Hello Guys! I have added my site link in tge footer of my vBulletin forum and after 5 days the 2 power keywords dropped from #1 and #3 to position #7 and #8! Will my keywords jump again or should I remove my site from footer? Matt said we should not do it. The other google represetant in a webinar said that if its not a purchased link its ok to use footer links. P.s using no-index on footer links. Will be great to get answers from experienced persons and not from those give me a like users. Thanks.
You can remove the link and check your position after a while It's hard to say for sure but there is a opinion that such kind of links (from all pages of the website) could be harmful especially for the new websites. And what was the anchor of that link? If there was the key in it then it increases the possibility of connection between setting the link and low positions.
Footer links has nothing to do with your dropped in rankings and the performance of the site is definitely the cause due to poor delivery of new, interesting and beneficial content for the target audience.
Outbound links on footer create large no. of backlinks for that websites. Nearly every indexed page will give you backlink. Here I will show you one example Checkout websites - 99acres .com , naukri .com, jeevansathi .com A person created a hub in the footer and some of the sites rank very well in the SERP. These are massive websites with large no. of pages. Now check the backlinks of these websites. Don't really know whether it is a good strategy or not but perfectly work for this guy.
i strongly recommend not to remove the footer links... before taking the decision, analyze your competitor site first...
It is good to set a link in the footer but only when a site have enough visitors and strong presence on google. It definitely give the high quality backlink back to your site that is offcourse valuable.
So what have you decided, Zoti Media Group? To remove the links from footer? Keep us posted please Thanks in advance.