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Does my signature affect my sites ranking?

 
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Does my signature affect my sites ranking?
WhiteFang
post 25 Apr, 2008 - 12:36 PM
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I was just wondering if putting a link to my site in my signature on forums was a good idea for ranking, i.e. do the search engine bots see these links as just tonnes of crappy links linking to the site?

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post 25 Apr, 2008 - 01:49 PM
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The one benefit of linking to the bottom of your signature would be a possible influx of traffic, as for helping out with PR; I wouldn't be expecting much from that.

Word of mouth advertising such as that can help it gain in popularity over the long term though.
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I've got a few links in my signature - they don't seem to do anything for my search engine ranking, but they do tend to give me a trickle of traffic from users at this site that click them.
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post 29 Apr, 2008 - 10:58 PM
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in fact the signature is very good when you are registered in a forum, it can link to a site!
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Most forums provide links with a nofollow rule. This rule will keep the links from effecting your PR. Spammers always ruin everything legit!
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