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.
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.
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
i would love to see my pr soaring with the help of edu/gov baklinks.. thanks for the info dude
great article, I am gonna check these stuff
i agree with you david
Thanks for the tips
Thank you very much
I’m interested to know if anyone has got one this way. It is easy said than done.
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
I am looking for .edu and .gov links now. Anyone had any luck so far?
Thanks for the tips – cheers
great instructions, thank you
Hi, thank you for you share..
backlink from edu and gov is not easy to get but thank for this post
Where is the evidence that edu sites are much higher quality backlinks?
Are you sure now, a .edu is better ?
Hi,
Good post, I try but very difficult to find a good backlink in gov
Great post for finding .edu and .gov backlinks. Thanks!
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
thank you for you share!wonderful!
yes edu gov inurl:.edu
Hi,
Thank you, I try this morning a create 10 new links but I don’t know if ok or not 😉
Regards
Chris
Thank you very much for this
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.
Great Post, Wow That’s how it works very nice..:) It really do something… thanks for the tips
nice article
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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?
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
thanks for the tips….
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
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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Thanks for the post, it has been very very informative indeed. SEO rocks!
Really does this work?
Also will it be a backlink?
Thanks fr the tip!!!
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.
thanks
Thanks for the great tip.
For my niche edu sites is the best way to promote.
Thank you.
i think the gov or edu backlinks are hardest to get.
I think I’ve read something simillar a few days ago. I don’t remember where, might have been on digg.com or slashdot.
This post couldn’t have come at a better time! I just started my backlink/PR intitiative for my site. Great info! Thanks.
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.
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.
nice blog 🙂
Thanks for this tip.
@egon, you might wish to try coComment, which saves you having to manually subscribe to comments:
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.
forgot to subscribe to comments…
Great post, Daniel. This is something I’ve been meaning to do for a while. Thanks for reminding me.
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.
You would also need to ensure those blogs have removed the ‘nofollow’ attribute from the comments section.
– Martin Reed
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!