What do you think about building links by creating/sponsoring free web templates and putting your link in the footer? Do you get some links using this method?
A method that was VERY popular 2 years ago. Almost everyone was making phpld templates and you could find lots of wordpress template sponsorship requests on link sales section. The method might still work but may also cause Google's wrath on your site.. so do it carefully.
How can i remove that link from my wordpress template that i recently downloaded for my new blog. keep someone else link in every page of my blog is not what i want. can simply replace this link with my link
miksy123 - As jitenbraag mentioned, this used to be popular a few years back. I think google has decreased the benefit of these links recently though. rajx22 - I don't think you're suppose to remove it. That's the exchange you make for getting a free template. Some of the smarter coders encrypt the footers to make it harder to remove.
The problem with link in the footer is it has less weight than other links in the same page, but it may still have some value.
I think this method still work in order to get backlink, what Google can do with it? I found this method is just brilliant
I suggest that you use a different theme, or pay for one. Its not too much to give a link in return for using a theme for free. Removing it would be tantamount to stealing.
I think a good template is really great for linkbuilding. But the template need to be available everywhere and be update from time to time.