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How do I force forums to accept link building?

by seyf1981
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Hi, am a subscriber in many arabic forums related to my industry since three months ago, there am active and give advices every day, otherwise I just noticed that no one there had posted a link so am confused it seems that these forums don't accept to post a link. Any reply or advice about that ?
#accept #building #force #forums #link
  • Profile picture of the author dave_hermansen
    Tons of forums do not accept posts with links. Do they allow you to have a link in your signature? If so, that's something.

    Keep in mind that forum links are almost always nofollow links so they don't help you at all with rankings. Even if the links were followed ones, they have been devalued by Google so never count on a forum link helping you with SEO.

    If you ARE able to get a forum to approve a link, it is usually because it is a very helpful link to the matter that is being discussed. You might get some traffic because of that link but not necessarily targeted traffic that is interested in buying anything from you.
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  • Profile picture of the author Soufiane Elmaskaly
    as dave said posting links doesn"t help at all for ranking, You have to discuss with forum managers or pay for putting your link ... best luck
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    • Profile picture of the author Suzi01
      then please tell why are marketing bloggers ask for linking in forum count the best activity to rank a website.
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      • Profile picture of the author dave_hermansen
        Originally Posted by Suzi01 View Post

        then please tell why are marketing bloggers ask for linking in forum count the best activity to rank a website.
        Because there are a whole lot of stupid people out there, parroting the things they have heard other people say. Ten years ago forum links worked because they were followed links and there was no Penguin or other algorithmic penalties that targeted easy to get, spammy backlinks. A whole lot of the world is ten years behind.

        I've said it a hundred times here and I'll say it again. If you can place the link yourself ANYWHERE, it is almost always a worthless link!
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        • Profile picture of the author yukon
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          Originally Posted by dave_hermansen View Post

          I've said it a hundred times here and I'll say it again. If you can place the link yourself ANYWHERE, it is almost always a worthless link!

          True for SEO but not true for direct traffic on same/similar niche forums.
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  • Profile picture of the author yukon
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    This doesn't rank pages in 2010.
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