Yes they do! Craziest thing is, even though I am still an newbie at forums, I have to say, it is the fastest indexing I have ever seen. Same day posts are on google.
Yes, and it does not only help you get more backlinks but you will also get direct traffic to your site if you are a active member.
Yes It is work.not only this you can get more backlinks with commenting on blogs,post a daily new articles and submit to those links to bookmarking and forums sites for google ranking. bestmoneyplace.com
Forum link building is when you do this through forums rather than through website order pages or through other sites. It is very common, and in some cases it is the only reason to even appear in the forum in the first place. At other times it is simply an opportunity that appears to you that you must take.
In my experience they do work, of course they need to be do-follow and ideally related but they are effective - I woudnt try to run a whole SEO campaign using forum signature links but as part of an overall strategy I think they are pretty effective (better than comments nowadays)
I am positive, they do work, just takes a little time to get the traffic coming. Plus, the comments should be seen as a spam, in that case the comment either will be deleted, or marked as <no follow>.
Hi, Well i dont know really. I have over 1000+ posts and yet google only shows me having 3 links from DP. Maybe it takes a little longer to update.
Every backlink works, so does forum backlink. Some people prefer them, since forum backlink building can be automated. Placing your link on relevant forum, increases link's value even more.