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Should web design company Place Links in Client Site Footers For Backlink?

by adamjetking
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Hi there,

Is there good to have link in footer that website develop by any web design company? Like 1000 of website then is that safe backlinks into Google Eye?

Thanks in advance!!!
#backlink #client #company #design #footers #links #place #seo #site #web
  • Profile picture of the author nettiapina
    No, it's not safe. Fits Google's description of a link scheme.
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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

      No, it's not safe. Fits Google's description of a link scheme.
      ...but it still ranks pages.
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      • Profile picture of the author nettiapina
        Originally Posted by yukon View Post

        ...but it still ranks pages.
        That's possible. I've seen a local company getting slapped for this practice several years ago so I'd never encourage it, but Google's algos are far from perfect.

        Originally Posted by yukon View Post

        Lol, I've always thought that was funny folks would pay for a site & let the web/dev advertise for free. They still do it...
        I'd never do this myself, but I've probably removed dozen or more of these links. The client may not initially care that much, but that blatant advertisement stares them in the face every time they open their own site.
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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

          That's possible. I've seen a local company getting slapped for this practice several years ago so I'd never encourage it, but Google's algos are far from perfect..

          How do you know a slap was because of footer links?

          I haven't seen any indication a footer link is a problem.

          I'm not suggesting folks blast thousands of footer links, just saying they still help rank pages.
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          • Profile picture of the author michalatherton
            This may seem like a silly thing for people to get worked up about. If you're a designer, you probably have a firm opinion on this topic already - what's left to debate? Personally, I found it interesting to see what people do and the reasons behind those decisions. I was also surprised to see how many differing opinions there were within the group.

            Footer links are a moot point for my own business since I generally develop white labeled themes for designers. In other words, their clients don't always know the development is being outsourced, so if any link goes in the footer, it's the designer's and not my own. Sometimes I'm asked to place a link to the designer's site; sometimes I'm not.
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  • Profile picture of the author MikeFriedman
    If I pay you to build me a website and you stick a link in the footer, I better get a serious discount on your service.
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    • Profile picture of the author yukon
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      Originally Posted by MikeFriedman View Post

      If I pay you to build me a website and you stick a link in the footer, I better get a serious discount on your service.

      Lol, I've always thought that was funny folks would pay for a site & let the web/dev advertise for free. They still do it...
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      • Profile picture of the author MikeFriedman
        Originally Posted by yukon View Post

        Lol, I've always thought that was funny folks would pay for a site & let the web/dev advertise for free. They still do it...
        Exactly. I would never let anyone advertise for free on my website.
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  • Profile picture of the author Augustinus
    It can be dangerous but I saw a lot of companies to do that this was, I decide to not do that for my clients
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  • Profile picture of the author contactbrainfetch
    web development company should be transparent regarding this matter.
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  • Profile picture of the author NetgainsTech
    There is no benefit of adding the website link to all the developed website
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