Are Forum Profiles still effective for SEO?

danielthomas

14 years ago

Not links from forums, all links from sites which are relevant to our sites's niche are valuable and effective.

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radivoj

14 years ago

they may consider as spamy links and they not as nearly affective as used to be but you can use it a bit for link's diversity as long as you use unique content, you should be more focus on social signals...regarding rank on serps is still very effective social bookmarks that you create manually, web 2.0 properties as well article directories but with unique content...

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khurramseo

14 years ago

SEM is the best practice to rank up.

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timpears

14 years ago

Originally Posted by khurramseo

SEM is the best practice to rank up.

What is SEM? Can you provide a link to them for us/me?

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paulgl

14 years ago

Forum profiles links can be golden. If the forum:

Has decent PR.
Gets crawled all the time.
Is very active.
Has a militant admin.
Has numerous threads, if not all, indexed.
And has you as an active member.

I can tell you that if a forum has a decent admin,
mods, etc., then your piddly forum profile will be
nipped in the bud if it smells of spam and you have no
posts. Good forums clean house, especially dumping
the trash of non-active members.

Do not just go and create a whole bunch of worthless
profiles on a bunch of worthless forums.

A lot of nonsense in this thread. Why it would take google
any time to index a profile is way beyond me. If google
does not index the profile, or a thread you start, then
the forum is junk. I'd hate to be a member of a forum and
have google index stuff once a month.

Anyone who says they have built millions of forum profile links,
seriously, is completely bonkers and needs a saliva test.

Paul

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Slin

13 years ago

Originally Posted by paulgl

Forum profiles links can be golden. If the forum:

Has decent PR.
Gets crawled all the time.
Is very active.
Has a militant admin.
Has numerous threads, if not all, indexed.
And has you as an active member.

I can tell you that if a forum has a decent admin,
mods, etc., then your piddly forum profile will be
nipped in the bud if it smells of spam and you have no
posts. Good forums clean house, especially dumping
the trash of non-active members.

Do not just go and create a whole bunch of worthless
profiles on a bunch of worthless forums.

A lot of nonsense in this thread. Why it would take google
any time to index a profile is way beyond me. If google
does not index the profile, or a thread you start, then
the forum is junk. I'd hate to be a member of a forum and
have google index stuff once a month.

Anyone who says they have built millions of forum profile links,
seriously, is completely bonkers and needs a saliva test.

Paul

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Local Search

14 years ago

If your main purpose is to create only profiles in forum sites. Then I would like to say that you are wasting your time. And if you are active and do regular post in forum sites, then its beneficial to take links from forum sites.

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beafriend

13 years ago

Originally Posted by Local Search

If your main purpose is to create only profiles in forum sites. Then I would like to say that you are wasting your time. And if you are active and do regular post in forum sites, then its beneficial to take links from forum sites.

But it is very hard to find forum on desired niche.

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cyrilrask37

14 years ago

From this, maybe I'll try some other new things. Maybe a combination of what you guys have said, Social Bookmarks, Web2.0 as well as Article directories and be active on forums.

Thanks a lot for spending time and giving me ideas.

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n0tr3v3

14 years ago

I just wanted to let you know that yes there still work but it is best to avoid getting these types of links in large or just getting them period when you're on page 1-4 of google....

I have send 100+ Senukex Web 2.0 profile links to my websites that were on page 1 (the websites have disappeared) and now I have to be manually removing these links and then I will have to write articles and make a broken link web or pyramid to get them ranking higher again (and I was trying to avoid doing this)...

Well all the best and remember that web 2.0 links rule.....

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Nicky Papers

14 years ago

Forum profile links are not as effective as they once were. I've built millions of forum profile links in my day and it's sometimes hard coming to the realization that certain strategies don't work as well as they once did.

I've used them direct to site and had success in the past. Then I used them to back up social bookmarks, web 2.0's, etc. when social bookmarks were all the rage.

You should still keep forum profiles in your tool box of links to "get the job done" but you'll probably be using them less frequently as time goes on.

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igl0w 14 years ago

foru mprofiles without extra links are abandoned places google may never find
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izaco 13 years ago

[quote=Nicky Papers;6795861]Forum profile links are not as effective as they once were. I've built millions of forum profile links in my day and it's sometimes hard coming to the realization that certain strategies don't work as well as they once did.]

