Why forum posting is better than other off page seo ?

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Forum posting are becoming the biggest part for quickest and permanent seo technique. In my view i tried to observe the process related to forum posting and off page seo. I identified some reasons for this relation between the two.

1. Quality post quality response and quality backlink 2. By giving helpful link for the visitors in forum signature.
3. Responsible reply makes permanent backlink for a website.
4. By Sharing the recent discussing topic.
etc.

All this can makes you a better forum poster and thus you will get permanent and unique backlink. So i can sugest you to find high page rank forums and start your journey today for better off page seo. The more you can make such kind of work more you will be ranked higher and higher. This is not the only process for off page seo but i can strongly say that this is the major off page seo. Its may better than blog commenting. I have personally followed this technique and getting success. You will get the chance for learning new technique for internet marketing while you doing this job. I want to hear from you also. Am i right or not ?
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  • Profile picture of the author gotlinks
    Originally Posted by kibria4mbd View Post

    Forum posting are becoming the biggest part for quickest and permanent seo technique. In my view i tried to observe the process related to forum posting and off page seo. I identified some reasons for this relation between the two.

    1. Quality post quality response and quality backlink 2. By giving helpful link for the visitors in forum signature.
    3. Responsible reply makes permanent backlink for a website.
    4. By Sharing the recent discussing topic.
    etc.

    All this can makes you a better forum poster and thus you will get permanent and unique backlink. So i can sugest you to find high page rank forums and start your journey today for better off page seo. The more you can make such kind of work more you will be ranked higher and higher. This is not the only process for off page seo but i can strongly say that this is the major off page seo. Its may better than blog commenting. I have personally followed this technique and getting success. You will get the chance for learning new technique for internet marketing while you doing this job. I want to hear from you also. Am i right or not ?
    Forum backlinks are crap and not going to help you much.

    You would spend more time then you need to get any real good rankings for a tough term.
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    • Profile picture of the author kibria4mbd
      Its still working that i observe in search result. But i don't know why did you not agree with these.
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      • Profile picture of the author SEO Haven
        Originally Posted by kibria4mbd View Post

        Its still working that i observe in search result. But i don't know why did you not agree with these.
        Please do share the site you got high rankings for using mainly forum links...

        Forum links are pretty useless. Good for some diversity maybe, but won't increase your rankings one bit.

        Yes, we've ALL tested this years ago already
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        • Profile picture of the author connorbringas
          Originally Posted by SEO Haven View Post

          Please do share the site you got high rankings for using mainly forum links...

          Forum links are pretty useless. Good for some diversity maybe, but won't increase your rankings one bit.

          Yes, we've ALL tested this years ago already
          Beg to differ. I have seen keywords rocket to number 1 placement due to forum postings.

          However, PR8 or PR5 doesnt really matter as far as forums are concerned. It's not like a thread is PR8 its really N/A or PR0..
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    • Profile picture of the author ProSence
      Originally Posted by gotlinks View Post

      Forum backlinks are crap and not going to help you much.

      You would spend more time then you need to get any real good rankings for a tough term.
      Why do you think of spam and crap? Why don't you think of its positive aspects?

      If it is spam then why are you posting here?

      It is not spam, it is a process of learning and distributing knowledge while promoting stuffs.
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      • Profile picture of the author gotlinks
        Originally Posted by ProSence View Post

        Why do you think of spam and crap? Why don't you think of its positive aspects?

        If it is spam then why are you posting here?

        It is not spam, it is a process of learning and distributing knowledge while promoting stuffs.
        I am posting here to help people.

        Plus my site listed in my sig is 100% related to my blog. So its not spam at all. However most people are not that related when it comes to forum posting.

        Best of luck to the OP.
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    • Profile picture of the author gearmonkey
      Originally Posted by gotlinks View Post

      Forum backlinks are crap and not going to help you much.

      You would spend more time then you need to get any real good rankings for a tough term.
      You and I agree...

      Avoid spam backlinks. It's not 1999 anymore.
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  • Profile picture of the author yukon
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    This was awesome, in 1998.
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    • Profile picture of the author yukon
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      Originally Posted by MatthewWoodward View Post

      This was Awesome in Novemeber 2012 where I nearly earnt $10,000 with my blog by posting on forums-
      Uh... that's direct niche traffic in your link, so what's your point?

      You claimed that niche forums are useful for ---> direct traffic <---, I've been saying that since I first signed up on WF back in 2010, been using niche forum traffic for 6 years.

      My point in my first comment above is, forums suck for SEO.

      Again, your talking about direct traffic, not SEO. OP is suggesting to use forums for SEO (fail).

