Forum Signatures

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Does anyone find that all the forums in a niche don't allow signature links

Was looking for forums in the fitness/nutrition/workout niches, but not 1 person on any of the forums had a siggy-link
#search engine optimization #forum #signatures
  • It depends on the forum. You probably haven't searched far enough to find a forum thaty will.
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    • Checkout the backlinks of your competition and you gonna find the forums, which allow signature links for sure.
  • Also, make sure they are dofollow.
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    • If you use the link in the signature and post on a regular basis, you could also take nofollow links, because real users do follow nofollow links.
  • try to fix up with relevent forum like healthcare .
  • I simply searched with: "powered by vbulletin" workout - the third forum I clicked into had a couple members with signature links.

    Other forum signatures: phpbb, SMF, expression engine, etc.

    No one will compile the list for you and you won't find an up-to-date list all ready to go for you on the web.
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  • Never noticed this problem to be honest.

    I was recently searching for forums in my niche (I simply Googled [niche forums]) and 3 out of the top 5 allowed dofollow sigs.

    A word of advise though: Since forum posting can be a great way to build up a good reputation, hence you don't want to appear spammy, consider having a sig which is similar to most member's on that forums, and then inserting something like:

    "Please feel free to check out my website: [link]"

    At the end. This way, I doubt any mods would mind (compared to - say - just having a link and nothing else in your sig).
  • I agree that to find out those that allow forum signature, just look at your competitors' backlinks - you will surely find several. And if i may suggest, you can also post on no follow forums, you will still get traffic from members.
  • Please dont mind this question.When talking about checking backlinks of competitors,guess you are talking about using yahoo site explorer or any other way.
  • TBH forum signature links are such low hanging fruit, its actually laying on the floor half rotten and covered in wasps....

    the other reason people don't allow them in a lot of forums, is because people keep signing up and writing crap posts with signatures the size of a small city promoting their links.

    Funny old world.
  • If I was a forum owner, i would disable the URL's also. Forums should be all about the community and not marketing.

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    Does anyone find that all the forums in a niche don't allow signature links Was looking for forums in the fitness/nutrition/workout niches, but not 1 person on any of the forums had a siggy-link