Hey all, I was wondering if it would hurt a site's ranking by having a link on this forum to a site that is totally irrelevant? For example if I want to get people to review my site (that is related to home furnishing), is it a good idea to have a clickable link in the post? cheers!!!
No, its actually a pretty good way to get your site indexed since DP is constantly visited by the search engines due to a constant stream of content.
James DP is a great place to have your links. Google will index your site very quickly and you may also get some unique visitors. Jason
It can't hurt. Think about it. If a link from XYZ page could hurt your website in Google's rankings, then your competitors could buy a bunch of links from XYZ page to your website, and by doing so damage your site without your permission.
Thank you all for your replies! Looks like the jury is unanimous on this one. It's just I keep hearing this that if your back-links aren't relevant it could hurt your ranking. I guess that is exaggerated. cheers mates!
bonus for you, some threads on DP actually has PR, so if you happen to join in those, your backlink will worth....somethin
Because Google knows what a website is about right? If it finds a lot of incoming links from SEO sites it may draw some conclusions I do not want it to draw. No one knows exactly its present or future algorithm. You may say "But if it was the case, then you could do this to your competition!".. Yes, you are correct, I'm one of those who believe googlebowling works.
Its will never hurt. It can only give you some benefits or else NOTHING! But.. It won't do any damage. Don't worry! DigitalPoint is Good For you.
backlinks from bad neighborhood CAN hurt your site. prolly not much, but can nonetheless even right now your competitor can file DMCA or click bombed you which are also beyond your control....
So it's about the BL quality ? if i'm have game site, then i got backlink from travel site, could the backlink hurt my site ? sory i'm nuB in this backlink building