Question about forum signature backlinks

Agree.
The more related the better for your site.
But even if there is no relevancy , it's still a link.

I would say just use common sense. Google has a very complex algorithm, so while some aspects of SEO may not be as important as others... the almighty Google factors in every variable. So with that being said, it would be better if all of your links came from keyword relevant sites using keyword relevant anchor text. But alas, you can overcome some of these issues with quantity.

But like has already been said Google will discount site wide links. Forum signature links are good for short term SEO. They will give your SEO a temporary boost.

So if you stop posting on that forum for more than a month you will see your links decrease in value. Your best option is to make your posts count on those forums, with keyword rich content. Don't just go posting a bunch of worthless posts like, "Thanks", "I'm interested", "I agree", etc. just to get backlinks.

Put an article marketing spin on your posts. Fill them with relevant keywords to your niche, and your posts could possibly get ranked in Google which could drive traffic to your site, no matter which niche forum it was posted on.

As for the frequency, I would aim for about 2 or 3 decent posts per week. Continue this pattern religiously and Google will take notice. The problem with signature links is that you can't vary your anchor text. But providing a consistent flow of quality links that are new will overcome that problem.

But there is still use in putting your signature link on all forums for this site you speak of. Sometimes if you are on an "sports cars" forum you can have a signature link to something like "home loans" or "video games". This will still drive traffic to your site when you least expect it.

Hope that helps.

I have always wondered about this as well.

P.S Lots of great advice in this thread. Gonna rate it a 5, Thanks.

Since iv been doing SEO, tracking backlinks and seeing how they effect rankings, I have noticed that multiple links from the one website IP address isnt much better than just one.

I use Yahoo to track links since they always show a more accurate number than Google. Yahoo never shows anymore than 2 backlinks from the same IP address.

This is why I think writing articles for backlinks and sending them all to same directory is a waste of time. The trick is to spread them out accross all directories.

I think the search engines have limited the number of backlinks from one IP because of how easy it used to be to buy spammy sitewide backlinks by the millions.

Hi Easy,

While that site had 35000 links from irrelevant sites, it may also have had a few really good links that were doing all the heavy lifting. That's why pages with relatively few links often outrank others with many thousands of low quality links.

Just imagine all the work that would have been saved if they had simply gone for the few really good links and earned the same position.