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      BTW, I'll never believe anyone posting money claims on the net so save that load for the newbies.
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  • Profile picture of the author SEO4hire
    I have to agree with the two previous posters. Forum posting had its time, but isn't nearly as effective as it used to be. You may be getting results now, but how long will they stick is the question.
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  • Profile picture of the author dwayne123
    It does. It keeps the keyword in ranking for longer period but you should regularly post in forums.
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    • Profile picture of the author kibria4mbd
      Its true that regularity should be maintain for forum post for the stable keyword ranks in search result.
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  • Profile picture of the author kibria4mbd
    Absolutely right you said.
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  • Profile picture of the author JSProjects
    It's pretty simple.

    Forum posting for backlinks = useless.

    Forum posting for targeted traffic = Very useful.

    I spend a bit of time each day posting @ high traffic / niche related forums and can generate some pretty nice traffic just from helping others. Win win.
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  • Forums have to be at least PR8 to make a difference in a site's fortune. Links from PR6 sites and less have very little effect on lifting a keyword in SERPs.
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    • Profile picture of the author JSProjects
      Originally Posted by Toyota Hilux Dealer View Post

      Forums have to be at least PR8 to make a difference in a site's fortune. Links from PR6 sites and less have very little effect on lifting a keyword in SERPs.
      I'm sorry, but this is just bad information all-around.

      1. A PR8 forum does not equal PR8 backlinks. Your links are going to be buried on a PR N/A profile page and on PR N/A posts.

      2. You're saying that a link from a PR5 page is going to be of no use? Really?
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      • Profile picture of the author TheProgrammer
        Originally Posted by JSProjects View Post

        It's pretty simple.

        Forum posting for backlinks = useless.

        Forum posting for targeted traffic = Very useful.

        I spend a bit of time each day posting @ high traffic / niche related forums and can generate some pretty nice traffic just from helping others. Win win.
        I'd agree on the above points and em doing the same way.
        Originally Posted by JSProjects View Post

        I'm sorry, but this is just bad information all-around.

        1. A PR8 forum does not equal PR8 backlinks. Your links are going to be buried on a PR N/A profile page and on PR N/A posts.

        2. You're saying that a link from a PR5 page is going to be of no use? Really?
        Look at his profile and here's my short answer, he is only "toyota dealer"
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  • Profile picture of the author vdek
    You get targeted traffic at least from forums, so while they may not be the best backlinks, google will notice in analytics how relevant your site is to your target market.
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  • Profile picture of the author kibria4mbd
    Can anyone kindly tell me why forum posting backlink is useless. Please explain why forums backlink will be useless. When you are using links to your signature with keywords you will get backlink when someone visit that links. You will get traffic also. But if you dont have any quality content than these traffic will never last long. But i agree that relevant keyword should post in related forum section is important. You will get backlink plus traffic both from a forum post. I know that if hundred people visit your link from one domain you will get one backlink. So its important that you post relevant link in your keyword related different forums not the same one every time. Ok
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    • Profile picture of the author century90
      Originally Posted by kibria4mbd View Post

      Can anyone kindly tell me why forum posting backlink is useless. Please explain why forums backlink will be useless. When you are using links to your signature with keywords you will get backlink when someone visit that links. You will get traffic also. But if you dont have any quality content than these traffic will never last long. But i agree that relevant keyword should post in related forum section is important. You will get backlink plus traffic both from a forum post. I know that if hundred people visit your link from one domain you will get one backlink. So its important that you post relevant link in your keyword related different forums not the same one every time. Ok
      I don't agree forum posting back links are useless they are really more effective.
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    • Profile picture of the author TheFBGuy
      Originally Posted by kibria4mbd View Post

      Can anyone kindly tell me why forum posting backlink is useless. Please explain why forums backlink will be useless. When you are using links to your signature with keywords you will get backlink when someone visit that links. You will get traffic also. But if you dont have any quality content than these traffic will never last long. But i agree that relevant keyword should post in related forum section is important. You will get backlink plus traffic both from a forum post. I know that if hundred people visit your link from one domain you will get one backlink. So its important that you post relevant link in your keyword related different forums not the same one every time. Ok
      Your question has been answered over, and over... not sure what kind of explanation you want.

