Who says signature links are worthless..!!

well they are not that effective as they were some years back, but still a backlink is a backlink

 

One of the tips I’ve seen given in many SEO articles is that if you add your blog’s URL as a signature in your messages left in forums that you’ll increase your Search Engine Ranking. It makes sense, especially if you use the keywords you’re targeting - however Search Engine FAQ is running a test on the theory and so far it seems that such a strategy is yet to prove to be helpful in increasing page rank.

All is not lost however trolling forums to promote your site in signatures is your strategy because it can still send significant traffic to your site if you choose the right forums and are genuine in your comments.

Regards

 

I have sites I've only listed in forums sigs, that have in fact, received page rank.

 

Yes I believe sig links are great for backlinks and driving traffic to your sites.

 

also easily available....

 

this is still a link, so it's still counted.

 

signiture is very useful ,definately

 

I think they are better if you are active on the forum as well

 

Hi,
Signature links are more worthable. I got all back links for my blog(Seo Services India - 1st Sig) from DPF only. So its should be there in forums...i voted as NO...

 

thanks for voting
I have a few questions
how much traffic do you get from your dp sig
is this the only forum you have that sig on
and of that traffic, how much actually converts to sales?

cheers
-Brandon

 

Sig links have two beneficial effects

1] Backlinks
2] Traffic (If on appropriate forums)

You should plan your sig link so as to make maximum use of both effects.

 

Forums signatures is worth to have if your post count is way more than only few posts. In this example I think it can make significant impact because of so many instant backlinks.

More such an experiments to motivate newbies!

 

I have always found links in signatures very good,some sites are better than others but its still seen as a valuable link.

 

Dofollow forum signature link always help you. it is slow process but helpful to get backlink. As i know every backlink help you to get a good rank in SEs.

 

I've started using a site like bit.ly to track my sig links so I can actually see if anyone is clicking them.
I know they help in SERP's but I'm interested in visitors as well.
like the 1st link in my sig has been clicked 68 times so far
http://bit.ly/6RfJ7o+

 

I used to get around 40-60 visitors per month for a sig link I tracked a year ago. If you post more and better posts/threads, you will probably get more, especially if the sig link is relevant and useful.

 

Could anyone advise if signature links can help a new website start getting indexed by Google?

 

Any link that the google bot will follow will help getting it indexed, so yeah!

 

I accept with information:

 

yup, I've ran a few test and only used forum sig links to start off sites and they did in fact get indexed