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Get 100's of .edu backlinks by using Google to find blogs and wiki's

Even tho mattcutt's says there is no weight given to .edu or .gov links, I think their is and I'll quickly outline how You can find backlinks yourself.

Now, Read this first..
Take these actions at your own risk, this is a bit BLACK-HAT
but if you don't get carried away, it's an easy .edu backlink.


you all should know that google search has a few commands that will get info on your site.. such as

site:vbulletinsetup.com

will ( in theory ) show all indexed pages from the url "vbulletinsetup.com"

Google announced last year that this command is messed up, but even today, you can get a good idea of your indexed pages in google.

another one is

link:vbulletinsetup.com

this will show all backlinks that google has indexed for your site..

and there is
inurl:keyword

this will show all links with "keyword" in the url

okay, to the fun stuff..

If you have ever been to wikipedia, you know that anyone can edit a page.. Usually it'll get kicked back to the default setting, but it is possible to edit them.. Some ppl don't keep their wiki's as strict..

go to google and put this in the search box.

site:.edu inurl:wiki

you'll find a bunch of .edu sites that a student or class has added a wiki.. Sometimes you can find good pages to leave your link on.

and then, if you want to get a little more targeted, use this command

site:.edu inurl:wiki "vbulletin"

and change the "vbulletin" to "yourniche"

if you know a better way of sorting these, please post them..

here are a few that will find blogs.

site:.edu inurl:blog

so this shows a bunch of blogs.. but you don't want to waste time searching for blogs you can comment on.. So you narrow it down with this.

site:.edu inurl:blog “post a comment”

and sometimes the blog owner has closed the comments, so you want to search this to narrow the closed blogs out.

site:.edu inurl:blog “post a comment” -"comments closed”

okay, so this is getting close to the perfect starting spot, well your wrong..
Some blogs make you login to comment.. so lets remove those too.

site:.edu inurl:blog “post a comment” -"comments closed" -"you must be logged in”

okay, we have a pretty good list of sites that are available for us to comment on

but wait, lets narrow it down to blogs about your niche..

site:.edu inurl:blog "post a comment" -"comments closed" -"you must be logged in" "art"

Okay, it looks like you have enough ammo to do some damage..

Be Careful with this info, if used properly, I'm sure you can find a dozen quality spots to add your site

cheers
-Bs

[Brandon Sheley]

you can also try

site:.edu inurl:forum

and don't forget to add you "niche" to narrow sites down

here are a list of forums that someone posted already

ttp://clic.cses.vt.edu/forum/
http://drc.fiu.edu/phpbb/
http://www.lpl.arizona.edu/news_lpl/phpBB2/
http://www.webb-institute.edu/phpBB2/
https://drc.fiu.edu/phpbb/
http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/
http://serendip.brynmawr.edu/forum/
http://somapps.med.upenn.edu/phpbb/
http://washburnlaw.edu/admissions/forums/
http://www.seed.pamplin.vt.edu/forum/
http://www.cortex.salk.edu/phpBB2/
http://jefferson.wsu.edu/forum/
http://sail.usc.edu/transonics/phpBB2/
http://sab.iac.gatech.edu/forum/
https://forums.towson.edu/
http://www.tribunal.uc.edu/forums/
http://muppets.rit.edu/phpBB2/
http://pharmnet.olemiss.edu/phpbb2/
http://www.levchenkov.com/egsa/phpBB219/

[MaestroX]

Great article. Knowing some of the more advanced commands of Google can really make searching for secific content much easier.

Its funny actually because hackers can now use Google so effectively they can target vulnerable websites using the advanced functions of Google

[extreme-mobile]

seems like a good idea but i couldnt find anything that is relative to my site

[Brandon Sheley]

whats your niche ?

[extreme-mobile]

well i was thinking of using this system not for my vb site but for another site

My niche is..

Woodburning stoves (If unsure ive put my link to site in my profile)

ive tried as you said but using woodburning stoves, stoves, multi fuel stoves and more but nothing thats relative

[ninjashoes]

If Matt Cutts says theres no weight given to edu links then I am going to trust what he says and not waste my time.

[Brandon Sheley]

Originally Posted by extreme-mobile

well i was thinking of using this system not for my vb site but for another site

My niche is..

Woodburning stoves (If unsure ive put my link to site in my profile)

ive tried as you said but using woodburning stoves, stoves, multi fuel stoves and more but nothing thats relative

site:.edu inurl:blog "post a comment" -"comments closed" -"you must be logged in" "stove" - Google Search

here are 51

site:.edu inurl:blog "post a comment" -"comments closed" -"you must be logged in" "wood" - Google Search

and here are 400

these are just blogs, I'd check inurl:wiki and inurl"forum as well when searching.

