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Link Wheels - Do they still work?

by Sumit Menon
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Hey guys,

I'm thinking of doing a link wheel on one of my sites.

I read a thread in WF itself that Google is tracking down on Link Wheels. Is that true? (Dammit I misplaced the thread and now I can't find it)

Are they still effective?

How do I do a link wheel with a single article? Spin it or just use the same article over and over again.

And how do I link to the articles?

I mean, do I just link to the other article somewhere randomly or do I embed the links inside the article?

Thanks,
Sumit.
#link #wheels #work
  • Profile picture of the author ruch1v
    apparently googles catching on so its better to mix it up a little, i would suggest signing up to Lemarian's newsletter here Success, life and internet marketing by Linus Rylander as he sends updates on how to switch it up a little

    happy Diwali

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  • Profile picture of the author Jeff S
    Check out the free video in my signature file (or visit my link wheel site) and you'll see the different types of link wheels available, how to build them, etc.

    Hope it helps
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  • Profile picture of the author edwatki
    in what way is google catching on? Was this info in the newsletter update?
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  • Profile picture of the author CliveG
    Although we know that Google has some complicated systems for tracking systems such as link wheels we do not know exactly what they are. However, I think that it is safe to assume that as a "system" becomes used widely it will attract attention and if Google does not like it they will attempt to track it and penalize its use. Some people believe that this is happening with link wheels.

    The answer is to use the principle of the link wheel but do something sufficiently different so that it is not seen as a link wheel. This will work for as long as Google likes backlinks and does not see whatever you do as a new system to crack down on. What is sufficiently different though is difficult.
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  • Profile picture of the author flaminjo
    i am working on one, and it has been working decently, so i guess it should give me good results in the longer run!
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  • Profile picture of the author jazbo
    Not from where I am standing they dont, I developed another strategy as linkwheels dont seem to get indexed or add any real weight now.
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  • Profile picture of the author Si_P
    Can someone actually define what a link wheel is for me?
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  • Profile picture of the author rainmist
    It's a good strategy for link building. However, number of output links must be controlled.
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  • Profile picture of the author Mr Money Maker
    It's an old strategy ...but works, just use a lot of other techniques also and don;t put all your eggs in one basket
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  • Profile picture of the author health259
    well its new for me. can any one explain for me what is a link wheel? how we create a link wheel?
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    • Profile picture of the author Silas Hart
      I have two BIG questions. How does someone build an effective linkwheel, and what are some different methods?
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    • Profile picture of the author mattrix329
      Originally Posted by health259 View Post

      well its new for me. can any one explain for me what is a link wheel? how we create a link wheel?
      Linkwheels are just a bunch of 2.0 properties and articles linked together. All of the properties link to your landing page, or a page you want to rank. It's used to be an extremely effective way of SEO until google caught on. Make one too obvious today and your site just may get sandboxed . For visualization with the "=>" symbolizing a link:

      First Squido=> blogger=> wordpress.com=> hubpages=> weebly=> livejournal=> Squidoo (same page as the first squidoo).
      All pages link to your landing page.

      I realize that's a horrible explanation if any-- just google linkwheel and you'll find a ton of stuff. Good luck!
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      • Profile picture of the author kkchoon
        Originally Posted by mattrix329 View Post

        Linkwheels are just a bunch of 2.0 properties and articles linked together. All of the properties link to your landing page, or a page you want to rank. It's used to be an extremely effective way of SEO until google caught on. Make one too obvious today and your site just may get sandboxed . For visualization with the "=>" symbolizing a link:

        First Squido=> blogger=> wordpress.com=> hubpages=> weebly=> livejournal=> Squidoo (same page as the first squidoo).
        All pages link to your landing page.

        I realize that's a horrible explanation if any-- just google linkwheel and you'll find a ton of stuff. Good luck!
        Well described! However, I don't think link wheel or anything else will get your site sandbox unless you link to them!

