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EBay listing links SEO value?
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Hi guys,
Our website has an eBay widget which lots of eBay users put on their listings. We are thinking of using that as a way to get links from eBay listings.
However, since most eBay listings will disappear after 90 days, is this worth doing and also will Google count those links?
Many thanks
David
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I realise this is an old thread but can I ask : can you list to your website from yiur ebay listings? It was my understanding EBAY disapproved of outbound links. Is there a way to go about it thats in line with policies. ?My own store is wordpress/woocommerce.
Thanks
Steve
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Greetings Champions!
Hello David, my company that I work for has/had several Ebay accounts for different websites and one thing I always noticed is that when we linked our site, or the corresponding product in the listing it would hold power when searching for it. In other words Some of my listing that I put up that really never sold, I would make sure they were heavily optimized and would usually show up in search results. I also noticed that our on site sales would increase when I did this because customers would view our website after looking at the listing which lead to more browsing/buying. But as you said they dissapear after 90 days, and the selling items go away rather fast so it does become somewhat null in purpose. So it comes to a personal choice good sir, good luck on your quest for Page 1!
Justin Smith
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It sounds like it would be simple to do and I can't see any serious down side. Sounds like an easy win, even if the results would not be as good as if the links were appearing on longer standing pages.
Depending on what your existing link profile looks like, I would be careful about saturating anchor text. If you suddenly had a huge jump in links all with exact match anchor text then it could be problematic. If there is a risk of that opt for brand anchor - or better still vary the text.
I'd rather have a regular stream of links that last 90 days than not have them. I know that some would have reservations about having large numbers of links not hanging around, but I don't think it would be an issue in this case.
Sounds fun. You've got me thinking about ebay widgets now
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