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PR8 forum backlinks?

by Greeks
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Yesterday i was registering on PR8 forums, to put my blog link in the forum user profile and in about me section but my friend told me its useless because its has no PR juice.
He says that domain is e.g. abc.com then this domain is PR9 and you are posting your link in abc.com/profile/Greeks, then its useless...

Now my question is that is he is right it has no PR juice?
#backlinks #forum #pr8
  • Profile picture of the author Intrepreneur
    The site has authority.. but Google may be clamping down on profile links right now so soon it could be worth nothing.

    But yes it is a 'reputable' link because the forum is reputable in Google's eyes.

    Stop linking and write more content for now until this update is rolled out.

    Linking could be a thing of the past (though I doubt).
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    • Profile picture of the author looking4adsense
      backlinks is the foundation of google, there is no ranking without backlinks. Say me and 10 other IMers write equally good content for the same niche, what decides who ranks on top?

      Originally Posted by Intrepreneur View Post

      The site has authority.. but Google may be clamping down on profile links right now so soon it could be worth nothing.

      But yes it is a 'reputable' link because the forum is reputable in Google's eyes.

      Stop linking and write more content for now until this update is rolled out.

      Linking could be a thing of the past (though I doubt).
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      • Profile picture of the author Intrepreneur
        Yes backlinking matters but Google are losing advertisers because of SEO being easy to manipulate so I said "who knows" if backlinks become obsolete.

        Maybe they have a super new algorithm, maybe they don't care about links anymore and will just rank based on another factor.

        You don't know and nor do I.

        I can't see links not being important.

        But I can see Google wanting to make them less important and find a better way to rank sites.
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        • Profile picture of the author Liam Hamer
          I tend to agree with your friend. I think profile links are virtually useless these days, and that is the reason why you can buy thousands of them on Fiverr and the like for dirt cheap. The page where you left your link is a PR0 non-relevant page.

          In my opinion, having profile links on relevant sites hold a little bit more weight. For example, if you have a weight loss site, put your link on 5-10 weight loss forums.
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  • Profile picture of the author Greeks
    But i have seen angela packets, all are profile backlinks but she is still on google top or on second spot.
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    • Profile picture of the author Liam Hamer
      Originally Posted by Greeks View Post

      But i have seen angela packets, all are profile backlinks but she is still on google top or on second spot.
      Well, they do have some value - opinion on how much differs. I think the majority agree that in the past profile links carried more value than now.
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  • Profile picture of the author codecreative
    food for thought

    on a google profile account it has a pr8 and you can place a link to a website and it is no follow. Surely google considers its own google.com page important.
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  • Profile picture of the author codecreative
    sorry i mean it is DO FOLLOW
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  • Profile picture of the author JSProjects
    Remember, it's called PAGErank for a reason. Not siterank. Not domainrank.
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  • Profile picture of the author himanuzo
    Any algorithms Google uses, backlinks are still counted by Google for the SERP.
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  • Profile picture of the author johnben1444
    The truth is, you are not going to see any result for linking your site in the profile area but i can be good for link pyramid when done in bulk.

    It is more valuable to add your link in the signature area and every post you make will be giving you a link juice.
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  • Profile picture of the author RobinJ
    Issue with profile links is that they are not index immediately on search engine, If you create link on PR 8 site, its not mean your profile get benefit of PR 8. Better is that you get link from that Page which has PR 2, 3 or more it self.
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