Does "widgetbait" work?

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Hello warriors,

Is creating a Wordpress widget/theme for the purpose of getting backlinks (i.e. widgetbait srategy) a good idea? Do such backlinks have any positive or adverse effect?
#search engine optimization #widgetbait #work
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    There's an old thread on this SEO forum about that subject, I don't remember the thread title.

    Anyways,

    My advice is If your creating a theme for the links, only allow the link to show on a single page of the theme (no more than 1 link per theme/domain).

    Usually the Index page will have one of the highest PR across the entire backlink/theme domain.
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    I'm not a moz fan, but read this: How WPMU.org Recovered From The Penguin Update | SEOmoz

    Remember what I said about a single link per backlink/theme/domain.



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    Also don't stuff the backlink anchor-text with keywords, instead do this, point the links at an internal page (not your Index page) this way you can dump all the links anytime in the future If needed (algo. update).

    Example:
    • hxxp://mydomain.com//
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    • Silly question (it's 3 am over here) but why is this important? I'm asking because in the case of a widget, the blog owner gets to control where it appears on their blog.

      This is amazingly clever. Thanks!
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    Does "widgetbait" work?

    Hello warriors, Is creating a Wordpress widget/theme for the purpose of getting backlinks (i.e. widgetbait srategy) a good idea? Do such backlinks have any positive or adverse effect?