Lists of free advertrising forums

[silveraden]

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Though many believe that advertising in forums are not so effective way of promotion, I don't feel the same... Most of my traffic and backlinks are coming from forums and I still think they are very effective... especially forums with high PR and dofollow...

Thus, I compiled my own useful lists of free advertising forums for everyone's use..

[evans11]

Thanks for sharing the link its a good list of free advertising forums.

[silveraden]

Thanks for sharing the link its a good list of free advertising forums.

You are welcome..

[curtain-raiser]

Hey Nice list :tup

But do you think this will effect on our site if we add it in these forums. These forums are like spam (mostly 0 reply threads) filled with links. Don't you think Google is preety smart to check which site is spam and which is not ? I think submistting our site in these forums are like getting 0 weighted link.

just my thinking what do you think ?

[silveraden]

Hey Nice list :tup

But do you think this will effect on our site if we add it in these forums. These forums are like spam (mostly 0 reply threads) filled with links. Don't you think Google is preety smart to check which site is spam and which is not ? I think submistting our site in these forums are like getting 0 weighted link.

just my thinking what do you think ?

They still count as backlinks because most of them are nofollow...

[hspaul]

sounds good, might give this a try. Thanks

[silveraden]

Almost 70% of my traffic always come from forums...

[snakeair]

Almost 70% of my traffic always come from forums...

I just checked my Google Analytics stat's for my blog for the first time and 53.99% of my traffic is from search engines and i only see this getting better over time. Maybe once a month i'll use paid advertising but 7 days a week i use many free advertising methods with free ad forums being the number one method. I have been posting on these forums since early 2005 and use other free methods but getting backlinks is all i care about. Just by having a link in your siggie and profile you are getting a backlink.

Everyone use's search engines each day to search for things and i know my site or other sites i promote on forums get viewed by people navigating threw search engines. Sorry for the ramble, i was searching google for a phrase and landed on this thread so i thought i'd throw in my 2 cent's.

I have seen you on other forums posting and well i'm sure you have seen my name all over the place. I believe in free advertising forums and will never stop using them. (I do use directories, article directories, social bookmarking but forums are my #1 method)

Lot's of useful information on your blogs. Since i'm on 4 hours of sleep, i'll call it a night.

[lisaanne]

They still count as backlinks because most of them are nofollow...

Yeah... but (like I just said in another post on here) don't you think it's important to have quality not quantity?

I know if you can't get bbc.co.uk to link back to you, then you have to take another approach! But I'd be worried about spammy link backs a) not really benefiting me much and b) actually doing more harm than good by being in their neighbourhood.

Lx

[doston]

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[cube3marketing]

Yeah... but (like I just said in another post on here) don't you think it's important to have quality not quantity?

Totally agree. From a marketing point of view millions of links will work at getting your brand seen eventually; however in SEO terms, fairly pointless!

Aim for getting good quality anchor text on sites with relevant content with a decent PR. This will show google not only that the link source is a good one but that your site must have good content on it as the refferal is coming from a site with matching and relevant content to your own.

This could take some negotiation with relevant webmasters but its far far better to put your time to use this way than setting up tonnes of worthless spammy back link!

Regards,

Paul

[silveraden]

As long as you have backlinks and getting it for free. I don't see it as pointless..

[cube3marketing]

'Fairly pointless'...

Of course it isn't totally pointless from a public relations point of view as you will be advertising your brand and spreading the word.

However from an SEO point of view, thousands of random, untargeted and in the majority of forum cases 'nofollowed' links are...fairly pointless.

It will show spiders no relevance to your websites content and with low page rank, it will show a vote of no confidence. Also, if you barrage your site with unsolicited links, Google will penalise you.

Quality, not quantity!

Regards.

[jezaff]

I don't see why Google would disregard such important social proof. If people are linking to you in forums then that should tell Google your site is worth a look. But, like said above, a link from a forum full of spam will do you no favours. A link from a high authority forum is going to be worth something.

Quality AND Quantity!

Only Google knows which is more important so don't listen to anyone who says otherwise. What matters is natural link building, trying to force your link in somewhere it shouldn't be is not going to win you authority. There are 1000s of other low level affiliates doing just the same so at best you won't be reaching above the crowd.

Build a site that people will naturally want to talk about in forums and you'll do fine . This kind of linking totally has value and I've proved that to myself many times.

[cube3marketing]

If the forum is a 'nofollow', of which 95% of them are, then apart from public relations reasons, link building in these environments for SEO purposes is time wasted. The same goes for Blogs and other social media bases.

Google will never ignor anything off its own back, it has to be told to ignor things; and so as much social proof as it may be, links from forums WILL be ignored.

If your paying an agency to link build, and they are coming back month after month with forum and blog posts...look for another agency! Your money is simply being wasted. Well, as i've already said, not wasted but it is funding public relations activity and not SEO. And if your SEO agency is undertaking this as part of an SEO activity, they either have no idea what they are doing or they are ripping you off.

Yes of course quantity is important, but it should never ever over shadow quality. It is also important to stagger your link building. If you go for quantity and Google sees links to your site spike over a short period of time you will also be penalised as it will be seen as inorganic.

Only Google knows which is more important so don't listen to anyone who says otherwise.

This I have to massivly disagree with. Yes it is true that all of Google's algorythems are very very closely guarded; however strong statistical analysis by 1000s of SEO professionals all over the world over time can see what Google likes and dislikes. If this wasn't the case then SEO as a business simply wouldn't exist!

We don't know what equations are used to position sites in SERPs and we are unsure as to the exact weighting placed upon different SEO techniques...however we have a relative understanding of these factors and so are able to impliment them in such a way as to help Google see that particular sites are important and should be shown high up the results.

So with this in mind, DO listen to people that say otherwise. We are called SEO Professionals and we do this as a living!

Build a site that people will naturally want to talk about in forums and you'll do fine.

This, however, is bang on. This is the key. Its all well and good optimising a website up to the eyeballs...but if the site is crap to begin with then you arn't going to get very far. You can't polish a turd as they say!

Regards.