Forum Sigs, Backlinks, and Paris Hilton

15 years ago

Shoot, I fell for the paris hilton part (ironically, I hoped to find a logical explanation to the words "backlinks" and "pareis hilton" side by side

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The answer to your question is yes. The reservation to be made here is the value of the backlinks (marginal, actually).

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John Blaisdale 15 years ago

Yes, of course. Just think of it this way, every single page that links back to your site counts as a backlink. So, every time you are replying to a different thread or another page withing a thread you are getting a backlink from a new page...which means a new backlink!

Now, as far as how valuable multiple backlinks from a forum are I couldn't tell you. However, if I were to make an educated guess based on my experience with SEO then I would say that multiple backlinks from a single forum through signature links are better than just one. The way I see it is that a link is a link, and as long as your links are coming from different pages it should count as an entirely new backlink.
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Solidsnake

Banned 15 years ago

Originally Posted by peter gibson

OK, the Paris Hilton bit was just to get you to click. Muhahaha.

Anyways, someone on another forum just posted that when you have your links in your sig, every time you post a reply or thread/response, it's considered a backlink from the forum site.

Hmmm... I may be an idiot, but is this true? :confused:

It depends on a forum... for sitepoint, yes.. it will count.

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jessewrites

15 years ago

Is this a cheap attempt to rank highly for the long-tail keyword "Paris Hilton backlinks"?

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billionareHuman

15 years ago

Anyways, someone on another forum just posted that when you have your links in your sig, every time you post a reply or thread/response, it's considered a backlink from the forum site.

A link is a link isn't it?

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Solidsnake Banned 15 years ago

Originally Posted by billionareHuman

A link is a link isn't it?

The OP means "backlink" not just a link... not all links can be backlinks... those links from banned sites cannot be considered backlinks to google.
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hangtimenino

15 years ago

i think the answer is yes. anything that 'links back ' to your site is a backlink. LOL.
so posting, and commenting on forums and blogs with your signature, can be very productive in driving traffic to your site.:-)

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DeanJames

15 years ago

Peter, you were right about the Paris Hilton part despite the fact I'm not even remotely a fan - must be something subliminal there..

Dean

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bwall

15 years ago

Originally Posted by peter gibson

OK, the Paris Hilton bit was just to get you to click. Muhahaha.

Anyways, someone on another forum just posted that when you have your links in your sig, every time you post a reply or thread/response, it's considered a backlink from the forum site.

Hmmm... I may be an idiot, but is this true? :confused:

It depends on weather the forum is do follow or not.
See this thread for a list of do follow forums.
List of forums with dofollow