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Gather .edu and .gov backlinks (enhanced)

By Daniel 79 Comments Reading Time: < 1 minute

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Sometime ago I wrote the article “Gather .edu and .gov backlinks” where I argued that, despite the lack of official documentation, most SEO experts agree that .edu and .gov backlinks do carry a higher value for search engines.

If you are looking to increase your search engine juice, therefore, it could be a good idea to collect some of those backlinks. On the article I described a simple search query that could be used to find blogs with .edu or .gov extensions:

site:.edu inurl:blog “keyword″

The only problem with that query is that it will return all the .edu blogs with the specified keyword, including the ones where comments are closed or where you must be logged in order to post a comment.

Using a couple of Google operators we can exclude those blogs from the results, making the whole process much more efficient.

site:.edu inurl:blog “comment” -”you must be logged in” -”posting closed” -”comment closed” “keyword”

Bear in mind that you should not post meaningless comments just for the sake of getting a backlink. Always try to add value and contribute to the discussion, otherwise you will just be polluting the blogosphere.

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About Daniel

Daniel Scocco is a programmer and entrepreneur located in São Paulo, Brazil. His first company, Online Profits, builds and manages websites in different niches. His second company, Kubic, specializes in developing mobile apps for the iOS and Android platforms.

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  1. Avatar of Luna VitaLuna Vita says

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    hey.. after writing the comment.. i searched for the links using the info u had posted.. man U R GENIUS.. thanks.. nw i can get edu and gov baklinks… thanks dude.. God bless you and my pagerank

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  2. Avatar of Luna VitaLuna Vita says

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    i would love to see my pr soaring with the help of edu/gov baklinks.. thanks for the info dude

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  3. Avatar of Apply for a grantApply for a grant says

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    great article, I am gonna check these stuff

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  4. Avatar of grantsgrants says

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    i agree with you david

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  5. Avatar of Outsource AccountingOutsource Accounting says

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    Thanks for the tips

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  6. Avatar of Games tutorialsGames tutorials says

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    Thank you very much

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  7. Avatar of DIYdavidDIYdavid says

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    I’m interested to know if anyone has got one this way. It is easy said than done.

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  8. Avatar of Info Millionaire - G Allan RobertsInfo Millionaire - G Allan Roberts says

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    This information has really help me thank you so much… I’m right at the tipping point of get my blog to number one in my niche. The edu and gov back links will help a lot.

    ~ G Allan Roberts

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  9. Avatar of HectorHector says

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    I am looking for .edu and .gov links now. Anyone had any luck so far?

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  10. Avatar of Creating A Business PlanCreating A Business Plan says

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    Thanks for the tips – cheers

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  11. Avatar of voipvoip says

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    great instructions, thank you

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  12. Avatar of Produit naturelProduit naturel says

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    Hi, thank you for you share..

    backlink from edu and gov is not easy to get but thank for this post

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  13. Avatar of Tiger balmTiger balm says

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    Where is the evidence that edu sites are much higher quality backlinks?
    Are you sure now, a .edu is better ?

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  14. Avatar of baume du tigrebaume du tigre says

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    Hi,

    Good post, I try but very difficult to find a good backlink in gov

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  15. Avatar of LindaLinda says

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    Great post for finding .edu and .gov backlinks. Thanks!

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  16. Avatar of Windows Vista Themes For XPWindows Vista Themes For XP says

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    Thanks for the heads up. Just got 3 links from .edu approved. Will be interesting to see whether they make a difference or not.

    Walter

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  17. Avatar of meanfullmeanfull says

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    thank you for you share!wonderful!

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  18. Avatar of oto dizaynoto dizayn says

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    yes edu gov inurl:.edu

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  19. Avatar of Tiger balmTiger balm says

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    Hi,

    Thank you, I try this morning a create 10 new links but I don’t know if ok or not 😉
    Regards
    Chris

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  20. Avatar of Online shopOnline shop says

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    Thank you very much for this

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  21. Avatar of WritingServicesWritingServices says

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    Very interesting article.

    But I would advise people here to post only 1-2 entries per week. Search engines are pretty smart these days to detect artificial link building.

    Just be patient, it will work.

