SHHH... its a secret!
Okay, maybe its not a secret, but it’s not well known… Until now.
On Earliers 30DC TV, i mentioned in the chat a hot little secret to getting .edu and .gov backlinks and i thought i would let the secret out for the rest of you who missed it.
I came across a way to find .gov and .edu blogs and forums yesterday that will help give you the link juice you need to rank all that much better. To make spotting whether or not they’re “nofollow” or not I would suggest you install the SEO addon for firefox/flock that was mentioned in a pre-season video (cant remember which one). Once this is done any links that are nofollow will be highlighted in red but can be changed to any colour of your choice in the addons settings.
Now, here’s the juicy part of this post. In order to find the .gov and .edu blog and forums simply do a search in Google, Yahoo, and MSN with these terms “inurl:.gov+inurl:blog”, inurl:.edu+inurl:forum”, inurl:.gov+inurl:blog, and “inurl:.edu+inurl:forum”.
Now take a few minutes to browse through your results and find the blogs and forums that offer links via comments and forum posts/replies that aren’t nofollow. It will take some time to sift through the results but will be worth it in the long run.
IMPORTANT Hot tip: Only add 1 or 2 comments/posts/etc. per week. The search engines are smart and will recognize if all of the sudden there’s like 20 new .gov links pointing back to you and you’ll get penalized for it. Be patient and just add a link or two every week or so. In a couple months you’ll see you PR increase a healthy amount (it does take some time).
Just remember to NEVER spam anyone - leave thoughtful relevant comments/posts.
Good luck, and remember; patience is key…