlinking between these sites. Then you branch out from each of these, out, like you did your main site, and keep going out and out, just not interlinking any branch to another. Did that totally confuse the hell out of anyone, or am I the only one?!
      i do understand you and english isn't even my first language ;D
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  • Profile picture of the author NiyazK
    Its effective when you push some links back to the web 2.0s
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  • Profile picture of the author christiehemme
    It is still useful in SEO. But do it carefully as it should not be looked like spam.
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  • Profile picture of the author afzalkhan
    Where i can find the do link wheel sites ? for my site
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  • Profile picture of the author Kevin pitt
    Link wheel is very useful to improve traffic and ranking,it takes time but much effective.
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  • Profile picture of the author kengperapol
    It still work but not very effective.
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  • Profile picture of the author dagaul101
    There are some who still champion their cause, but really with Google's latest update I wouldn't be surprised if they have had their time
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  • Profile picture of the author Targeted Traffic
    Link wheels are considered cheap and amateur tactics, that have a short self life.
    Does it work? Maybe, maybe not, a little bit, short term type of benefit.
    Will it keep on working? NO
    In the end you will end up putting in maximum effort for minimum returns.
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