of course forums posting is still effective. What is not good for me about paul and angela packet is that many link builder will use the list and make a link out it and for me this will be a red flag for Google

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Are you talking about backlinks in your user profile? I don't think that even counts as a link and this isn't what people are talking about. It's all about the signature links.

Forum posting is very effective method in SEO. Of course you can get huge benefit by participating forums.

Even better is to seek and find your own links like Paul and Angela...Its not really hard at all. If you find untapped forums and networks you can get even more link juice then using paul and angelas like everyone else.

Forum signature tags is the best way to build backlinks through forum posting. Forums allow you to have signatures that display at the bottom of every post.

By placing a little bit of information about your website in your signature with a hyperlink you are developing backlinks on every post. If your posts in the forum catch the interest of someone there is a chance they will click on the hyperlink in your signature and you have effectively created traffic to your site.


Of course, the key to this strategy is that you are a regular member in forums on the internet. If you are already a regular poster on a forum you can begin to implement this strategy to begin building traffic to your site. However, if you are not a member of any forums, find one that interests you and relates to your website and join. Then you too can also use the forum posting backlink method.

Most forums will allow you to create a signature tag line to your posts, and you can find this in their member's area and you will have the ability to add and edit forum signatures in this section. So what should you place in your signature? Your signature should have your real name, a hyperlink URL to your website, and a brief description of the service or product you are offer.

Forum posting is without doubt still very effective. And it does not matter if the page on which your link appears has a PR 0. Think about it in this way.Google still values highly an article on ezinearticles.com which comes from a PR 0.

Even more important...forums are a source of semi-targeted traffic if you are in one that relates to your niche. It is all about whether or not your sig link directly relates to the wants or needs of the forum members.

I'll take targeted traffic above all else.

Forum posting still helps,there are a lot of forums for each niche.

Getting backlinks from forum posting is one of the mot effective methods, because of the exposure forums usually get.

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would it effective for mobile site as well you guys reckon? or do you think mobile ad network like mobgold, admob, etc work better ?

Yes, forums links works but you also need some other ways to build backlinks too as it will look natural..

Yes forum posting works well and the links show up quickly.
I have registered on one forums that I havent posted in and it does link to your profile page, so you get one link from your profile page and the others are from your posts.

Yes backlinks from forum profiles do work and work well.

Forum backlinks is worth it and it also help to increase your rankings.

One thing to remember about posting on a forum with your backlink as the signature is that the page you are posting on is ALREADY indexed by google so your link could be adding juice to your site in hours.

But profile backlinks like Paul & Angelas you are creating a new page a `profile` page about yourself and this page is NOT indexed and it could and mostly will take along time for google to find this page sometimes it never will be found and of course if google hasn`t indexed it your backlink wont count.

Hi,
I just recently begun using Forum Profile links and they are great. I have a page i wanted to rank so badly, not move up the search engine despite the constant backlinks using UAW (unique Article Wizard). Its true the forum profile pages often have no ranks in them but believe me for some reason they work very well.

also once you've inserted your links in your Profile pages you need to help get the that url Indexed for the backlink to count. Some backlinks can take days if not weeks. But there are many tools available to do just that.

backlink booster - [EDIT] $67
backlink index Express - WP plugin $47 ( one time payment)
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Its crucial to get them indexed to count

-Brandon Sean

That a good question you have me wondering now.

Thanks everyone for educating me. I am learning a lot about forum links

use dofollow forums for quick backlinks its very popular ...

With me backlinks from forum posting is one of the mot effective methods. Almost my visitor come from link on some forum.

I had always wondered whether it was worth the time. It's good to get some clear advice, thanks.

Its the signature links that will count in gaining quality backlinks from your good informative and appreciated comments in forums.

Actually I have noticed that posting hyperlinks in the signature helps to increase LP mass to your new site. This builds trust in Google eyes. But avoid using anchors! This might lead to a penalty. Or at least you should use diluted anchors.

Even though the pageranks for the actual threads/posts might not be high, when I check my referral link actually says warriorforum.com I believe google tracks it from the actual URL and not the actual post/thread. I've already got 2 referral links from WF today thanks all!

Any backlinks are good...but try to go for contextual backlinks..

Seeing very good results with these kind of backlinks

My personal experience with forums is very good, they helps in improving SERP, also some good PR forum links have great value.

I manage an off-shore team who builds backlinks for me. I have 16 Full time off-shore employees all building backlinks for me and my clients. Its very easy to get ranked if you have 20,000 high PR rated backlinks to youre blog, website, youtube video, PDF file, and or anything else you want to get ranked.

In my opinion only making profiles through forums or other websites which allows it, can't help you at all. These pages will not be indexed in many cases. And if they become indexed, they can't help your website to get a better ranking. Its my idea.

dont do it from an SEO point of view..most are nowadays no follow links anyways so they dont count..even if you post on other ones where there are no "no follow" tags the links are quite weak so the question is whether they will pass on any link juice if any...however from a publicity point of view it can make more sense..hope that helps..

forum posting is great method for increasing incoming links
the quality of forum posting is depend on forum reputation .

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Forum back links will help for generate traffic to web site... where search engine wise there is no worth for back links.. those are "nofollow" links. where search engines not give any weightage for this type links..

No matter what your forum BL has PR or not. I think that you could get authority link juice if you got the BL from Authority Website.

Forum backlinks are more important nowadays. We can get indexed quickly and also we are getting backlinks. But it depends on our posting. Better posting better ranking. One line response will not help to get better ranking.

FWIW, the sig links in this forum are do-follow and do pass link juice. The problem is that individual threads do not have any link juice to pass on. However, they do help you get indexed and are great for advertising...that's about it.

In regards to thomarv29, you mentioned it's easy when you have 20,000 backlinks. I'm surprised google doesn't consider that many links as spam, unless of course they are legit high pr sites. That's an impressive stat.

Most of my backlinks are currently from forum posting and they are all contextual!

It is worth it, at least for the traffic that you get from forum posting.

yes, it is worth it.

You get traffic which is a bonus....usually they are buyers as well.

Forum profiles are good to use.. but you also would need to consider replying to popular discussions inside the forum. Look for pages that have page rank and start with a valuable reply, which will help you get a PR point for your site.

Hi,

it still works and my sites benefit from them every time =) Also, i don't usually ping them and let google find them naturally =)

Gian Sim

It depends very much by niche. If the competition is not very high, the links from forums can help you. If the competition is high, you must obtain good links from other places.

Forum posts are insane for targeted traffic. If you're frustrated with Google, go forum marketing. If you run out of forums then try vertical niche forums.

Forum posting is good when it comes to getting backlinks if it is done properly. What I mean is posting spammy replies or crappy messages will only cost nothing. So it's better to leave helpful posts or replies.