As i'm always looking to improve the SEP (Search Engine Position) of my website, i'v taken a shine to putting a link to my website within my Signature style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="
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<!--quoteo(post=2677:date=Jan 11 2007, 12:09 AM:name=Designer Karly)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Designer Karly @ Jan 11 2007, 12:09 AM) [snapback]2677[/snapback]</div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec--><br />As i'm always looking to improve the SEP (Search Engine Position) of my website, i'v taken a shine to putting a link to my website within my Signature style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="smile.gif" /><br /><!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd--><br />Of course they realize it is a forum signature. It may not count as a valuable link (to give you higher PageRank in Google) but, it might bring you other benefits: targeted traffic. You shouldn't post in just any forum, but related forums. Btw: it doesn't matter how well you rank for some keywords if no style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="smile.gif" /><!--content-->
Amen to that. Just keep the visitors coming and the other things will just come with them.<!--content-->
high-traffic forums have a higher frequency of being visited by SE spiders so can definitely help in getting your site index more effectively.<!--content-->
Might be worth checking if you have a "rel=nofollow" tag style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="smile.gif" /><br /><br />Also, when our site first launched, our own homepage was, for a brief time, outranked by an introductory post I made style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="wink.gif" /><!--content-->
Yes, it does work.<!--content-->
It could possibly add a little benefit, but if it's not from a page or site that is anywhere near your topic area then it doesn't do any good really. <br /><br />If you had a blog/tutorial site about HTML/CSS or whatever, then having your link in sig style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="wink.gif" /><!--content-->
expat - should I change my signature then to keywords?<br /><br />so instead ofhaving my URL, I could type Fife Web Design?<!--content-->
<!--quoteo(post=8814:date=Aug 29 2007, 12:05 PM:name=Eskymo)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Eskymo @ Aug 29 2007, 12:05 PM) <img src='http://www.webdesignerforum.co.uk/style_images/1/post_snapback.gif' alt='*' border='0' /></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->expat - should I change my signature then to keywords?<br /><br />so instead ofhaving my URL, I could type Fife Web Design?<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd--><br /><br />In my opinion, yes. style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="smile.gif" /><!--content-->
I'd not thought of that...I always put 'site by Eskymo' - thanks for the tip.<!--content-->
This is very interesting. I'll keep this is mind. I've so far not paid all to much attention to how search engines and page ranking works.<!--content-->
So have any of you noticed significant SERPs improvements through purely signature URLs or have you been doing all sorts of SEO work as well?<br /><!--content-->
<!--quoteo(post=8920:date=Aug 30 2007, 10:24:name=Thomas Thomassen)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Thomas Thomassen @ Aug 30 2007, 10:24) <img src='http://www.webdesignerforum.co.uk/style_images/1/post_snapback.gif' alt='*' border='0' /></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->This is very interesting. I'll keep this is mind. I've so far not paid all to much attention to how search engines and page ranking works.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd--><br /><br />I have taken a bit of notice of the search engines and I'm sure that they do count signatures style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="wink.gif" /><!--content-->
I think to make your signature be effective in giving your site a better ranking, it is best to use keywords that best described your company as your signature.<!--content-->
As long as you post on topic specific forums related to your industry and then choose threads that relate to a particular product - i.e. make sure you arent doing it on forums totally unrelated to your site.<!--content-->
absolutely yes! having a signature on your every post gives a good effect to your site, especially if that forum got a high PR and traffic! just continue posting I know in due time you will notice the effect!<!--content-->
" border="0" alt="smile.gif" /><br /><!--content--><!--quoteo(post=2677:date=Jan 11 2007, 12:09 AM:name=Designer Karly)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Designer Karly @ Jan 11 2007, 12:09 AM) [snapback]2677[/snapback]</div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec--><br />As i'm always looking to improve the SEP (Search Engine Position) of my website, i'v taken a shine to putting a link to my website within my Signature style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="
" border="0" alt="smile.gif" /><br /><!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd--><br />Of course they realize it is a forum signature. It may not count as a valuable link (to give you higher PageRank in Google) but, it might bring you other benefits: targeted traffic. You shouldn't post in just any forum, but related forums. Btw: it doesn't matter how well you rank for some keywords if no style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="smile.gif" /><!--content-->Amen to that. Just keep the visitors coming and the other things will just come with them.<!--content-->
high-traffic forums have a higher frequency of being visited by SE spiders so can definitely help in getting your site index more effectively.<!--content-->
Might be worth checking if you have a "rel=nofollow" tag style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="
" border="0" alt="smile.gif" /><br /><br />Also, when our site first launched, our own homepage was, for a brief time, outranked by an introductory post I made style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="wink.gif" /><!--content-->Yes, it does work.<!--content-->
It could possibly add a little benefit, but if it's not from a page or site that is anywhere near your topic area then it doesn't do any good really. <br /><br />If you had a blog/tutorial site about HTML/CSS or whatever, then having your link in sig style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="
" border="0" alt="wink.gif" /><!--content-->expat - should I change my signature then to keywords?<br /><br />so instead ofhaving my URL, I could type Fife Web Design?<!--content-->
<!--quoteo(post=8814:date=Aug 29 2007, 12:05 PM:name=Eskymo)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Eskymo @ Aug 29 2007, 12:05 PM) <img src='http://www.webdesignerforum.co.uk/style_images/1/post_snapback.gif' alt='*' border='0' /></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->expat - should I change my signature then to keywords?<br /><br />so instead ofhaving my URL, I could type Fife Web Design?<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd--><br /><br />In my opinion, yes. style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="
" border="0" alt="smile.gif" /><!--content-->I'd not thought of that...I always put 'site by Eskymo' - thanks for the tip.<!--content-->
This is very interesting. I'll keep this is mind. I've so far not paid all to much attention to how search engines and page ranking works.<!--content-->
So have any of you noticed significant SERPs improvements through purely signature URLs or have you been doing all sorts of SEO work as well?<br /><!--content-->
<!--quoteo(post=8920:date=Aug 30 2007, 10:24:name=Thomas Thomassen)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Thomas Thomassen @ Aug 30 2007, 10:24) <img src='http://www.webdesignerforum.co.uk/style_images/1/post_snapback.gif' alt='*' border='0' /></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->This is very interesting. I'll keep this is mind. I've so far not paid all to much attention to how search engines and page ranking works.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd--><br /><br />I have taken a bit of notice of the search engines and I'm sure that they do count signatures style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="
" border="0" alt="wink.gif" /><!--content-->I think to make your signature be effective in giving your site a better ranking, it is best to use keywords that best described your company as your signature.<!--content-->
As long as you post on topic specific forums related to your industry and then choose threads that relate to a particular product - i.e. make sure you arent doing it on forums totally unrelated to your site.<!--content-->
absolutely yes! having a signature on your every post gives a good effect to your site, especially if that forum got a high PR and traffic! just continue posting I know in due time you will notice the effect!<!--content-->