Build links from .edu forums

November 20, 2007 by Collin LaHay
Filed under: General, Link Building 

This is the ninth post in The Link Building Cookbook series that shows you the best techniques to build links to your websites and blogs.

While there are hundreds of forums running on .edu domains, few allow anyone to register and post comments threads with links to your websites. Listed below are four university forums that allow you to register and get free links to your website. To many, this sounds like a huge waste of time as all of the new posts will be PR0, but over time it will certainly be beneficial. I recommend spending 1-2 hours building links from these forums when you have some free time.

Comments

39 Comments on Build links from .edu forums

  1. Shareware on Tue, 20th Nov 2007 12:57 pm

    2. Though I think edu links are overrated I might spend some time on these.

  2. Sudarshan on Tue, 20th Nov 2007 4:40 pm

    3. Pretty good idea….are the backlinks dofollow in these forums?

  3. The Link Building Cookbook · Mixed Market Arts on Wed, 21st Nov 2007 8:41 pm

    4. [...] Part 9 – Build links from .edu forums [...]

  4. Matt on Fri, 23rd Nov 2007 9:07 am

    5. Great tips once again. Thanks,

    Matt

  5. Andres Monroy-Hernandez on Tue, 4th Dec 2007 12:47 pm

    6. This seems like a dishonest way of increasing your PageRank and generate traffic. However, I am glad things like this are discussed out in the open for the people who manage can do the appropriate filtering mechanisms. Thanks for the heads up :-)

  6. Mitchel Resnick on Tue, 4th Dec 2007 1:43 pm

    7. My research group at MIT created and maintains the *removed* website that is listed in this post. The Scratch site is intended to help children and teens develop as creative thinkers. I find it deeply disturbing and unethical that you are encouraging people to insert irrelevant links into our discussion forums. Please delete the URL of the *removed* forums from your post.

  7. Andres Monroy-Hernandez on Tue, 4th Dec 2007 2:31 pm

    8. Thanks for removing our website!

  8. Jansie Blom on Fri, 4th Jan 2008 1:46 pm

    9. i think some site owners have already removed shout boxes and what not because of posts like this. but it would be a dang shame to see this tut disappear.

  9. LiverpoolMad on Mon, 21st Jan 2008 11:37 pm

    10. (PR4)
    http://forum.adison.edu
    i can’t register myself in the above website…plz help me !!!!

  10. Minyak Lintah on Sat, 9th Feb 2008 11:38 am

    11. I know your website from DP. Thanks for sharing with us!

  11. Miscellaneous Link Building on Wed, 12th Mar 2008 5:16 pm

    12. [...] – Looks like a continuation but with more forums here. If you have not read my post about building links from .edu forums, then that goes well with this forum link building theme [...]

  12. soloads on Sat, 29th Mar 2008 11:17 am

    13. http://learn.aero.und.edu/foru.....mID=130439 is full of spam. I don’t think is good to post there.

  13. Weilies Chok on Sat, 29th Mar 2008 9:26 pm

    14. this doesn’t seems like a good way to add our link
    Anyway, can someone send me some great tip in promoting my freelancer network?

    I am giving out something free, but it seems like i need more strategies in link building to compete with those paid freelancer network

    I dont even charge them :(

  14. Weilies Chok on Sat, 29th Mar 2008 9:26 pm

    15. Sry, forgot my site link
    http://www.soskod.com

    PLz share your link building tips if you know some

  15. SEO Guru on Wed, 9th Apr 2008 10:44 am

    16. http://forum.adison.edu is hacked and defunct?

  16. Collin LaHay on Wed, 9th Apr 2008 12:58 pm

    17. Seems like it, bummer.

  17. Larry Abs on Fri, 25th Jul 2008 12:32 am

    18. I believe that .edu links do in fact increase your rankings in the search engines. However, they are very hard to acquire. The end result however, I believe would be worth it.

  18. Larry Abs on Fri, 25th Jul 2008 12:33 am

    19. Those sites unfortunately no longer work.

  19. Sacramento Weddings on Sun, 10th Aug 2008 9:15 am

    20. When my daughter starts college at UC Berkeley, I’m going to TRY to convince her to start a web site or blog (about weddings, of course!). Her page will have 5 links out, and MINE will be one of them…..Muahahhaahaha (Dr Evil laugh).

