Creating Free Website Accounts (Weebly, Wix, Wordpress.com, etc) for Linking Purposes?
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Greetings Mozzers,
I came a cross several sites and when looking at their link profile I found they had several links from these free services to gain links. Obviously duplicate content is bad, but if all the content on each one was completely unique, would these links be of quality? Let's say, 1 link per site that is external to your site.
I know it's a tricky topic but just wanted thoughts, would the above be a potentially beneficial method for gaining a simple quality link.
Your advice and information is much appreciated!
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Thanks for your advice, yeah I want to make sure I don't harm myself.
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Thanks for the response! I'd' have responded sooner but was reading all the content. Great share, it will definitely help my linking building efforts.
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If the content on these sites are unique and useful, they will hopefully gain some inbound links. If they gain enough inbound links and link to your site, there's is a possibility they could help
However, most likely they will not get and may appear spammy and could ultimately hurt you. Probably will do more harm than good.
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You can definitely build up microsites on free platforms like Wordpress, Tumblr, Blogger, etc. and link them back to your main site, but keep in mind that those links aren't going to be worth much unless the microsites themselves also have backlinks. A link from a brand new PR0 website just isn't going to do much for you.
So if you want to see success with this strategy, you'll have to generate unique content for all of your microsites, as well as build links to all your microsites as well. This is obviously a lot of effort, but can be worth it in the long run if you have the resources and are in a niche where links are hard to come by.
If you are just looking for ideas for getting quality links, this guide has tons of great ideas:
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