Don't worry. Final purpose of SEO is making of your site visibility in search results and bring you visitor traffic. Forum profile links make a little shortcut way to bring you visitor traffic also (but in case you are active member :-) ). So, anyway profile links may perform similar to SEO effect- bring you a new visitors.
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hilarious89

14 years ago

If those forum profiles are built by human they are very effective cause natural link building can't be harm with those algorithm update.

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radivoj

14 years ago

Profile backlinks are also very hard to index it would usually take month's to Google index them even if you ping them the best way to index those type of links is using Baclinkbooster or Backlinkindexer they are two best tools to index any type of links...

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ericfox

14 years ago

According to me Forums are a way for people to discuss topics in public with both friends, strangers and experts.With forums it is very important to be genuine, if forum members and moderators feel that you are only trying to build links to your website., they will delete the links or even worse delete your post and all your forum link building efforts will be in vain.

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seoexpertsolution

14 years ago

Yes Forum is still effective for SEO, to improve traffic do social media marketing for your site, it gives instant traffic to your website.

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ours

14 years ago

I was discussing the "Forum profile" aspect in other thread of WF and members stated that forum links are not effective if you are not using those forums properly. So, you can have lots of forums profile links but you need to contribute in those forums then those links will have more value. Hope this make some sense.

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david4weaver

14 years ago

we can use forum profile link as 2nd tier link

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Vivers

14 years ago

I don't believe the actual profile link will do much good however if your posting often with your signature you will get a little juice.

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chandragrego

14 years ago

I think they are still effective but not as powerful as some of the available linking methods out there because most of profile Links nowadays are nofollow links.

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samual james

14 years ago

If you just want to create backlinks through forum posting then according to me its not advisable thing to do. Forum is an effective method to generate traffic, if you are doing forums on relevant forums .

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fmnely1

14 years ago

BETTER TO ADOPT MORE FROM WEB 2.0

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retsek

14 years ago

The great thread of link drops and bad advice.

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seoerpro

14 years ago

So is there any good advice for forum profile?

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aadi144

14 years ago

Forum profiles is surely going to bring in quality backlinks if one has their signatures on quality sites.

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zylun

14 years ago

Originally Posted by cyrilrask37

After several Google Penguin and Panda updates. Are Forum Profiles still effective for doing SEO? And, today, what are the best practices to rank on SERPs? I need some new ideas..

Panda has nothing to do with it. forum profiles are of no use today unless you are active with that community that would count.

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MaryPabelate

Banned 14 years ago

Forum profiles would be effective if they are built naturally, I have seen this kind of work done automatically which won't give you any benefit.

Instead, you can go for forum posts, but it should be in relevant forums, for better result.

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vutshuvo

14 years ago

based on my experience ,,, forum profile links is not effective last couple of days...
but relevant forum post is effective for all time

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Eugeanne

14 years ago

Forum posting gives me a lot of benefits. Aside from i got to learn new things..it also contribute to the backlinks of my site.

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Weedy92

14 years ago

Yes.

They aren't as powerful as they used to be. But they still can do wonders when done right. The best way to use them is make the profile, fill out all of the about me details, etc. And make a few forum posts with the account, drop a link in your signature, etc. Make it look legit.

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needu12

14 years ago

They are still effective if you create links around your Tier sites and not your money sites...Only post quality High PR links to your money site

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soniamit

14 years ago

quality contents and more back links from forum only.

Forum backlinks never dead for seo.

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Jerome Y

14 years ago

This is one question that no one can agree on, frankly I think that profile backlinks DO work, but only if their from high quality sites. Having a bunch of forum profile backlinks from low quality sites just wont do you any good.

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subzer0

14 years ago

if its normal , it will be good for seo

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rank90

14 years ago

Avoid this type of link, don't waste your valuable time.

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mrsvirtualassistant 14 years ago

Forum profiles still are useful for SEO, even though they don't work as well as they once did. Participate in forums related to your niche, provide relevant answers, start new threads, and participate actively in the community. Fill your profile page with compelling information.
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RyanLB

14 years ago

As others have said, I don't use them unless it is on the 2nd tier. It's just too risky to use them pointing toward the money site, although I did use them to try to recover a few sites from the penguin update with anchor diversity.

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johnnixon84

14 years ago

Forum posting still holds the key in getting higher ranking. We have to participate actively and complete the thread with useful information.

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rankitup1001 14 years ago

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andishm

14 years ago

I think forum profile links not work anymore as they were in past, however forum posting with signature link still works I think if you are posing to related niche forum of your website.