  20. Sarah Diet on Sun, 31st Aug 2008 3:34 am

    21. Hi, please share some of your link building techniques. I would appreciate it.

  21. Danny - greeting cards on Fri, 24th Oct 2008 1:23 am

    22. Do you have any other or know of any other .edu or .gov forums to post on? Where did you find that original list btw? I don’t think they work anymore.

  22. Tom on Sun, 2nd Nov 2008 6:01 pm

    23. I saw the EDU forum, and did post there. But my post was not a spam type of comment. They were asking about consumer finance, and today’s financial situation. My page rank fell from pr4 to pr3 after the next index!!

    Tom

  23. Chris on Sat, 17th Jan 2009 7:24 pm

    24. Just because your PR rank went down does not mean that it was the result of posting the forums of an .edu site. Ranking can go down for many reasons and it can take a long time for new links to start counting towards your rank.

    I would love a list of other .gov or .edu sites I could post on.

    Boca
    ______
    Sites of mine.
    – A rogue guide site.
    WOW Death Knight Builds – A death knight builds site.
    WOW Gold Reviews – A review site.
    WOW gold guide site – Review site.

  24. Seven Wonders on Thu, 29th Jan 2009 1:30 am

    25. Great information and good idea thanks for sharing with us I really appreciate.

  25. Sacramento Weddings on Wed, 18th Feb 2009 2:26 pm

    26. Collin, I spoke to my daughter’s new bf at UC Berkeley, and it seems there is a very ethical way to establish legit links from EDU sites: START A CLUB.

    for example, a college student could start an “Internet Marketing Club”, which of course encompasses SEO and Link Building as part of its blog, which would be hosted on the .edu domain of that college.

    Collin, when are YOU going to start a club at your school?

  26. Sacramento Weddings on Tue, 3rd Mar 2009 4:39 pm

    27. Today I discovered that my daughter’s college hosts an Energy Resources Blog.

    It just so happens that I’m very interested in Solar Photovoltaic roof panels and Solar hot water for my home.

    We also have 3 sunny acres where Prototypes could be installed, free of charge (we would get the electricity, of course….LOL).

    Having a daughter in college = PRICELESS

  27. Escoofield on Thu, 26th Mar 2009 10:45 am

    28. It’s so amazing! thank you very much!

  28. iman on Tue, 11th Aug 2009 2:33 am

    29. very nice info, thanks buddy

  29. Sleep Disorders on Fri, 28th Aug 2009 10:48 am

    30. Wow , I’m amazed at how fussy these people get with dropping links on forums.

    It’s not like people are bombing you , just making a post or two , putting a link in and leaving…Very little harm in that.

  30. Market Resesrch on Tue, 13th Oct 2009 5:18 am

    31. That is a good idea.

  31. seo on Sat, 28th Nov 2009 5:15 am

    32. This may indeed be a great way to improve seo with quality links like .edu. Do take heed of the spamming warning though. If you spam you’ll lose the link opportunity. Always try a find a topic you are interested in and can offer something useful about.

  32. Josh on Tue, 15th Dec 2009 6:24 am

    33. I did that before, and it worked.

  33. stretch marks treatment on Wed, 13th Jan 2010 9:45 pm

    34. humm its mean .edu links are more beneficial,i will now remember this thing.thanks for this information.

  34. andy b on Sat, 20th Feb 2010 7:24 pm

    35. Great info i was unaware that .edu links get such more pull.. thx, anyone know a .gov with a do follow ?

  35. Build home on Sun, 28th Feb 2010 1:15 pm

    36. Thanks for the information on the forums! Do you think links from student webpages are also valuable?

  36. ucuzagetirdik on Sun, 14th Mar 2010 11:24 am

    37. great idea to link page rank 5-6-7 links. There are some systems but google sometimes can understand they are spam.

  37. Resume Letter on Tue, 16th Mar 2010 9:52 pm

    38. Great information! Thanks for the help! I will start my research and further my link building.

  38. Royan on Thu, 3rd Jun 2010 4:44 am

    39. I am interested to know how links from .edu sites will affect alexa ranking?

  39. bls for healthcare providers on Mon, 12th Jul 2010 8:39 am

    40. Thanks for your nice idea.

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