Changing DP signature link anchor text......what effect?

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DJMC

Mar 4th 2009, 1:49 pm

As an experiment, I just changed my DP signature for the first time since I came here (one year ago).

Since I've hit the glass ceiling at "Sacramento Weddings" (#2 non-sponsored), I've decided to use the KW "Karaoke" and "DJs" instead.

Don't worry, I still have several thousand other links that still say "Sacramento Weddings" on all the other boards & portal profiles.

Just wondering what this will do to my other KW's.

DP accounts for about 380 of my 5,611 links (about 8-10% overall)

one9host

Mar 4th 2009, 2:02 pm

WOW - I would love hear to how anything is effected.

mauik

Mar 4th 2009, 2:43 pm

WOW - I would love hear to how anything is effected.

As would I. Testing is what drives SEO and I've always been curious to know what the value of DP and other forum links has. Sounds like a perfect little experiment, please keep us posted.

jaxrefinance

Mar 4th 2009, 3:04 pm

It's actually 6.7%... I can't imagine that it would be a huge difference as that is just a part of what gives you that solid ranking. Also, remember that the 6.7% is from essentially the same web site so there is going to be even less of an effect.

Of course, that's just conjecture.

vansterdam

Mar 4th 2009, 3:54 pm

Yeah I don't think it would have much effect. I don't notice much effect from my DP signature links.

Ricardo-san

Mar 4th 2009, 4:23 pm

Very nice.
I doubt there will be too much of a drop in PR though, as DP couldn't have affected your site that much. Google also looks at content, and DP doesn't have much about weddings.

hmansfield

Mar 4th 2009, 4:25 pm

I change my DP links all the time and I have never seen a site drop after removing the link from here after ample time....I have seen sites index and rank a little faster with the DP an other forum links.

Spacefruit

Mar 5th 2009, 3:08 am

I don't think it will make much difference. Google cannot give that much weight to hundreds of links coming from the same source.

Random Guy

Mar 5th 2009, 6:07 pm

They do sometimes. However, most of his links are probably on old posts, which wouldn't have much if any PR

jasoncreja

Mar 6th 2009, 10:28 am

DP backlinks counts but now days any of the page in dP will have more then 50 outbound links.so, it reduces the quality of the page.