Gastroschisis Website

[Black Cat]

To give back to the parents of unborn and newborn babies with the gastroschisis condition (my daughter also had the condition) I set up the Gastroschisis (http://www.gastroschisis.co.uk) website.

My question is: How do I increase credible backlinks from websites that are mainly .gov and .edu?

[ctabuk]

For any such - worthwhile cause - the answer has to be not so much as IBL's but of Out Bound Links.

Here is how I do mine
http://www.counciltenantsmortgages.co.uk/right-to-buy-links.html
And most of those are .gov's - Google places as much store in quality OBL's as it does IBL's.
Once those links are on the site, then write to or e-mail the relevant Local Authority sites and ask for a link from theirs to yours. Recips of .gov's will not be seen as bad SEO by Google. Good Luck. You will find a list of every single UK Council on my site. Help yourself.

[Black Cat]

For any such - worthwhile cause - the answer has to be not so much as IBL's but of Out Bound Links.

Here is how I do mine
http://www.counciltenantsmortgages.co.uk/right-to-buy-links.html
And most of those are .gov's - Google places as much store in quality OBL's as it does IBL's.
Once those links are on the site, then write to or e-mail the relevant Local Authority sites and ask for a link from theirs to yours. Recips of .gov's will not be seen as bad SEO by Google. Good Luck. You will find a list of every single UK Council on my site. Help yourself.

I take what you are saying on board, I have also tried to get in touch with a Professor who has spoken on the subject at a conference recently, hopefully he may be able contribute some content on latest reasearch or findings.

I did not realise the link weight would not be effected for the obl`s to .gov and .edu`s so I am grateful for that snippet, cheers ctabuk

[Webnauts]

I did not want to publish this info, but for you case I do.

Have a look here: http://increseo.com/blog/huge-list-of-free-edu-links-without-nofollow/

[Chris]

I did not want to publish this info, but for you case I do.

Have a look here: http://increseo.com/blog/huge-list-of-free-edu-links-without-nofollow/

so wait, you have an example that basically tells those that are interested in gaining these links to spam various edu blogs and hope a post sticks? and you think this information is too valuable to share?

i'm confused.

[Black Cat]

Thanks Webnauts.

[Chris]

Thanks Webnauts.

you may want to wait on that particular strategy...

[Black Cat]

Thanks Webnauts.

you may want to wait on that particular strategy...

I did download the list, I have reviewed it too, unfortunately as the site initially states the majority are forums.

Given the changeable content of forums however well read they may be, I do not think that I will be spending too much time signing up, only for the post to drop off the page.

I do appreciate Webnauts efforts however, I think I will search a little longer, maybe i will approach the UK press in the hope of gaining some exposure to the condition, in turn I should gain some natural linking.

[Chris]

it seems an awful lot like blog spam...

[ctabuk]

I have to agree with Chris on this method.

OBL's - Yes - we created a page recently for the search term Homebuy Brokers - we gave it a html code and have NOT submitted the page to any Directories or Blogs - yet it has raced to page one on all the majors. No toolbar PR!!!! Well we all know my thoughts on that! I relied purely on OBL's and it worked.

Another tip. If you are using say Wordpress as the blog. Create a new page entitled Gastroschisis.
Then by using a RSS feed from Google Alerts on that topic you will race up the SERP in about a week.

[Webnauts]

Did I say someone should spam blogs? I just provided the info about the links. If someone spams, should I be blamed for that?

[Chris]

Did I say someone should spam blogs? I just provided the info about the links. If someone spams, should I be blamed for that?

then what other strategy for link building do you suggest using the list you offered? there isn't any other way considering what you even wrote when you posted the list...

[Black Cat]

Found an alternative route to building a few links through this tool (http://www.webconfs.com/backlink-builder.php) might not be the most exact and concise and there may be better ones out there, but i have managed
to gain links on a few NHS websites within the UK so far.

It is a starting point at least.

