WordPress - Passing Linkjuice without visible Link?

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I've started creating websites for people and I often get approval to add a link to my website.
I add the link in the footer area, however, I was wondering if it is possible (without being penalized by Google) to pass link-juice to my website without having my link in the Footer?
Maybe by adding a link inside a .php file somewhere?
#link #linkjuice #passing #visible #wordpress
  • Profile picture of the author yukon
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    Originally Posted by PeterMFL View Post

    I've started creating websites for people and I often get approval to add a link to my website.
    I add the link in the footer area, however, I was wondering if it is possible (without being penalized by Google) to pass link-juice to my website without having my link in the Footer?
    Maybe by adding a link inside a .php file somewhere?
    The link still has to show up on the web page in order for Google to crawl the backlink.

    If you can't see the backlink on the text version of the backlink page, Google isn't going to see a link either.
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  • Profile picture of the author paulgl
    Originally Posted by PeterMFL View Post

    I've started creating websites for people and I often get approval to add a link to my website.
    I add the link in the footer area, however, I was wondering if it is possible (without being penalized by Google) to pass link-juice to my website without having my link in the Footer?
    Maybe by adding a link inside a .php file somewhere?
    You are not creating website...you are using wordpress.

    And with your question, you seem t0 have little knowledge as
    to what a php file is.

    Your php "file" would need to load......just like coming to the WF
    loads numerous php files to create one page shown in a browser.

    I assume footers in WP are using the same old normal name:
    footer.php. It still just spits out html....

    What nonloading, never ever found php file would you be adding
    a link in?

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  • Profile picture of the author seven4
    Originally Posted by PeterMFL View Post

    I've started creating websites for people and I often get approval to add a link to my website.
    I add the link in the footer area, however, I was wondering if it is possible (without being penalized by Google) to pass link-juice to my website without having my link in the Footer?
    Maybe by adding a link inside a .php file somewhere?
    You have to make that link physically present.
    But, if you try to hide it using CSS or other methods, you might get penalized by Google.
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  • Profile picture of the author nettiapina
    You know that practice even without all this nasty hidden link stuff might be considered a link scheme, right? Depends of course on the sites, and the number of links you'd get this way.
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    Links in signature will not help your SEO. Not on this site, and not on any other forum.
    Who told me this? An ex Google web spam engineer.

    What's your excuse?
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    • Profile picture of the author yukon
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      Originally Posted by nettiapina View Post

      You know that practice even without all this nasty hidden link stuff might be considered a link scheme, right? Depends of course on the sites, and the number of links you'd get this way.
      Google acts like they're against footer links but those links still rank pages today.
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      • Profile picture of the author nettiapina
        Originally Posted by yukon View Post

        Google acts like they're against footer links but those links still rank pages today.
        I don't think it has anything to do with the placement, but a ton of unrelated sites linking to you site wide.
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        Links in signature will not help your SEO. Not on this site, and not on any other forum.
        Who told me this? An ex Google web spam engineer.

        What's your excuse?
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        • Profile picture of the author paulgl
          Originally Posted by nettiapina View Post

          I don't think it has anything to do with the placement, but a ton of unrelated sites linking to you site wide.
          Has nothing to do with unrelated sites. How does twitter, facebook, adobe, ebay, etc.
          get high PR? Related sites? Hardly....

          Additionally, creating links that weren't editorially placed or vouched for by the site's owner on a page, otherwise known as unnatural links, can be considered a violation of our guidelines. Here are a few common examples of unnatural links that may violate our guidelines:

          Widely distributed links in the footers or templates of various sites
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  • Profile picture of the author pbnlab
    I'll ask the simple question. Why do you not want your link in the footer?
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  • Profile picture of the author WareTime
    People used to create wordpress themes to accomplish this. Instead of building websites which is slow and you need to do over and over and work with customers which is it's own ball of fun. They would build a theme once and put it out their free. The link was in the footer.

    I can't imagine those links register for much because your site is about abc and the majority of the sites pointing at you make no reference to anything found on your site unless you're targeting the key word "the".
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