{"id":3082,"date":"2021-07-16T12:49:43","date_gmt":"2021-07-16T12:49:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/craighordlow.com\/index.php\/2021\/07\/16\/google-forum-links-do-not-work-for-seo\/"},"modified":"2021-07-16T12:49:43","modified_gmt":"2021-07-16T12:49:43","slug":"google-forum-links-do-not-work-for-seo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craighordlow.com\/index.php\/2021\/07\/16\/google-forum-links-do-not-work-for-seo\/","title":{"rendered":"Google: Forum Links Do Not Work For SEO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Google&#8217;s John Mueller again said that dropping links in forums for SEO purposes won&#8217;t help you rank better in Google. In response the the Reddit thread question &#8220;Is Forum Posting Still Work As Link Building Method in SEO?&#8221; John Mueller said &#8220;No.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.seroundtable.com\/~ff\/SearchEngineRoundtable1?a=VmPJZYxc_m8:cx9q5fxJxqI:UCg8P_nGCaA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/SearchEngineRoundtable1?d=UCg8P_nGCaA\" border=\"0\" alt=\"| Craig Hordlow\" title=\"| Craig Hordlow\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.seroundtable.com\/~ff\/SearchEngineRoundtable1?a=VmPJZYxc_m8:cx9q5fxJxqI:yIl2AUoC8zA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/SearchEngineRoundtable1?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\" alt=\"| Craig Hordlow\" title=\"| Craig Hordlow\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.seroundtable.com\/~ff\/SearchEngineRoundtable1?a=VmPJZYxc_m8:cx9q5fxJxqI:hl8ANDcrVaY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/SearchEngineRoundtable1?d=hl8ANDcrVaY\" border=\"0\" alt=\"| Craig Hordlow\" title=\"| Craig Hordlow\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.seroundtable.com\/~ff\/SearchEngineRoundtable1?a=VmPJZYxc_m8:cx9q5fxJxqI:V-t1I-SPZMU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/SearchEngineRoundtable1?d=V-t1I-SPZMU\" border=\"0\" alt=\"| Craig Hordlow\" title=\"| Craig Hordlow\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.seroundtable.com\/~ff\/SearchEngineRoundtable1?a=VmPJZYxc_m8:cx9q5fxJxqI:Gu391qSwH_A\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/SearchEngineRoundtable1?d=Gu391qSwH_A\" border=\"0\" alt=\"| Craig Hordlow\" title=\"| Craig Hordlow\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.seroundtable.com\/~ff\/SearchEngineRoundtable1?a=VmPJZYxc_m8:cx9q5fxJxqI:cGdyc7Q-1BI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/SearchEngineRoundtable1?d=cGdyc7Q-1BI\" border=\"0\" alt=\"| Craig Hordlow\" title=\"| Craig Hordlow\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.seroundtable.com\/~ff\/SearchEngineRoundtable1?a=VmPJZYxc_m8:cx9q5fxJxqI:V_sGLiPBpWU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/SearchEngineRoundtable1?i=VmPJZYxc_m8:cx9q5fxJxqI:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\" alt=\"| Craig Hordlow\" title=\"| Craig Hordlow\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.seroundtable.com\/~ff\/SearchEngineRoundtable1?a=VmPJZYxc_m8:cx9q5fxJxqI:F7zBnMyn0Lo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/SearchEngineRoundtable1?i=VmPJZYxc_m8:cx9q5fxJxqI:F7zBnMyn0Lo\" border=\"0\" alt=\"| Craig Hordlow\" title=\"| Craig Hordlow\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.seroundtable.com\/~ff\/SearchEngineRoundtable1?a=VmPJZYxc_m8:cx9q5fxJxqI:MbsSfiz-sEw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/SearchEngineRoundtable1?d=MbsSfiz-sEw\" border=\"0\" alt=\"| Craig Hordlow\" title=\"| Craig Hordlow\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.seroundtable.com\/~ff\/SearchEngineRoundtable1?a=VmPJZYxc_m8:cx9q5fxJxqI:qj6IDK7rITs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/SearchEngineRoundtable1?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\" alt=\"| Craig Hordlow\" title=\"| Craig Hordlow\"><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/SearchEngineRoundtable1\/~4\/VmPJZYxc_m8\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"| Craig Hordlow\" title=\"| Craig Hordlow\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Google&#8217;s John Mueller again said that dropping links in forums for SEO purposes won&#8217;t help you rank better in Google. 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