Comments on: How To Get A Quick Boost In Google Using Forum Signature Links

By: Andy

Andy — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 08:14:20 +0000

Hi Rachel,

The answer to your question is yes BUT it takes a while for your rankings to drop and it doesn’t drop significantly. I’ve noticed a month or so later that my rankings have barely moved yet found that I’ve increased my ranking for my new ‘anchor text’.

Google will not visit all your posts / pages in one go. It may takes a month or two before ALL threads have been crawled and re-cached.

This method of backlinking is particularly good if you have a product launch or are wanting to get a particular page to the top for any specific promo etc.

That’s why it is handy to have a number of posts in a handful of forums. Then just post even once or twice a day on each forum to ’stay’ fresh.

You will also find that you’ll probably get lots of traffic directly from your signature links. Two birds with one stone.

By: greatstufflowprice

greatstufflowprice — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 05:05:03 +0000

thanks, Andy for that great post.well from now on I will spend more time in the forums and try to build more back links. I got to do what i got to do cause i don’t want to go back to the 9- 5. We all know if it was easy so every one would do it. so got to man up lol.

pierre

By: Rachel

Rachel — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 02:24:54 +0000

So if you then later replace your signature with other links would you expect a similar drop in rankings? I asked this question recently in the WF but no-one seemed to know the answer:-)

By: Tom

Tom — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 14:25:34 +0000

Checked You are Number Two now!

By: Andy Eaton

Andy Eaton — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 13:52:20 +0000

good points. checked your site and its listed at #2 in co.uk

By: Jacl Lalanne Power Juicers

Jacl Lalanne Power Juicers — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 11:31:20 +0000

A good point Andy. Is there a quick way of checking whether a forum is DoFollow? I used to have a function on my browser but it seems to have gone.

John

By: Jack

Jack — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 11:23:12 +0000

I was wondering one strategy from so many days about forum signature links..How about this trick… posting 200 - 1,000 post in your respected niche forums say about 10 to 15… WITHOUT adding signature links to your posts thus creating authority & gaining respects…. after some safe waiting period say about a month put your signature links with a anchor text…. it is possible to do so????

By: Lyndon

Lyndon — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 10:50:26 +0000

Thanks for the tips Andy, it makes good reading from an experienced SEO expert.

By: Denny

Denny — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 10:49:51 +0000

You make a lot of sense–except that it takes so much time to make 200 - 1,000 posts to a forum. I remember the hundreds and hundreds of hours I spent (honestly) posting my 40+ websites to the dozens and dozens of directories and then bookmarking all of the pages and sub-pages. Talk about painting a house with a toothbrush!

By: Nick

Nick — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 10:43:40 +0000

I noticed the same thing when I altered my sig on DP as well my sig on nichejunky.info. I also find that if you are promoting a product its best to find a like product and check out the vendor to see their affiliate page - usually, they have already gotten great info for your product (blogs, forums etc)

Cheers - Nick