Linkwheels and link pyramids no longer work - Google catches up quickly and may penalize your site. Link Magnets (you can find a short explanation on my simpleseostuff.com blog) are save and they allow you to transfer all the link juice to the money page on your site and improve its ranking.

If they do not work and can cause a website to get penalized, then I will use them to my competitor to get them penalized instead. I think it's on the way how you use them. Link pyramid is better and more natural compared to link wheel.

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I'd say 'pyramid' over 'wheel' simply because of the directional flow of link juice.

It would be helpful if you use a link wheel to strengthen your foundation in relevancy, but the implementation of this method must be in the natural way of sharing quality content.

I've tried link wheels but they didn't work at all...

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[quoteIt's funny, I've always hard that a pyramid is more direct, but a wheel is supposed to be more natural looking to Google. Not that MAY have changed since Panda, but I've used the heck out of wheels and ranked #1 on new terms just this last month. So they BOTH are legit IMO and the smartest thing is to use both rather than just one. Variety is the key... my strategy is if G see's a ton of pyramids or wheels with nothing else it's gonna be more likely to catch on than if there is a wide variety. So I do everything from direct links to wheels, to pyramids, to 1-1 blasts.][/quote]

Amen Brother.

Link wheels and link pyramids both work great, if you go about them correctly, especially if you use them a part of a broader plan.

Thanks for the answers guys. I believe google has caught on to link wheels, but I dont see how they can hurt.

I am going to start a test where I make 2 sites in same niche with same kind of content, one with link wheel and one with pyramids and see which turns out better.

I preferred link wheel.... I improved some of my handled websites by applying it. Especially if you stick creating links on a 2.0 sites....

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A link pyramid seems like the safer route since when you spam thousands of backlinks it goes towards your tier 1 "shield" and your money site is left unaffected.

Use both!
Use different user names. Put more than 2 articles on each spoke. Spread out the submission dates. Or if you do it manually, make a scheduled posts. Link out to other sites (like wiki).
Just be contextually random (is there really a term for this? I just made it up :p)

I actually like them both, link pyramid and wheel, but have added acquaintance using link pyramid. My current website is using link wheel, which is the first time aggravating it but I do like the results so far. Personally, I anticipate both are absolutely effective just matters which one you prefer so I would recommend trying both than choosing.

The link pyramid has been for most internet marketers the link wheel hybrid of choice because it is simpler to create and easy keep track of. Also there is a low chance that Google will not delete or de-index this type of linking structure because they are all one way links and they do not link together like a traditional wheel and it look’s more natural and not so man made.

These are very time consuming so if you do choose to use one use the pyramid and outsource it. If you decide to create them yourself don’t bother as it is so time consuming you could waste weeks and your site may still never rank that well.

As for me, just create a website with solid content on it and people will naturally link to it because it is useful. With every new Google up date all of these little loop holes are getting closed but good useful content always seems to hold its own in the search engines.

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For me link wheel is very efficient to use, it can give you positive results if done the right way.

think about the concept of both, and look at it as a bigger picture, not just because its a "wheel" or a "pyramid" or a "net" or how people here do it.

why are you doing that in the first place? because the successful sites have those.

Think of the huge sites. They have people linking to them naturally. Those people promote their own sites too hence they receive links. Thats a "pyramid" right? Then it also posts a link that points to another niche site which links to that huge site. A "wheel"!


different sites linking to one another, some sites link to your site, each with their own niche/traffic/metrics. Wouldnt that look like natural linking to you? Wouldnt that be one of the things the algo and spiders will take a look at?

Conceptualize, test, apply it, follow through, then scale up.

It doesnt have to work now, it doesnt have to be web 2.0 properties, doesnt have to be directories. Just test it yourself rather than getting answers about it being unethical or "black hat" lol those answers will just waste your time

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I do neither and only add direct links as time is so limited for seo workings, sign...

I think Link Wheels have to work, if each article contains primary and secondary keyword rich content, and links to another article that contains primary and secondary keyword rich content and has a link from an article that has primary and secondary keyword rich content. Then all those articles link to a common 'authority' on the subject, this has got to work, I am still not sure about closing the wheel though, as that IS a reciprocal link, the question is how far back does big G check?

I will go with Link Pyramid. If you want I have also another link wheel structure that is very powerful.

Link Pyramid is better and safer than Link wheel.

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Hey Warriors...There is some information on Jared Croslows site and he has a video on a new link wheel strategy. I have been thinking about implementing it. Check it out and let me know your thoughts.

How to build an effective Link Wheel

Well I advice you to use them both. Combination of them both could be killer. However, you should minimize the spoke of link wheel and should rely more on link pyramid structure. It is all about foot-prints

I was thinking about trying to do a Link Wheel with a Pyramid the two together can be powerful.