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seowonder56

14 years ago

Forum profile links are not as effective as they once were. I've built millions of forum profile links in my day and it's sometimes hard coming to the realization that certain strategies don't work as well as they once was

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Berkinb

14 years ago

Forum profile links only worked when done in high volumes (like 1,000s) and doing such a thing after the latest updates is like suicide.

You can use them as Tier 2 pointing to your first layer of links, but I suspect Google will be going after the pyramid structure sometime soon.

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twilightofidols

14 years ago

Short answer is yes. Long answer is, it depends.

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kayfrank

14 years ago

Personally I would not use them. However if you sign up with just a few related forums and actually post threads in them and be active then these backlinks will work. Also you will be getting exposure to your site and people will start getting to know you from your posts.

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awj888

14 years ago

profiles not really, posts can do - if related to your site,
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twilightofidols

14 years ago

Originally Posted by Jonathan Monroe

Forum profiles are useless since the last few pandas, anyone who would say otherwise simply don't know what they're talking about.

At this point of the game google values the following.

Contextual links
Home Page links

Google puts almost 0 weight on:

blogroll links,
forum profiles links.
footer links

Many tmes people get penalized for footer links.

I respectfully disagree, but there is one thing you forget my friend.... Link diversity! You WANT to build links ESPECIALLY the kind that Google gives 0 weight to. Only building links to sites that pass a lot of link juice... suspicious much don't you think?

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collantjay

13 years ago

I always use forum site to make backlinks and get rank from google search result. Still this method is very helpful in ranking your site.

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sheldonlobo

13 years ago

If you making only forum profile than it would be bad idea.. like you need to participate on the forum, connect social media, post thread, discussion etc.. the best effective way for increasing serps is none other than SEO + SMO.. social media now a need of web optimization

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successpaving

13 years ago

Only forum profile wouldn't work, you have to adopt several methods of link building so that you can build natural links.

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JoeUK

13 years ago

I'd say it was a pretty useless technique for me, doing me more harm than good if anything.

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microworks87

13 years ago

I think it's useless to make a profile and add your signature. What you have to do is to be active in the forum. So your signatures will be kept eye catching to others.

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The Mysterious Marketer

13 years ago

Random mass forum profile automation is perhaps not as effective as it once was, but it still depends on a number of factors.

If you create forum profiles with backlinks, and you actively participate in the forums, you can likely get some good internal linking which will enhance your forum profile links somewhat.

But overall, perhaps Web 2.0 profile links might be more worth your time...

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danielthomas

13 years ago

Participating in forums which are relevant to your site's niche are always useful for back links and also in bringing quality and relevant referral traffic.

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admin@subashseo.com

13 years ago

Forum postings are still effective. But the matter is the sites should be in high quality sites.

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harry911 13 years ago

Originally Posted by admin@subashseo.com

Forum postings are still effective. But the matter is the sites should be in high quality sites.

Forum posts and profiles are different things. Forum posts work well if done correctly but forum profiles are tough to even get indexed.
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Elfen Lied

13 years ago

If you are trying to push down the negative pages Youtube videos work well, you can usually get 1 and sometimes 2 ranking on the first page for company names.

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vdek

13 years ago

I'm getting amazing link juice from only a handful of forums that I participate in. These links are then picked up by other PR6 blogs and relinked to my site... it helps that I have relevant content and I don't spam though.

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bodmov

13 years ago

What do you think guys, is there any difference between getting link from signature vs link from the post body.I think Google would love more links from the body?What do you think?And anyone heard that Google can penalize for getting links from forums?I've heard that, but I think that if I do that naturally, there won't be any problem.What do you think?

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montozza

13 years ago

From what I saw, the best way is to point your forum links to your web 2.0 profiles such as Squidoo, Hub Pages etc (where you will also have a link to your main website). That way you won't hurt your main website. But, maybe is someone here with a different opinion. If that so, i would love to see the arguments. It can helps us all.

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Yohance j

13 years ago

Is it true only the ones in your niche?

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Linkbuildinghelp

13 years ago

Forum profile links are very good if you are active in that forum, if your looking for just building lots of backlinks quickly and not being active in the forum then its no good for your google rankings

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infolicious

13 years ago

Not works anymore..

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chanel26 13 years ago

Forum profile doesnt work for the long term,.
Only true content with true value can bring you more ranking in the future.
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