Getting links from .edu domains

cctech · #1 (**permalink**) 06-03-2006, 08:22 AM

Are there any tips to getting links from .edu domains? We do not have any (nor do we have links from .gov) and cannot find any practical ways to getting them. Does anyone have any suggestions? Gentle kiddings? Outright mockings?

williamc · #2 (**permalink**) 06-03-2006, 05:28 PM

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Originally Posted by cctech

Are there any tips to getting links from .edu domains? We do not have any (nor do we have links from .gov) and cannot find any practical ways to getting them. Does anyone have any suggestions? Gentle kiddings? Outright mockings?

In a nutshell, pay someone who is adept at sourcing them. I have been able to get quite a few of them, but doing it yourself is both difficult and time consuming.

5meodmt · #3 (**permalink**) 06-08-2006, 07:50 PM

.edu links are quite hard to get but not totally impossible. but i think people are staying quite here cos they want to stay ahead of the competition...lol

cctech · #4 (**permalink**) 06-09-2006, 04:27 AM

I agree. I just didn't know if there was some commonly known trick to it. We will just have to keep pestering Harvard and Yale until they link to us...lol.

plaastik · #5 (**permalink**) 06-09-2006, 01:56 PM

Many people think that having .edu websites linking to yours will raise give you a higher ranking than having .com websites link to your. This is a myth...

cctech · #6 (**permalink**) 06-09-2006, 03:40 PM

Thanks for responding plaastik. I have always heard the opposite of what you are saying. Can you elaborate on how you received your information?

thanks

plaastik · #7 (**permalink**) 06-09-2006, 04:00 PM

I forgot where I read it because I've been going througha lot of SEO articles lately. I believe it was a side note on a FAQ about Google.

williamc · #8 (**permalink**) 06-09-2006, 04:06 PM

The sad part of the marketing world is that anyone can write an article, and often it is those with no actual experience who do so.

What I find worse tho is people pertetuating rumor or opinions by stating them as "facts" on forums.

I hardly think it is a "myth" as I have actually seen the benefits for myself.

cctech · #9 (**permalink**) 06-09-2006, 04:32 PM

Why does Google (and I assume the others) attribute so much "weight" to links from .edu domains (and .gov)?

williamc · #10 (**permalink**) 06-09-2006, 05:10 PM

I doubt anyone can actually answer for google (or any other engine for that matter), but I would give it more weight in my own engine due to the fact that most professors are anal about what data they like and dont like. If they do not like what you are presenting, then getting a link out of them will take until it is snowing in hades.

The fact that repected, intelligent, well educated people like your site would be enough to give those links a tad more ranking juice.

bhartzer · #11 (**permalink**) 06-09-2006, 07:55 PM

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Does anyone have any suggestions?

Yes, ask for the links. It can never hurt to ask if you have something to offer (if you have great content on your site). But, to be honest with you, most EDU links are given out without having to ask for them.

If you're an expert in your field, then contact the professors at your local university and volunteer to come talk to the college students (they might then give you a link to your site).

I've also known people to sign up for a few college courses so they could get their own personal college page.

**incrediblehelp** · #12 (**permalink**) 06-10-2006, 12:22 AM

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Why does Google (and I assume the others) attribute so much "weight" to links from .edu domains (and .gov)?

My guess is that they do, but their have been many discussions on many marketing forums and no one that I know of can actually prove they do.

cctech · #13 (**permalink**) 06-11-2006, 07:26 AM

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The fact that repected, intelligent, well educated people like your site would be enough to give those links a tad more ranking juice.

Hi William. That was our guess. It makes sense that that would be the case.

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I've also known people to sign up for a few college courses so they could get their own personal college page.

bhartzer, I had heard of people doing that. However, we figured that Google would eventually determine what the webmaster was doing and possibly discredit a link of this type.

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My guess is that they do, but their have been many discussions on many marketing forums and no one that I know of can actually prove they do.

Hi incrediblehelp. After searching countless forums, etc. we were also unable to find any conclusive proof that they hold any more merit than other links. However, we figured that since .edu domains do not appear to haphazzardly pass out links, there may be some truth to the "rumor". I figured I would post the question here before running off on an ".edu link quest".

**incrediblehelp** · #14 (**permalink**) 06-11-2006, 07:24 PM

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I figured I would post the question here before running off on an ".edu link quest".

Well go ahead and run off on a relevant link quest, regardless of the TLD. That is what is important.

scanmonkey · #15 (**permalink**) 06-12-2006, 02:19 AM

http://www.webproworld.com/viewtopic.php?t=64238

cctech · #16 (**permalink**) 06-12-2006, 07:45 AM

Thanks for the tips and for the link to the other thread. I think we are going to just concentrate on relevant links, whatever they may be. I have an aside question... when my company does a web site for a clothing company, for example, should we embed a link from that clothing company web site back to our site? We typically create a "web design by" text link on web sites that we create. However, would google view that as an irrelevant link, since we have nothing in common with a clothing company? TIA

5meodmt · #17 (**permalink**) 06-20-2006, 11:47 AM

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Originally Posted by plaastik

Many people think that having .edu websites linking to yours will raise give you a higher ranking than having .com websites link to your. This is a myth...

i dont think it is a myth!!!... if you look at the logic behind it... you will see that .edu sites are really benefical for rankings...

the reason being... google not only looks at what site is linking to yours...but what sites are linking to the site linking to yours !!!! .edu sites generally have other .edu sites linking to then and other authority sites... so by assoication a .edu link it well trusted in google eyes

palconit · #18 (**permalink**) 06-20-2006, 10:40 PM

I believe .edu and .gov domains are given priority because not everybody can get these domains, only related sites can get it.

realestate4sale · #19 (**permalink**) 06-22-2006, 11:57 PM

This is a directory that I have used. It looks like a project within the University of TX A&M.

http://recenter.tamu.edu/links/addurl.asp

Webnauts · #20 (**permalink**) 06-23-2006, 12:03 AM

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This is a directory that I have used. It looks like a project within the University of TX A&M.

http://recenter.tamu.edu/links/addurl.asp

Thanks for the link. Just submitted my site.

scanmonkey · #21 (**permalink**) 06-27-2006, 12:56 AM

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Originally Posted by realestate4sale

This is a directory that I have used. It looks like a project within the University of TX A&M.

http://recenter.tamu.edu/links/addurl.asp

Thanks for the link. Just submitted my site.

Thanks for the link. Just submitted my site too.

scanmonkey · #22 (**permalink**) 06-28-2006, 12:37 PM

Is msn placing value on edu links? I just found this garbage site #4 on msn for a search for 'Matt Cutts'

http://www.cs.unc.edu/~cutts/

cctech · #23 (**permalink**) 06-28-2006, 12:42 PM

Hey...watch what you say about links from the unc.edu site being "garbage". The Tar Heels are #1! ;)

Also, maybe there is more than 1 Matt Cutts and this is Matt Cutts the Lesser's web site.