What Is LinkWheel?

[russell]

a link wheel is basically using a website, may be a wordpress blog that points to your main site, and also points to another web 2.0 website. And on that site it links to the next, and to your main site. Using all relevant context, and links. and so on, untill you link back to the first site creating a virtual wheel of sites all linking to eachother and to your main site

Then you can come out a level, and build another wheel around the primary wheel.

Personally I think google catches on to it too easily, and takes more effort to create that its worth.

[Sandy2089]

I can't agree that Google likes it. I've heard that Google easily understands this trick and doesn't count such links. Building linkwheels is very tiring and not effective.

[Thom McCarroll]

hmmm ."Sandy2089" says it is not effective, but on the other hand "lltaylor38" said it helped.

Sounds like you have to try and find out for yourself LOL

http://www.manuelviloria.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/linkwheel.jpg

Thom

[cavinsmither]

A link wheel is when you build pages on squidoo, hub pages, blogger, wordpress, article sites, ect. You have one site which is your money maker and you want all the pages to link to this will be the center of your link wheel. Then with all the web pages you build you will want to link from a to b and a to your money site. Then b to c and b to your money site. Then c to e and e to your money site. What you don't want to do is link a to b and b to a you want one way links and every page linking to your main website.

[gailjrichardson]

This looks like something a person would have to experiment and see how it works for them . thanks for sharing.

[David Jay]

I think the strategy is a little outdated and Google is wise to it. Michael Campbell was an earlier user of "mini nets" which what link wheels are based on. Google revenge of the mini nets as he is now giving away some of this stuff on this (that's a sign it is passed its prime in my opinion)

If you use them be smart about it. Don't use the exact same keyword domain or username at every web 2.0 site in the wheel, have some breaks in the wheel and build backlinks to some the sites in the wheel so they look like they have a purpose other than providing a spoke to the hub site and to build authority.

[cadehugue]

Link wheel is explained very well above in the post, so would just like to add that its not a very effective method of builidng bakc links, its very less effective and only a hand full of people use it.

[dominicfilip]

Thank you all for sharing these informations.

[Clare Swindlehurst]

I think the link wheel image is a good way to visualise backlink building but anything structured is going to set alarm bells ringing at Google. The best way to build natural backlinks is to just get involved in your niche community. Comment on other blogs and post engaging content that people want to link back to. Over time you'll find that the backlinks juts build themselves but it takes patience to let it happen.

[brain]

If used wisely it is no doubt an effective way to bring in back links and increase PR. I don't agree to the fact that it is not good enough to work. So far many people have been using it and many have got their desired results provided that you do things that right way as it is not that easy.

[brownnataly21]

It's quite risky to use the link wheel. It's like black hat SEO and it won't bring anything good to you in future.

[MikeF421]

I'm sorry, but not only do linkwheels work, they work very well.

Has Google caught on to them? I don't know. I always build them with random links to eachother. I no longer build them in a linear structure such as...

A => B => C => D => E

I use a script to build them and have them randomly linked to eachother. There is no clear recognizable structure.

I also always build them with an open structure. So in the above structure, I would never close the wheel by linking site E back to site A.

I usually limit them to 5-6 sites, sometimes as many as 8 or 9, and I put unique content onto each site with varied anchor text in all the links.

[BrittMalka]

Hey Mike

It seems like you put a lot of work into this, so how come you don't know if Google has caught up to them?

I mean - you risk to spill all your energy on building something that doesn't work. Or did I misunderstand?

[MikeF421]

Hey Mike

It seems like you put a lot of work into this, so how come you don't know if Google has caught up to them?

I mean - you risk to spill all your energy on building something that doesn't work. Or did I misunderstand?


Good question.

Nobody knows the answer to that unless Google officially comes out and says so. It is all just speculation and a lot of misinformation.

I have never built a site where linkwheels are the only linkbuilding tactic that I use. I use a variety of linkbuilding methods. I know I've seen my linkwheels show up in Google as backlinks. However, if there is some degree to which Google officially recognizes them and discredits those links, I could never say 100% for sure. I've seen positive results from mine though.

What I can tell you is that Google does not PENALIZE anyone for using a linkwheel. That is one of the most foolish ideas I have ever heard. If that was true, internet marketing would turn into a viscious battle. If you wanted to be #1 in Google, you would just build a whole bunch of linkwheels to your competitors' sites and get them penalized until you are #1. It's similar to the idea that people have about building links too fast. If there was truth to that, you could just blast links to your competition all day long until you are #1.