        If you don't want Google to catch your network, why don't you just build web 2.0 properties without linking them together?

        I use web 2.0 properties and link to my site, doesn't really link each property together.
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      • Profile picture of the author timpears
        Originally Posted by mattrix329 View Post

        Linkwheels are just a bunch of 2.0 properties and articles linked together. All of the properties link to your landing page, or a page you want to rank. It's used to be an extremely effective way of SEO until google caught on. Make one too obvious today and your site just may get sandboxed . For visualization with the "=>" symbolizing a link:

        First Squido=> blogger=> wordpress.com=> hubpages=> weebly=> livejournal=> Squidoo (same page as the first squidoo).
        All pages link to your landing page.

        I realize that's a horrible explanation if any-- just google linkwheel and you'll find a ton of stuff. Good luck!
        I took a class from Don and Jeremy, and building a linkwheel was one of the first things they went into. Jeremy stressed that you should NOT complete the circle by linking your last page (livejournal) back to your first page (squidoo). I don't remember if he told us why that was, but I do remember that the wheel should not be a complete circle. But all the spokes should link to your money page.
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  • Profile picture of the author Si_P
    Do you use the RSS feeds in the link wheel?
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  • Profile picture of the author linkwheeler
    Do you use the RSS feeds in the link wheel?

    Yes you do.
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    • Profile picture of the author bani1
      Link wheel also a best SEO strategy i got a lot traffic
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  • Profile picture of the author moneymoguls
    In my experience link wheels work now better than the same number of regular backlinks. They certainly don't multiply backlink power. I bought a large and complex link wheel and have seen little or no impact on SERPs for a medium competition keyword phrase.
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    • Profile picture of the author sbp8610
      In my opinion I believe it would just be a better use of time to get one way backlinks from all of the web 2.0 properties you can. I wouldn't want to spend time trying to build up the web 2.0 properties in my link wheel instead of just getting the one way links, so I don't even bother creating the wheel.

      But that's just my opinion.

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  • Profile picture of the author nettech
    Hi,

    Does anyone have a comprehensive list of Web2.0 properties or point to me to the relevant thread please?

    Cheers
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  • Profile picture of the author adsenseku
    you must plan your linkwheel b4 working on it..
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    • Profile picture of the author kkchoon
      Originally Posted by nettech View Post

      Hi,

      Does anyone have a comprehensive list of Web2.0 properties or point to me to the relevant thread please?

      Cheers
      Squidoo
      LiveJournal
      Vox
      Blogspot
      Articlesbase
      Tumblr
      Webs.com
      ArticleDashboard
      Wordpress
      GoArticles
      Weebly
      Yola
      Blogsome
      Jimdo
      blog.co.uk

      Anyone to add more?
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  • Profile picture of the author BJ Min
    do you link the web2.0 together? or just link to your money site?

    Do you use the SAME KEYWORDS for each of the web2.0 properties or use different keywords for each of the web2.0 properties?
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    • Profile picture of the author bulbay
      i use this tactic to raise my site's placement on google. first i'll tell you what I've done so far. and then i'll want your advices

      what I've done so far:
      I've made 9 blogs from wordpress etc. i am posting an article a day for a month. all my articles are the same. this means when i posted an article on one of my blogs, i post the same on the others. i post different articles everyday. i write my articles. none of them is copy.

      i use a method for linking. i give 7 links in my every article. 3 of them to my main site. and 1 of these 3 is like site . com/article and the others like site . com. other 3 of 7 to the next blog. 1 of these like blog2 . com/article and others like blog2 . com. and finally last one is to the blog itself. this means if i wrote this article on blog1 . com this link goes to blog1 . com/article

      and i wrote 9 tags to my every article. all of them are the same all the time

      i guess i am doing something wrong! my page was no.18 on google. now no.24
      what should i do to fix this? what is wrong with my link wheel?

      is this situation temporary or my site's position will decrease unless i give up writing?
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