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  22. Avatar of Free Site ListingFree Site Listing says

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    Great Post, Wow That’s how it works very nice..:) It really do something… thanks for the tips

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  23. Avatar of Otel RehberiOtel Rehberi says

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    nice article

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  24. Avatar of seewomanseewoman says

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    look speed yahoo busy busy deliver red head

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  25. Avatar of SEO GeniusSEO Genius says

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    I read about this a while ago on DP forums however i have never came across any edu sites that are relevant to my website and to be honest i doubt i will be able too.

    Where is the evidence that edu sites are much higher quality backlinks?

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  26. Avatar of goutgout says

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    backlink from edu and gov…not easy to get. I already many article thats gov and edu very powerfull backlink. I need not only backlink but also traffic…. give me some positive suggestion , thanks

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  27. Avatar of Rizki Akmanda zaymiRizki Akmanda zaymi says

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    thanks for the tips….

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  28. Avatar of hattrickhattrick says

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    Thanks for the info on backlinks (especially edu and gov sites) and site building very useful fo a newbie setting out in the world of internet and web building

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  29. Avatar of Free Traffic TipsFree Traffic Tips says

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    Hi friends

    It’s difficult to comment in .edu & .gov sites.
    anyone have a list of these sites. Please post here.

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  30. Avatar of tomibmtomtomibmtom says

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    more than I didn’t to ramble caught it horizontal that returned leaf

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  31. Avatar of DunstanDunstan says

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    Thanks for the post, it has been very very informative indeed. SEO rocks!

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  32. Avatar of BurakBurak says

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    Really does this work?
    Also will it be a backlink?

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  33. Avatar of BuddhaBuddha says

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    Thanks fr the tip!!!

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  34. Avatar of jimmyjimmy says

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    that is some great tips

    it depends what keywords you use but this is great information for the newbsite or people that want more traffic.

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  35. Avatar of toplisttoplist says

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    thanks

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  36. Avatar of sarasara says

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    Thanks for the great tip.

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  37. Avatar of term paperterm paper says

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    For my niche edu sites is the best way to promote.

    Thank you.

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  38. Avatar of auto carsauto cars says

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    i think the gov or edu backlinks are hardest to get.

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  39. Avatar of kevstelokevstelo says

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    I think I’ve read something simillar a few days ago. I don’t remember where, might have been on digg.com or slashdot.

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  40. Avatar of TimTim says

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    This post couldn’t have come at a better time! I just started my backlink/PR intitiative for my site. Great info! Thanks.

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  41. Avatar of Dave ButlerDave Butler says

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    Based on what I’ve seen with some domains that I own I’d agree that the.edu do carry more weight (ie trust or whatever you want to call it). Honestly hadn’t looked at .edu blogs earlier something to consider.

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  42. Avatar of AmandaAmanda says

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    Like narendras comment?

    I don’t know much about getting the link backs carrying more, I think its more about the work you put into it.

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  43. Avatar of Narendra.s.vNarendra.s.v says

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    nice blog 🙂

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  44. Avatar of Baxter TocherBaxter Tocher says

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    Thanks for this tip.

    @egon, you might wish to try coComment, which saves you having to manually subscribe to comments:

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  45. Avatar of richardrichard says

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    Useful tips. I tried it for my keyword, economics and found some interesting blogs, I’m not sure how much comment links are worth to search engines though, but if it gets traffic that’s good.

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  46. Avatar of egonegon says

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    forgot to subscribe to comments…

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  47. Avatar of egonegon says

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    Great post, Daniel. This is something I’ve been meaning to do for a while. Thanks for reminding me.

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  48. Avatar of DanielDaniel says

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    Martin, that would be optimal, but almost impossible.

    Also the `nofollow argument is a shady area since search engines are not 100% regarding how they treat them.

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  49. Avatar of Community Building BlogCommunity Building Blog says

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    You would also need to ensure those blogs have removed the ‘nofollow’ attribute from the comments section.

    – Martin Reed

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  50. Avatar of AlexAlex says

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    Yesterday I found an .edu site giving away free links. It got me interested so I started searching for other .edu sites (with no success). You just helped me a lot Daniel, thanks!

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