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.EDU/.GOV Blogs

by AbsolutJake82
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I have spent a considerable amount of time with very limited success at finding .EDU and .GOV blogs. Most of us know that Google for whatever reason gives these Blogs higher priority if you will. My problem has been finding ones, and beyond that, finding ones that will allow anyone to comment on their blobs and offer a link forwarding or link backing space....any help on this would be VERY much appreciated!!
#blogs #edu or gov
  • Profile picture of the author bgmacaw
    Originally Posted by AbsolutJake82 View Post

    Most of us know that Google for whatever reason gives these Blogs higher priority if you will.
    This is incorrect. Google values authority sites and pages. As it so happens, many .edu and .gov domains are authority domains because they have powerful incoming links and strictly limit and control outgoing links. Therefore, any .edu/.gov site where you can leave an unsolicited link without scrutiny will be found by spammers and devalued as a link source by Google.
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  • Profile picture of the author MarkAse
    They are out there, but you aren't going to find them by the 100's. I have a decent sized list that I've found over the past year or so (no, I won't be sharing or selling it) with most of the blogs allowing me to post a link to my site in one form or another (sometimes only to a non commercial part of the site, like my education section).

    The thing is that you generally need to know something about the topic to leave a post. I was a mechanical engineer in what feels like a previous life, so I have just enough technical knowledge about a variety of topics to sneak a link through in what amounts to a question about new technology.
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    • Profile picture of the author Midas3 Consulting
      Originally Posted by MarkAse View Post


      The thing is that you generally need to know something about the topic to leave a post..
      This.

      It's actually fairly easy to get .edu and even .gov links, hell I've even built
      a wiki on a public .edu site.

      It's about generating quality content and or a serious post , I also prefer
      NOT to post a link until around the 3rd post or comment.

      Eventually you just build up a list.
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  • Profile picture of the author Xmas
    Have you tried this in Google

    site:.edu inurl:blog "post a comment" -"comments closed" -"you must be logged in" "ADD YOUR KEYWORD"

    Replace the "ADD YOUR KEYWORD" with your keyword.

    Also change the .edu to .gov or what ever extension you want.

    If you get no response then broaden you keyword. Instead of 'Fly fishing in Alaska' use 'fly fishing' then down to 'fishing'

    You have to keep trying - especially niches that are not typically thought of as .gov or .edu information
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    • Profile picture of the author Mbullard
      Originally Posted by Xmas View Post

      Have you tried this in Google

      site:.edu inurl:blog "post a comment" -"comments closed" -"you must be logged in" "ADD YOUR KEYWORD"

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      Bam! xmas fired out a great answer. Absolutely do this. You can also change the inurl:WORD. This is fun to play around in and can net you a lot of .edu or .gov sites. Also, I've heard that a lot of people aren't doing this. They really should cause it's a great tool.
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    • Profile picture of the author AbsolutJake82
      Originally Posted by Xmas View Post

      Have you tried this in Google

      site:.edu inurl:blog "post a comment" -"comments closed" -"you must be logged in" "ADD YOUR KEYWORD"

      Replace the "ADD YOUR KEYWORD" with your keyword.

      Also change the .edu to .gov or what ever extension you want.

      If you get no response then broaden you keyword. Instead of 'Fly fishing in Alaska' use 'fly fishing' then down to 'fishing'

      You have to keep trying - especially niches that are not typically thought of as .gov or .edu information


      I have done that specific search, i just didnt know if there was any other "better" ways or sources. But Thank You!
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  • Profile picture of the author Michael Mayo
    Xmas, That looks very familiar!

    If you want a more detailed description of how to use what James(ie, Xmas) stated
    above you can see my WF blog post on this subject.

    How to find one way High Ranking PR site links in your own niche.

    Hope that Helps,
    Have a Great Day!
    Michael
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  • Profile picture of the author tahirsfriend
    My friend, I dont think Google prioritize links from Gov or Edu over links from other websites. Its just that you wont see many outbound links from edu and gov sites. You need to increase your inbound links and decrease outbound links and thats the formula. You can see both of my blogs have a PR6 so take this as a advice from an experienced webmaster.
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    • Profile picture of the author Alexa Smith
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      Originally Posted by tahirsfriend View Post

      I dont think Google prioritize links from Gov or Edu over links from other websites.
      Indeed.

      The theory that Google prioritizes .gov and .edu backlinks is one of these things like the theory that search engines prefers blogs to "non-blog websites": once people have decided that they believe it, they see only evidence that confirms it, and it become impossible to counter their viewpoint by reality, logic or almost in any other way at all.

      (Search engines prefer regularly updated sites to less regularly updated sites, of course - and a significant proportion of blogs tend to be regularly updated; similarly, they prefer authority sites, and a lot of .gov and .edu domains happen to be authority sites.)
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      • Profile picture of the author honestkyle
        From personal experience, I've witnessed one of my sites jump an entire page up in the search engine results after a backlink I left on a .gov blog was indexed.

        And I know that it was due to that particular backlink since I wasn't doing any other SEO at the time.
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