How to get linkback from wikipedia?

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hey again!
I would like to know a better way to put my link in wikipedia, because I tried to edit article there and try to put linkback but without any success, in fact wiki delete them;
ok I'm thinking to write for it, is it the best way and I've to write in niche of my site or give people some info about any domain and put linkback in my site??
#search engine optimization #linkback #wikipedia
  • Don't even waste your time trying. Spammers always get their links deleted (and yes, you are a spammer as you tried to add your own link). They are nofollow'd anyway.
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    however, i want to know the best and right way to do it..
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    • They're citations.

      Only way it'd be accepted is if the information your citing is actually found on your website with the link you provided.
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    • Honesly I think you're on a fast track here to wasting a looooad of time.

      If you wanted to slip your own sites in as references, you could - but you'd have to really learn your way around Wikipedia as an editor, which takes time & effort, and then you would have to develop websites which are regarded highly enough to be accepted by other editors to be a valid reference to cite from. This isn't really that easy to do.

      And even if you do manage all this - why? It won't do a great deal for you - it may get you some direct traffic, but it won't do anything for you in terms of SEO, as the links are nofollowed. It's not likely to get you that much direct traffic either, not that many people bother looking at the references in Wikipedia. On a high traffic page you may get some good traffic - but on a high traffic page you're likely to come across a lot of editors, who'll scrutinize all new citations - and unless you hae a website which is well regarded in the field, it's very unlikely you'll get it to stick.

      Cheers

      Kev
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  • It's not that "Wiki" delete them - an editor deletes them.

    Editors aren't employed by Wikipedia, they're just normal editors like you or me, anyone can be an editor - but it's very difficult to get a backlink to stick.

    It can be done, but you really have to know what you're doing or know someone who does.

    Back before Wikipedia backlinks were nofollowed, this was a tactic some employed - I did at one stage, I had an experienced wikipedia editor get links in for me.

    It's not really worth doing now, not from an SEO stamdpoint anyway - may get you some traffic, but it's pretty difficult to do, so your time is probably better off spent on something else

    Cheers

    Kev
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  • Matt McGee has a timeless article on adding your business' own wiki page and when (or, when not to) add your own: Should a Small Business have a Wikipedia article?

    mg is right though, here's the breakdown from BigOakInc, and I have to agree.
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  • "Honesly I think you're on a fast track here to wasting a looooad of time.
    If you wanted to slip your own sites in as references, you could - but you'd have to really learn your way around Wikipedia as an editor, which takes time & effort"

    Good point but if I was a SE Algo Engineer, I would value inbound links that are hard to get as more important than links that anyone can get. Don't tell me that nofollow links have no SEO value- They may not pass pagerank but that does not mean that they are not an important part of promotion.
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    • Yeah I see what you're saying - but there's links that are hard to get & then there are links that are HAAAAAAAAARD to get, and even harder to keep.

      If someone has a website that is strong enough to be deemed as a source of reference - then fair enough (although if this is the case then you probably don't need to try to slip your own site in as a reference anyway as others will cite your site as a reference as this is the case - editors are always looking for good sources of reference, especialy in specialist niches.)

      Ref whether or not it's worth gaining nofollow backlinks - yes of course any backlink is worth having if it may bring traffic, what I was saying is that I wouldn't have thought you'd get much traffic from reference links - how many people actually click on reference links in Wikipedia?

      Cheers

      Kev
  • The Links are nofollow and they are strictly moderated. So if you are trying to SPAM, Forget it.
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    How to get linkback from wikipedia?

    hey again! I would like to know a better way to put my link in wikipedia, because I tried to edit article there and try to put linkback but without any success, in fact wiki delete them; ok I'm thinking to write for it, is it the best way and I've to write in niche of my site or give people some info about any domain and put linkback in my site??