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Posted by sam on January 8th, 2010 View Comments
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In any link building campaign, it is important to have an open mind about any link building opportunity. Techniques to direct traffic to your site, establish link popularity, and land a top spot in the search engine rankings abound. Each link building method has its own advantages and disadvantages, and some companies outsource some of these services to a link building company. Link building campaigners can maximize the link value of their site by focusing on reputation building through forum participation. By interacting with other people and exchanging ideas with them effectively, relationships are built and online prestige is created. Compared to other link building tactics that are time-exhaustive, forum participation is a relatively easy method to acquire free links.

Forum pages are valued by search engines and are hence visible to non-participants of the forum. The visibility and credibility that could be potentially reaped out of your participation in an online forum has the potential to direct traffic toward your site and possibly get links pointed to it to establish link popularity. The original intent for any forum participant is to interact with others in a meaningful discussion of topics. From a link building point of view, forums provide a venue where you can add your URL(s) to your profile as well as your post footer. If your forum posts and ideas stand out, a direct result could be minimal link juice for your site and a perfect opportunity to grab the attention of a viewer to visit your web page. Forums shun direct advertising, so great care has to be taken when putting up posts. How does one maximize the potential of forum participation as a link building method? Here are some things to keep in mind:

1. Forum participation is all about contribution. Forum participation is worthless when you have nothing significant to contribute to the discussion itself. For any post to be considered significant, it has to count in terms of how it can enlighten people on a given subject. Posting lines such as “I agree” or “Me, too” on a forum discussion will not help you build a good reputation. What you write and say to other commentators on the forum has to have substance. When your opinions stand out or make sense, it receives attention of other participants. In link building, attention goes a long way. It may earn you visitors, readers, and followers, who will contribute to traffic, possibly free back links that search engines love, and ultimately, link popularity. Spamming is taboo in online forums. Avoid it by all means.
2. Be respectful. Some people love to disagree online on the basis that being disagreeable is more interesting and more attention-grabbing. While this may be true and opposing opinions are inevitable, it is important to present arguments in a respectful manner. Picking fights at online forums achieve absolutely nothing for link popularity. In the end, relevant forum threads may get deleted and the link building opportunity wasted.
3. Obey the rules. Forums are established with their own rules in place. Your participation to the forum is in itself a commitment to abide by a set of rules. Once you disobey the rules, you will get yourself booted out. This will prove injurious to your reputation. Forums vary in terms of posting rules. Some allow signature lines, while others do not. If the forum permits signature lines, leaving a simple and concise signature line with a URL or two at most, will be enough to earn you traffic based on the quality of your post.

The link juice that can be expected from forum participation may be minimal, but it remains one of the best reputation building techniques that can provide you with natural and quality links needed to create link popularity and bolster your position in the search engine rankings. The most important thing to remember is to conduct yourself appropriately, stand out in the posts you contribute, and build relationships in order to maximize the benefits of forum participation as a link building technique.

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