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How good is a gov backlink?

Discussion in 'Link Development' started by Rakaan, Feb 13, 2012.

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    Does anyone has an experience dealing with gov backlink? What sort of advantages would it bring to a site?

    cheers
     
    Rakaan, Feb 13, 2012 IP
  2. pentavon.gary

    pentavon.gary Active Member

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    yeah .. i have a lot . A pure .gov backlink are very cool to have . Google have great respect to this domains. .mil, .gov and .edu.

    In this order..
     
    pentavon.gary, Feb 13, 2012 IP
  3. seowiz52

    seowiz52 Greenhorn

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    .gov links are seen as carrying more weight compared to regular domain extensions as they are deemed to have more authority. They are seen to be trusted more by search engines because of the nature of the websites themselves.
     
    seowiz52, Feb 13, 2012 IP
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    borhanice Peon

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    .gov and .edu. is very important at different search engine . They have some extra demand .
     
    borhanice, Feb 13, 2012 IP
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    boyka Greenhorn

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    dominika Greenhorn

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    I agree .gov and .edu sites are good for seo.
     
    dominika, Feb 13, 2012 IP
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    ramcoondemand Peon

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    More .gov back links you have for your site, search engine will easily recognize your website.
     
    ramcoondemand, Feb 13, 2012 IP
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    jhonden Peon

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    .gov backlinks are very useful and they are considered as trusted links. It is better to have a link excahnge with them but to get it is really tough.
     
    jhonden, Feb 13, 2012 IP
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    sameer_max Active Member

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    Links from .gov and .edu domain are considered very authoritative and trustworthy by Google. They are held in high esteem by search engines and having a lot of such links can do wonders for your PR.
     
    sameer_max, Feb 14, 2012 IP
  10. brittnyaliza

    brittnyaliza Peon

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    Gov backlinking is new for me and after reading this thread i did not get any satisfactory answer about that. Can someone tell me briefly that what is gov backlinking?
     
    brittnyaliza, Feb 14, 2012 IP
  11. C.Rebecca

    C.Rebecca Active Member

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    Links from Government domains are called .gov backlinks.

    And maybe I am the only one here but I seriously think .edu/ .gov/ .org links, in itself, don’t carry any weight. I mean extensions don’t affect backlinking credit..They should work just as good as any other related, HQ backlink...To say that SEs favour such links - I doubt...
     
    C.Rebecca, Feb 14, 2012 IP
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    They count much more than "normal" link or low-PR links from new blogs, forums etc... Definitely, the more the better. You can try to get them on Fiverr, although I don't have any experience with that
     
    edvvardbrian, Feb 15, 2012 IP
  13. Brandon Sheley

    Brandon Sheley Illustrious Member

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    I think everyone in here really needs to read up on SEO and backlinks.
    a .com is just the SAME as a .edu, .gov etc..

    The REASON why people in general think a ,.gov is going to rank them higher is because most .edu and .gov sites rank VERY WELL so ofcourse a link is going to rank well.

    Okay.. lets watch everyone continue to post how great .edu and .gov links are. :rolleyes:
     
    Brandon Sheley, Feb 15, 2012 IP
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    anonymous479 Active Member

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    I pretty much agree. I think they might be weighted slightly more but only very slightly... If any. I wouldn't go on the hunt for .gov links. If I were deciding between a .gov and .com link on a page of the same pagerank, I would base my entire decision pretty much on the quality of the pages as determined by semoz and the # of obl..... not the extension.

     
    anonymous479, Feb 15, 2012 IP
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    Samantafox Peon

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    There are some admins selling gov backlinks for $45..
     
    Samantafox, Feb 15, 2012 IP
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    hip_hop_x Active Member

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    Exacly as you said, also a major role play the pagerank and the domain age. From my experience, new domains take abit longer to rank then an aged domain.
     
    hip_hop_x, Feb 15, 2012 IP
  17. Irfi0009

    Irfi0009 Banned

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    I would be wary of putting your links on a page that his spammed to death.
     
    Irfi0009, Feb 15, 2012 IP
  18. mariailyas

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    gov and edu backlinks are great to get , but you can not get these type of links easily, however i try to get links from .com sites almost
     
    mariailyas, Feb 16, 2012 IP
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    snyxius Peon

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    .gov and .edu links are great for the site which gives good back link..................
     
    snyxius, Feb 16, 2012 IP
  20. thegmc

    thegmc Greenhorn

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    Thanks for clarifying, the link quality is only affected by the normal factors for the site.
     
    thegmc, Feb 19, 2012 IP