Originally Posted by ninjashoes

If Matt Cutts says theres no weight given to edu links then I am going to trust what he says and not waste my time.

your certainly entitled to that

Originally Posted by MaestroX

Great article. Knowing some of the more advanced commands of Google can really make searching for secific content much easier.

it's what I play around with when I in class..lol
google is one of the few sites that aren't blocked


cheers
-Bs

[eric]

have tried to play some for my latest 'dead duck' forum and it didn't return to much, but I need to fine tune keywords maybe before judging

Still this is a powerful tool, might invent some other uses over time

[Brandon Sheley]

I messed with this a month or so ago one night and now I can search yahoo and find 2 backlinks from .edu sites

I would like to get 50 or so

-Bs

[extreme-mobile]

Originally Posted by Brandon

site:.edu inurl:blog "post a comment" -"comments closed" -"you must be logged in" "stove" - Google Search

here are 51

site:.edu inurl:blog "post a comment" -"comments closed" -"you must be logged in" "wood" - Google Search

and here are 400

these are just blogs, I'd check inurl:wiki and inurl"forum as well when searching.



your certainly entitled to that





it's what I play around with when I in class..lol
google is one of the few sites that aren't blocked


cheers
-Bs

cheers for trying but not one of those links has anything at all to do with my niche

[Brandon Sheley]

oh, well it wont hurt ya if you had some links from these sites

but like ninja said, it may all be a big waste of time

[extreme-mobile]

ok ive found a wiki page that i want to put a link into and ive clicked edit and it lets me edit it no problem but how do i put anchor text into wiki?

<a href=http://my website.com>Wood burning stoves</a>

ive tried it like this but it doesnt work any ideas?

cheers

[Brandon Sheley]

for wiki it would be like


[http://mysite.com Wood Burning Stoves] - description you can add on here about stoves

[extreme-mobile]

ok worked it out cheers

i found a wiki page that was talking about stoves but it wasnt a edu it was a .com and it had the words "wood burning stove" in one of the sentences so i edited it so the word "wood burning stove" was turned into a link to my site.

Is that how im supposed to do it? the page has a PR of 6

[Brandon Sheley]

hell ya
a pr6 about your sits is good

-Bs

[RedMatrix]

Originally Posted by extreme-mobile

Is that how im supposed to do it? the page has a PR of 6

Definately not! But if they don't edit it back to the way they had it, then good for you.

Better way to have done it was to use proper WIKI linking protocols. You should use double [[ ]] for external links.

Also, the safer way to do it is to include them at the bottom of the page, under "External Links" section.


EDIT:

I didn't find anything for mine. I did goto The wikipedia... and placed my link at the very bottom. Let's see how long it stays there. :RGVLINK:

[extreme-mobile]

hey guys

this is how ive done it (see attachment)

[RedMatrix]

Technically, that's the wrong way to do it. You're supposed to put it at the very bottom, under external links. All other links in the entry are internal.

I put mine at the bottom. [[link]] (rgvforums)

[eric]

got me this way twice a pr7 and one pr6 now see if the links are still active or have the "nofollow" tag as I read somewhere recently

[Brandon Sheley]

thanks Red for telling about the [[]]
and your right,
the way you Should get your links on a wiki is to first ask on the discussion page if they will allow your new url to be on their wiki.

the way I suggest is spammy
-Bs

[extreme-mobile]

mine is still going and its giving me 4 PR6 back blinks. i added my link at the bottom as an external link aswell but that was reverted back and deleted but the one i hid in the middle of the article wasnt spotted!! result

[Brandon Sheley]

lol, congrats

[ARealRedneck]

I know this is a old thread...but if it has a nofollow on the link it will not help you....right?

[extreme-mobile]

Originally Posted by ARealRedneck

I know this is a old thread...but if it has a nofollow on the link it will not help you....right?

pretty much, the no follow code tells the search engine not to give the link any link juice (PR) but to index it so there can be traffic flowing through etc it just wont help your google rank

[ARealRedneck]

Originally Posted by extreme-mobile

pretty much, the no follow code tells the search engine not to give the link any link juice (PR) but to index it so there can be traffic flowing through etc it just wont help your google rank

That's what I thought thanks for explaining it....I gave green to ya!:devilheadbang:

[extreme-mobile]

no probs

[Jacqueline]

I gave you reps! This is great information. It can be used black hat, white hat, grey hat, etc.

[Brandon Sheley]

Thought I'd bump this and see if anyone is still out seeking .edu links
do you think they make a difference?

[azbryanw]

I haven't tried this......

Along the same lines, can anybody comment about the idea of posting comments on YouTube videos related to your forum. If it's a good video with a lot of hits I've got to believe it would increase traffic, but what would it do for google rankings.