This post is related to Wiki links, PR passing from Wiki links, PR update and backlinks being counted from Wiki... so im posting it here under General Marketing. It didnt really fit in Link Development or site review, so here goes.. Ok.. I got 3 links from Wiki to one of my sites almost 7 months ago. The links were from different pages from Wiki coming to different pages of my site. The pages these links were coming from had PR ranging from 5 - 7. One link from PR 5 page, 1 link from PR 6 page and 1 link from PR 7 page to be exact. But after a few months, and after a Google PR update, I didn't see any change in my sites PR. (Site PR was 3 originally) Also, I've noticed that links from Wiki are not being counted in the backlinks on Google or on other search engines, after more than 3 backlink updates on Google only and multiple backlink updates on MSN and Yahoo. My question here is.. has anyone seen improvement in PR due to links from Wiki, or seen these links being counted as backlinks to your sites on Google? I think people who already have links from Wiki can help me here. Also, I just came across this thread by adamovic... msn score dmoz link excellent, but not from wikipedia which might be related.
I thought they had no follow tags but a quick glance at their code did'nt show anything. I don't believe i've ever received PR from a wikipedia link, i do have a fair amount of traffic coming though!
Yes, I forgot to mention, none of the links had nofollow tags. They were all cached by Google, and were direct links.
1 or 2 links may not affect the PR very much. You should forget about PR and sit back happy in the knowledge that a long term wikipedia link is one of the best you can get.
Wikipedia is large, and known to be abused by link spammers. So even if its links aren't nofollowed, it is possible that Google is treating it as a special case. This isn't unheard of, since they have made a point of not allowing PR to pass on bought links on certain specific domains, in the past.
I have about 8 Wiki links going to different pages in my site. Result is I get more traffic from Wiki than I do from MSN. Also if I check my BL in Yahoo they all all ranked as the most important top links I have. So they are Invaluable but dont abuse and try to spam.
It would make no sense for Google to devalue long standing Wikipedia links. They are some of the most strictly monitored links on the internet. A long standing link from Wikipedia shows that you are an authority site. Low quality links will stick for all of 5 minutes in Wikipedia.
But Wikipedia itself had a long debate about this, before it eventually came out in favour of not using nofollow. The thing is, what you say is true when it comes to popular categories. But there are people who manage to post links on obscure subjects, and keep them up for a while because nobody notices.
I agree with that, I've got 2 links on wkipedia : they bring traffic and show up in Yahoo! site explorer. And because Answers.com use wikipedia content, one of them is on another PR6 page. The drawback, imho, is the spam sites mirroring wiki content. I've got hundreds of junk links from them.
Thats true. One of my site got a few links from Wiki which brought regular referrers every day, more than what was coming through MSN. Ofcourse the site was not ranking anywhere on Google, thats why Wiki because the top referrer for that site. But the links were removed after a few weeks from Wiki About Wiki links being monitored, I agree with that 100%. IMO all high PR links quickly obtained for a site are somewhat monitored by Google to make sure they are bought links etc.. If they stay longer, then the PR will be passed. IMO, the same case is true for Wiki links also. It's just checking the age of those links and monitoring them to make sure they stay there for a longer time before it gives the site credit for these Wiki links.
I also see some nice traffic to one of my sites from Wiki links. IMHO it is quite valubale and easy to obtain.
Yea a wiki link is always good. If it's a well-read article that has a general term, then you could get quite a good number of incoming traffic