Hi all, I read about and article and it says that link wheel strategy is not effective as before because google notice this kind of technique and able to de-index the pages. I don't how true is this information maybe you could give your thoughts regarding this matter. Thank you!
Ive found that linkwheels can still be effective. It is worth setting one up because all you lose is time really. MY last 3 link wheels (for different sites) have pushed the rankings in the SERPS pretty impressively....so go for it.
Good to hear that linkwheel is still working for you, but recently i read an e-book on linkwheel explaining the advanced linkwheeling concepts and strategies. The author mentions that old school linkwheel is been identified by big G and not giving the value in search engine ranking....
I am sure that in some cases Linkwheels can be less effective than expected....but since they do not hurt your rankings you do not lose anything by doing them. In my own experience around 8-% of my linkwheels have had the desired effect.
I've never been a fan of these type of spammy sites I have no problem getting real links to my site, without having to link to another strange site
Anything which is manipulative or organized in a way that can affect the ranking in an unnatural way is bound to get off the Google's list.
I agree in some cases link wheels are less effective. Reasons: 1. if you are using same content in all properties. 2. if the content is not seo optimized. 3. if you are creating closed linkwheel. 4. Depends on number of properties you are using. 5. Create linkwheel strategy with utter care, else it will not show desired results. Apart from these there are other parameters to keep in mind while working on linkwheels. I am currently working on advance and social advance link wheels and have seen excellent results