Link Wheels Good or Bad?

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Hi Everyone,
I was wondering how are link wheels doing with this new Google era? I am looking to find out if both closed ended, open ended, open ended with last site linking to another string of sites linked together etc etc still work or get slammed by Google? Also what is the best number of sites to have in the wheel ? 3 or 4 or 6 or more sites in the wheel? Your thoughts and recent experiences most appreciated.
Thanks
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  • Profile picture of the author jasonbrien
    I did not use link wheel from a long time as now I am promoted from only a link builder to a technical SEO. Well, in the earlier months of this year I used to create back links from link wheel and it is always effective and beneficial for me. I used 4 to 5 websites and the last one was open ended. This is all I wanted to share. Hope it helps. Thanks
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    • Profile picture of the author tbird165
      Originally Posted by jasonbrien View Post

      I did not use link wheel from a long time as now I am promoted from only a link builder to a technical SEO. Well, in the earlier months of this year I used to create back links from link wheel and it is always effective and beneficial for me. I used 4 to 5 websites and the last one was open ended. This is all I wanted to share. Hope it helps. Thanks
      Thanks jasonbrien for your input!
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  • Profile picture of the author OliviaSSLGuru
    I suggest you don't try link wheel for the reason that they sound bad and I thought were generally considered to be black hat SEO Technique.
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  • Profile picture of the author Ettienne
    If done right, they're not bad at all.
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  • Profile picture of the author jipolis7
    Link wheel is actually a sensitive technique to use. It can give you page rank but a fetal step can cause your site damage.
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  • Profile picture of the author Sudeep
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    • Profile picture of the author tbird165
      Ok well all my link wheels contain relevant quality 100% new content relevant to the home site or site they point to so as far as quality the link wheels that I do are spot on and of value. I simply want to know if anyone recently since the penguin update have had any good or bad experiences using and making link wheels.
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  • Profile picture of the author squadron
    Originally Posted by tbird165 View Post

    Hi Everyone,
    I was wondering how are link wheels doing with this new Google era? I am looking to find out if both closed ended, open ended, open ended with last site linking to another string of sites linked together etc etc still work or get slammed by Google? Also what is the best number of sites to have in the wheel ? 3 or 4 or 6 or more sites in the wheel? Your thoughts and recent experiences most appreciated.
    Thanks
    Link wheels work just fine if they are quality. Look for:

    1. Web sites with decent PageRank
    2. Web site where your new pages remain and don't get deleted

    I prefer a layered approach like this:

    xxxxxxx
    xxxxx
    xxxx
    xxx
    xx
    x (money site)
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    • Profile picture of the author SEOSteveO
      You have to be very careful when doing link wheels. Google now picks up on that and can penalize you if not done right. i actually do a tiered linking approach.
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    • Profile picture of the author tbird165
      Originally Posted by squadron View Post

      Link wheels work just fine if they are quality. Look for:

      1. Web sites with decent PageRank
      2. Web site where your new pages remain and don't get deleted

      I prefer a layered approach like this:

      xxxxxxx
      xxxxx
      xxxx
      xxx
      xx
      x (money site)
      Thanks squadron I will keep the layered technique in mind
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      • Profile picture of the author squadron
        Originally Posted by tbird165 View Post

        Thanks squadron I will keep the layered technique in mind
        Worth a try and a lot safer these days than blasting lots of links directly to the money site. I usually use articles or press releases as the first layer then blast that layer with manual blog comments, forum profiles and social bookmarking.
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  • Profile picture of the author movielinks
    No link activity is bad as long as you are doing it properly
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  • Profile picture of the author jinx1221
    Linkwheel is soooo 2000's Like SeoSteveO said, look into link pyramids or tiered linking.. same concept, just a bigger picture.
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