[incrediblehelp]

1. I really don't believe that Webnauts was trying to recommend spam in any way.

Sure the list may be used for some spammers that utilize comment spamming, but I highly doubt that was Webnauts intention. I believe he simply wanted you to understand the art of link baiting at locations that don't use the nofollow attribute.

Participating in forums and becoming active in forums that relate to your cause is the right way to go. The TLD should not taken into consideration here.

2. This also goes for blogs that you may want to comment on and participate in. Sure both may use or not use the nofollow attribute, but that doesn't matter as much here. Just becoming part of the community and "showing off" your website in the signiture can lead to great traffic and back links on its own. Like Webnauts said above I don't believe the list was given for splogging.

3. Start by searching for websites/communities that deal with Gastroschisis. Communicate within them and links will come.

4. Make your website the best online resource on Gastroschisis and then let everyone know about it. Go to these forums you have found, post real actual posts and the likns will come.

4. Check out this post on social media and link building:

Link Baiting and Social Media Optimization, Huh? (http://www.jaankanellis.com/link-baiting-and-social-media-optimization-huh/)

[Webnauts]

1. I really don't believe that Webnauts was trying to recommend spam in any way.

Sure the list may be used for some spammers that utilize comment spamming, but I highly doubt that was Webnauts intention. I believe he simply wanted you to understand the art of link baiting at locations that don't use the nofollow attribute.

Thanks Jaan. I am very glad that somewhere here realizes what I am talking about, and which are my intentions after all.

[Black Cat]

Thanks incrediblehelp, i was already onto the community discussion angle and it has yielded some good results already from parents that are familiar with the condition.

I respect webnauts opinions on this board and he is one of many that i have read over the years that i have been a member here that i consider to be honest opinion. Which is why i did follow his link and i did download the list, however i thought a more fruitful route to take after careful consideration would be to contact already existing websites and authors of the condition including support groups, childrens hospitals and government health services.

It has yielded some results, the first of which was to get listed within Google in a record time for me, i did this by utilising social bookmarking sites like stumbleupon and digg, then on to Technorati and a few others these are great because of the crawl factor of the bots stopping by to have a peek for fresh content.

I have managed to rise to 4th within the UK google search for the keyword in less than a week.

With such an obtuse keyword though many will argue that this was not exactly hard to achieve, but all things considered I am starting to get to the people that matter and I am looking at content that will make it the best resource for the condition without making it all singing and dancing of course.

My original post here was to gain .gov and .edu backlinks, I have had moderate success so far, I may well have gained more .org`s than .edu or .gov but its a great start.

[ctabuk]

No One was accusing webnauts as using spam, not Chris and not I. BUT - if you go willy nilly after blogging in that manner you could step into the dark side of the force. Find blogs that Google likes and keep using them. Bloody well done on the 4th spot. Try some Hospital blogs too.

[Chris]

1. I really don't believe that Webnauts was trying to recommend spam in any way.

Sure the list may be used for some spammers that utilize comment spamming, but I highly doubt that was Webnauts intention. I believe he simply wanted you to understand the art of link baiting at locations that don't use the nofollow attribute.

Thanks Jaan. I am very glad that somewhere here realizes what I am talking about, and which are my intentions after all.

ok, when you start a post with a warning or second thoughts about posting it, then it's pretty obvious you know what a list like that will be used for. furthermore, if that's not your intention, you should probably state something like, "don't use this list for blog spam, it's mainly a resource in case you want to take part in a social optimization exercise"...

but that isn't what you did. you intimated you were hesitant to post the list, obviously because you are worried it will be misused. perhaps a follow-up post was necessary on your part...

[Webnauts]

ok, when you start a post with a warning or second thoughts about posting it, then it's pretty obvious you know what a list like that will be used for. furthermore, if that's not your intention, you should probably state something like, "don't use this list for blog spam, it's mainly a resource in case you want to take part in a social optimization exercise"...

but that isn't what you did. you intimated you were hesitant to post the list, obviously because you are worried it will be misused. perhaps a follow-up post was necessary on your part...
I got your point Chris. Sorry for the inconvenience.