Backlinks..

[Shahrier]

Well, I have my link in a sig in a lot of forums, yet none of them show up when I check my backlinks.

Do forum links not count or something?

 

[froggyboy604]

Maybe most of the popular search engines are mostly counting links from high Authority websites like Huffington Posts, Gawker, Game Spot, GameFaq, GameSpy and other highly successful sites, and care less about backlinks from sites where anyone can post a link, or easily buy a link like forums, blogs, personal sites, and social bookmarking sites.

The only way to know is to contact a search engine employee, but they usually keep their rankings a secret.

 

[Shahrier]

Backlinks are supposed to recorded, regardless of the fact that it isn't a big site. Of course, those backlinks are much better in quality.

 

[froggyboy604]

I think Google hides some of your backlinks, or it takes time for them to show up in Google Webmaster tools, or Google search according to a video I watched on Google's YouTube channel for Webmasters.

 

[PoBoy]

It does take quite a while for them to show in Webmaster Tools. If you're interested in a bit better backlink reporting, I suggest Majestic SEO. Also know that forum profile links have lost a lot of importance when linking directly to your site. They're better for using in a pyramid and pointing them at a buffer site.

 

[Shahrier]

Referring Domains

4

External Backlinks

533

based on Majestic SEO


So other backlink checkers say I have 1 backlink and this one says I have 533? That's kind of surprising.

 

[PoBoy]

Mm hmm. Like I said, I suggest that one 😉

What's more probable? That Majestic randomly "made up" URLs that are pointing to your site, or your other tools aren't detecting links you actually have?

 

[netsavy006]

While these posts deal with blogs, it may apply to forums as well:

http://blog.2createawebsite.com/2010/07 ... -dofollow/
http://blog.2createawebsite.com/2011/01 ... -dofollow/