Do emails (John@domain.com) count as backlinks?

by deuces81

Posted: 12 years ago 7 replies

Suppose you post a comment in a blog and you just put your email as John@domain.com Would this give domain.com a backlink?

#backlink #count #emails #john@domaincom

lovboa Banned 12 years ago

Ummm...so the email address that you provide would actually link to your website?
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- deuces81 12 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by lovboa
  
  Ummm...so the email address that you provide would actually link to your website?
  
  I'm wondering if the "domain.com" portion of the john@domain.com would count??
  
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- rob1123 12 years ago
  
  Probably not, if you clicked the email address link (essentially what google bot does when it goes through links) it would take you to your email program to compose a new email, furthermore your email is hidden when you post a comment on a blog.
  
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danb12 12 years ago

NOPE

They are mailto: links which opens a mail program on your pc to send an email.

Not connecting to a website at all..
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yukon Banned 12 years ago

Like already said it's not a backlink, it simply opens the default email program on your computer.

You could use the anchor-text for whatever reason as a backlink, like this.

John@domain.com

Just be warned though that spam bots will pick up that email sooner or later. Do you really want to deal with unnecessary spam in your emails inbox?
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patco 12 years ago

They are NOT a backlink. They are just another domain like yahoo.com for example.. Emails in the format "name @ domain.com" just give you more personality and show people that you own domain.com, but NOTHING more...
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radivoj 12 years ago

it has to have link that point back to your site in order to be count, otherwise it won't count...
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