Do forum links actually count and get picked up by Google?

is that right .does it workout

 

You shouldn't go spamming forums but they do count as backlinks.

 

Links from forums are considered by Google but such backlinks have very less weight and effect when it comes to SERPs.

Good luck,

 

Forum signatures often get picked by Google and other search engines (signatures from good forums), the main issue is that link juice from individual signature link is rather negligible.

 

also surely all the signature links dilute the value of each link on the page.

 

Yes, they do count, but the nature of the forum and the context of the link are very important. I actually have strong evidence that even single forum links have had immense SEO value in certain special cases, since, in a few unusual cases where forums were discontinued, there were certain pages on my websites that sharply fell in search results shortly after the forums were taken down.

My general rule of thumb, which is not strictly true, but that I have found is as good a guideline as any, is that links that send traffic to your sites are more likely to have SEO value, primarily because they tend to be the ones that have a more relevant context.

I also think that how you link in forums reflects hugely on you. Many forums are littered with spammy-looking anchor text in signatures, with no context and no relevance to anything. Do you really think google can't detect that stuff and weight it appropriately?

Just be a good, honest net citizen and it'll pay off in the end. Forums can have great seo and traffic value but if you start thinking / acting like a spammer, you're going to be treated as one.

 

I have seen forum links count. But I don't think forum is well indexed.

 

forum is well indexed, especially DP, it really well indexed
BTW, why he is banned? lol

 

yes it works but no all forum`s pages are being indexed by google

 

Links from forums it's count in Google backlinks. You can also getting traffic from the forum site.

 

Contextual forum links are usually some of the most organic links around so it would make total sense for the search engines to discount them Like everybody has time to start their own site on a self hosted account. Forums are the easiest way to generate massive quantities of links fast.

 

how come that guy is banned? and yeah the forum links do count but i don't know how effective they are

 

Off Topic Renlok
The free auction script how good is it?
anything like swoop

 

Do you think the forum profile page with your url is worth more than sig links

 

Sorry, but quotes like this couldn't be further from the truth. There is a reason why tools like xrumer and the like are costly and why people blast thousands of links every day to their site just via forum profiles. You just have to know how to use these tools. I have many clients that come back to me and happily keep buying backlink packages, because they got results. I even have clients on monthly plans since they want to outsource all their backlinking completely to me. And all of this hold true for even the most competitive niches! Right now I'm moving around 10 million backlinks every day for my clients and constantly work to improve my service since I get so many orders.
However, you can't just spam some low-PR, low quality forums and hope you'll shoot to the top of Google. It doesn't work that way. Google considers lots of factors when calculating the value of a backlink, f.e. load and crawl speed of the site, PR, no nofollow attribute, number of outgoing links and many more. You just need to find a way to filter sites like that and then you have an arsenal of high-quality backlinks that will provide tremendous SEO value.
And by the way, even links on profiles that you can only see when you're logged in will count, since these rules aren't in effect for SE spiders (spiders don't need to log in to see the link, they can find it even without it).

 

Interesting reply but not to the point. Please read the original question which OP posted. He was asking about backlinks from forums (I think)

And by the way, you mentioned that you use SEO tools and softwares to get 10 million backlinks a day (which I don't have any idea HOW), so here's a tip mate, SEO is all about making things natural for visitors and for search engines as well. If you prefer backlinks more then website structure or content, then you should re-consider your SEO strategy.

Good luck,

 

Well, forum profile links are "backlinks from forums", correct? So that includes profiles in signatures, posting as a normal user in the forum, that includes profile links etc.

It is possible to do this kind of volume, of course I have xx staff members and several servers that help me to move this kind of volume. SEO is a fierce battle being fought every day mate, if you don't believe this then you never ranked for a truly competitive term.

SEO is about getting your site to the top, not more and not less. Of course, making everything look natural will certainly help in both ways (for your visitors and SE's) but pointing backlinks to your site is the only thing you can do off-page to help your site's rankings.

I never said anywhere that I prefer backlinks more than website structure or content, please don't misinterpret my posts. On-page and off-page optimization go hand-in-hand when it comes to SEO, everyone knows that. Of course not everybody has the budget to outsource his backlinking at this scale and it isn't really needed for very low-competition niches. Then again, not everybody wants to manually build links all day or learn how to use all kinds of different backlinking tools.
Not wanting to sound like promoting myself here, but I have clients paying me hundreds to thousands of dollars every month and they come back happily for more, so I think my SEO strategy is working quite well.

 

Mate, I like the way you facts; and I also agree with you on few things. But OP is only asking (as far as I can get) whether forum links are effective and how Google considers backlinks from forums/signatures.

In most opinions (as you can see above in this thread), forum links aren't effective when we talk about search result pages. And you are right about "SEO is about getting your site to the top", but frankly speaking, there are certain "effective" ways we can do link building and other optimization (on & off page) to rank our sites well in SERPs.

Again, my point was (in a wider scenario), backlinks are essential for any SEO campaign BUT backlinks from relevant and authoritative sites contains more weight then irrelevant sites. And forum links (as mentioned above) contain very less value as nearly to non to effect site ranking in SERPs.

Hope I made myself clear.

Good luck,

 

My general rule of thumb, which is not strictly true, but that I have found is as good a guideline as any, is that links that send traffic to your sites are more likely to have SEO value, primarily because they tend to be the ones that have a more relevant context.

... so true

 

Normally forum links, considers backlinks, but very light weight backlinks, instead you should get backlinks from article directories.