Is signature on Digital Point a bad idea?

Discussion in 'General Marketing' started by plusplustutoring, Dec 21, 2009.

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    Is signature on Digital Point a bad idea? Does it hurt Google pagerank?
     
    plusplustutoring, Dec 21, 2009 IP
  2. biglegg

    biglegg Peon

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    How could it be a bad idea, you are giving people the option to have a look no pressure and i can't see it hurting Google page rank.
     
    biglegg, Dec 21, 2009 IP
  3. jeffdean9297

    jeffdean9297 Guest

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    No it can't hurt Google Pagerank. If someone sees something they like in your signature, you get free traffic. What's the problem with that? People can see what you're about and what you have to offer.
     
    jeffdean9297, Dec 21, 2009 IP
  4. internetmarketingiq

    internetmarketingiq Well-Known Member

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    One link effecting pagerank? Who cares? If you want to compete one link is going to make ZERO difference. It will not raise you or hurt you enough to even matter.
     
    internetmarketingiq, Dec 21, 2009 IP
  5. blogaboutnothin

    blogaboutnothin Peon

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    Simple answer: No

    You might want to change your anchor text to "One On One Tutoring" instead of your domain URL. I looked at your site and it is about one on one tutoring program for students. People go on Google to search for "one on one tutoring" so you want to do SEO on keywords that you know people will type into Google.

    Google has a free keyword tool: https://adwords.google.com/select/KeywordToolExternal

    Also, the text in your site is very hard to read because it is a wall of text. Use some spaces so it is easier for your audience to read.
     
    blogaboutnothin, Dec 21, 2009 IP
  6. JasonEV

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    A sig link is a great way to get real targeted visitors to your site. It shouldn't lower your page rank at all. If anything having a link to your site from a forum like Digitalpoint should even help your page rank a little. As blogaboutnothin pointed out it's even better if you use anchor text to help you get better rankings for those terms.
     
    JasonEV, Dec 21, 2009 IP
  7. craigc1980

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    Signature links in forums in my eyes is the best way to get traffic to your websites.

    I have been using other forums for years and is probably the best way not only to communicate but also build trust with people.

    With trust come traffic and as far as google goes, it wont affect you in any way shape or form

    Craig
     
    craigc1980, Dec 21, 2009 IP
  8. harrysmith

    harrysmith Well-Known Member

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    Signatures are your identity in community forums ;) Use them wisely and don;t just spam it.. hehe
    Your signatures should be clean, clear and keyword rich !
     
    harrysmith, Dec 21, 2009 IP
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    Signature is always a very good choise of advertising, if it goes together with forum rules. Some of them can be helpful for seo.
     
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    ipnomad Well-Known Member

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    Signatures on Digital Point forums are do follow so they contribute backlinks to your website. It helps rather than hurt you.
     
    ipnomad, Dec 21, 2009 IP
  11. rcj662

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    I would just put signature links for sites that forum is related to or people at forum might use. It will not hurt site but if you have right links you could get more traffic.
     
    rcj662, Dec 21, 2009 IP
  12. praetserge

    praetserge Notable Member

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    Smart words. If you put your forex related link on DP it's really useless but if you have a website related to SEO and it has good content it will get traffic and a link.
    Stay on topic.
     
    praetserge, Dec 21, 2009 IP
  13. nobodyhatesme

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    #13
    It's not a bad idea and it won't hurt your pagerank, use your signature fully and it could bring traffic to your links, so use it.
     
    nobodyhatesme, Dec 21, 2009 IP
  14. manilodisan

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    Most of the people here are HERE just because of that. Trying to get some juice out of dp and other forums and I'm here as well so you can't say we're wrong rite? :p
     
    manilodisan, Dec 21, 2009 IP
  15. Onguardia.com

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    I heard it's all good, but consider a guy that complained somewhere else here that he had 15,000 posts in a different forum and the posts did not show up in the search engines.

    So I'd be unhappy about that.

    15,000 posts in a forum and no can see.... hmmmmmmmmmmmmm
     
    Onguardia.com, Dec 21, 2009 IP
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    Signature links are the best way to get the traffic to your site and there is no point of hurting your google rank . And DP is one of the top forums , thus signature here is the beneficial
     
    Trish Stratus, Dec 21, 2009 IP
  17. Onguardia.com

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    Oh, I forgot to mention this guy had his link to his main site in his signature, which you can see the fustration about it...
     
    Onguardia.com, Dec 22, 2009 IP
  18. nicky 1

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    #18
    So many answers for an easy question NO.
     
    nicky 1, Dec 22, 2009 IP
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    No it is not bad idea.
     
    hneagle1, Dec 22, 2009 IP
  20. webcosmo

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    Oh its very bad idea. I would take yours.
     
    webcosmo, Dec 22, 2009 IP