[BrittMalka]

He, he, I liked that with building link wheels to your competitors ;-) Evil LOL

But yes, you might be right. I've never tried to build a real link wheel, so I cannot tell from personal experience.

You wrote that you used a script to help you. What kind of script is that?

[AlexNewell]

Fact is there are different versions of links wheels.If you do a linkwheel such as in the graphic that Thom has shown then Google will spot this very quickly and will reduce the effectiveness of the links. It is too obvious and too regular.

By all means do some link building but do not follow someone elses' pattern and do not make it too regular and repeatable.

In other words, if you do a particular linking pattern for one site do not copy that for another site.

Vary and randomise your linking and you'll be fine.

The best SEO is superb content put together in a silo structure.

Building link wheels is an option.

[MikeF421]

He, he, I liked that with building link wheels to your competitors ;-) Evil LOL

But yes, you might be right. I've never tried to build a real link wheel, so I cannot tell from personal experience.

You wrote that you used a script to help you. What kind of script is that?


I've used a few. I have used SENuke. Lately I have been using Link Builder Pro.

I vary my linking quite a bit and I avoid using the same sites in each linkwheel I build. So if I use Vox, HubPages, Squidoo, Wordpress, YouTube, and Livejournal for one wheel, in the next wheel I'm going to drop at least 3 of those sites and replace them with something else.

I think using proxies is a good idea too for whatever linkbuilding you are doing. A bunch of links built from the same IP address is easy for SE's to recognize.

[MikeF421]

Fact is there are different versions of links wheels.If you do a linkwheel such as in the graphic that Thom has shown then Google will spot this very quickly and will reduce the effectiveness of the links. It is too obvious and too regular.

By all means do some link building but do not follow someone elses' pattern and do not make it too regular and repeatable.

In other words, if you do a particular linking pattern for one site do not copy that for another site.

Vary and randomise your linking and you'll be fine.

The best SEO is superb content put together in a silo structure.

Building link wheels is an option.

Alex,

What do you mean by the "silo structure"?

And I completely agree. Build a wheel in a pattern like the graphic used and you are leaving an obvious and easy to recognize footprint.

[mikew1948]

For what it's worth....I've been using a link wheel, although it is not a complete wheel as I left off a "spoke".
During the time that I've been using it Google raised my PageRank from 1 to 2. I used a number of other link building techniques as well but I don't see how a link wheel caused any harm to my site.

[painternc]

There is a service LinkWheel.net - that is a link wheel service - has anyone used it?
Nan

[jhonsadins]

Linkwheel is where you create backlinks to your website and some backlinks to your backlinks and you create them in the form of wheels where every backlinks has some importance. Link Wheel is the way by which we post links with current topic of post so readers can get more information regarding your post or any other informative stuff which you write. Its great way of driving traffic between your posts.

[denkywarke]

i would just like to add that its not a very effective method of builidng bakc links, its very less effective and only a hand full of people use it.

[stevetorres]

Link wheel refers to the practice of using a website to point to your main site and points to another web 2.0 website. Then you can keep building wheels on various levels.

[waynelapricon]

Link wheel is when you build pages on squidoo, hub pages, and blogger, wordpress, and article sites. You have one site which is money maker and you want all pages to link to this will be center of link wheel.

[josaphlewis]

The LinkWheels construct back links to your website's main page, which give your website a higher search engine ranking. LinkWheel is a set of SIX Web 2.0 possessions interlinked in a wheel arrangement, all encourage a page on the web which is the focus of that particular wheel.

[DTaylor]

It seems that Google is catching on to these and is penalizing websites that are very blatant about this technique.

Most that I know of are using the Link Web. Mark Dickenson of Backlink Bully was offering a course on this, it was very comprehensive. Cost about $7.00.

I used link wheels early this year on 3 or 4 sites and they are doing well with first page placement.

I am still convinced that content is king. Build a good, informative site and you will get traffic.

DTaylor

[nickelodon007]

Link wheel is one of the link building techniques that is very effective in building back links. though its a bit old technique but its still very effective.

[susanbekar]

Linkwheel is a link builiding technique where you create backlinks for your site in the form of wheel. In link wheel we post our link on a content and in turn viewers and readers also linsk to that link and create a form of wheel.