      Forum posting for SEO purposes is now a last tactic strategy for diversity purposes. Its only real use is the direct traffic from the forum(s) as you have stated.
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  • Profile picture of the author vickyk
    I really preffered Forum Posting just because of actully i learned many things from here and with forum posting i also get some Quality and Do Follow backlink from here so i really thank's to Warrior forum.....
    Thank's
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  • Profile picture of the author b4uindia
    I will like to share something i read in google guidelines recently at
    Link schemes - Webmaster Tools Help

    It says under para "few common examples of unnatural links that violate our guidelines:"
    Forum comments with optimized links in the post or signature, for example:
    Thanks, that’s great info!
    - Paul
    paul’s pizza san diego pizza best pizza san diego
    I hope everyone having confusion about forum posting for SEO benefit shall have answer now

    So forum posting can be good if done in related niche forum and with targetting targetted traffic not for SEO benefits, I think.
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    • Profile picture of the author JSProjects
      Originally Posted by superman1231 View Post

      its to hard to find a unselfish forum moderator who allows out going links nowadays
      There are plenty. You just have to look at it from their perspective. They clearly don't want you to blatantly spam your link all over their forums, but a lot are completely fine with signature links as long as you're a legitimate member of the forum that is trying to contribute.
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  • Profile picture of the author jasono
    It still does but you can't put all your effort in this strategy. You have to have variations for link diversity.
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  • Profile picture of the author Dead Body
    Because there is a geniun visitors to all posts of a forum, all links with good geniun traffic can help you much better than any other links..
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    That post made my head hurt.

    English only please
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  • Profile picture of the author nicolaik9
    I think so, forum posting is better than off-page seo, high quality link is always so good, if off-page is very good, but we do nothing for site, never...i think so.
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  • Profile picture of the author kaytav
    You can say that it is less effective as it was 4-5 years ago. Now-a-days Forums have become a regular spot of spammers and people use it just to add links and comment like "Nice Post". This is definitely gonna make the place less worth for quality links.
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  • Forum backlinks are crap and not going to help you much.
    You would spend more time then you need to get any real good rankings for a tough term.
    You took the words right out of my mouth.
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  • Profile picture of the author seophalanx
    Forum link building is among the SEO strategies with amazing potential to boost the search engine rankings of your website. By posting rich content in the relevant forums, the professional SEO experts can create high quality links to your website. The high quality threads and posts, appropriate anchor text in the signature of each post and one way permanent links to your site are the benefits that you would enjoy.
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  • Profile picture of the author bhuvananichi
    Forum posting still helps in my SEO work. Its good.
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  • Profile picture of the author sijugk
    Forum posting are becoming the biggest part for quickest and permanent seo technique. In my view i tried to observe the process related to forum posting and off page seo.
    I still believe forums links help. But I am sure it is not the best source of backlinks. If you are looking for a high quality backlinks, try use article directories or guest blogging.
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    • Profile picture of the author JSProjects
      Originally Posted by sijugk View Post

      I still believe forums links help. But I am sure it is not the best source of backlinks. If you are looking for a high quality backlinks, try use article directories or guest blogging.
      Not too sure about article directories being much better than profiles.
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  • Profile picture of the author wellm97
    posting on famous forums can be helpful for anyone.Dont waste your time on spammy forums.
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  • Profile picture of the author Anurag96
    As everyone is saying Forum Posting is OLD FASHION and deosn't help much in SEO. Well, this is true. For ex -

    If you have 20 back links from a PR2 website and have 10 back links from a PR5 forum. The back links from the PR2 website is better than the FORUM.

    Got it??
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  • Profile picture of the author jfambrini
    If you are using only forums for SEO then you are in trouble but in combination with other links they have their place. Even if you gain no other benefit you are learning new ways of increasing your links and before I became a member of Warrior Forum I could have never imagined that I would actually be getting traffic from this forum that has nothing to do with car exports.
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  • Profile picture of the author Dustin Blevins
    Can someone explain why forums are not good for rankings anymore? I understand how your post on a PR N/A or PR0 on a PR8 forum is useless, but what about the high PR forum posts?

    By just doing a few simple searches you can find high pr threads on the joomla forum. Obviously it is the first page that has the high pr and if the thread is to a second page already that link will not mean much, but if you do a proper search it is very easy to find a few posts that have a high pr. So not only can it help you direct traffic to your website from a popular forum, it can also give you a high PR back link.

    Check the page rank of these posts. I doubt someone would be "redirecting" or "faking" the pr of a forum post.

    PR7 Threads -
    Joomla! &bull; View topic - Irish language translation?
    Joomla! &bull; View topic - JED Review/Vote Cleanup

    PR6 Threads -
    Joomla! &bull; View topic - Help Wanted: Community Development Manager

    PR5 Threads -
    Joomla! &bull; View topic - Joomla! 2.5.7 Released
    Joomla! &bull; View topic - Weird chars on top of my site ()
    Joomla! &bull; View topic - Excessive much slashes (/) and "" in hyperlinks

    I have heard that multiple backlinks coming from the same domain are not beneficial, but if you pick the proper threads you may be able to get high contextual backlinks to your site.

    If I am wrong please explain why.
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  • Profile picture of the author milina788
    Forum posting is also an Off-page activity which gives high quality and relevant backlinks in natural way. To get relevant backlinks from these forum sites you have involve in the threads which are highly relevant of your category and only post your thoughts which are relevant.
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