Hi I was hoping we could get a bunch of people to chip in with there experiences of link building campaigns to determine how long it actually takes from gaining links until the effects can be seen in google ? I have had a mix of experiences from a week or so, upto one site I did loads of link building for on a specif keyword the site was around 12 - 17th place in google with no change , then after about 9 months its a solid 3 and 4 ? This of course could be down to the link building and an algorith change or both, was am interested in what other people opinions are ?
I usually see effects after 3-4 weeks with increased effectiveness as I let the links age. I'm not sure how long a link continues to build benefit, but its at least 3-4 months after the link appears. I would think you should see some changes at least whenever the backlinks are refreshed which now is pretty frequent.
i'm still on the building process. i know it won't happen overnight. but what we should do is at least try to make quality link if possible at least 200 per week from different sources. and use variation of anchor text.