Link wheel

[genie.liam]

What is link wheel? How does it work? What are the techniques that are involve in it?

[Canonical]

what is a link wheel - Google Search (http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&source=hp&q=what+is+a+link+wheel&rlz=1R2GZHY_enUS328&aq=f&oq=&aqi=g1)

[weegillis]

On quick examination, the first prerequisite is web 2.0 on all your sites. This technique uses RSS and other web 2.0 technologies extensively.

Another thing I noticed in one diagram was that the spokes all point in, and none point out. That is, the target page on the main site does not link out to external blog pages, they point to it, only.

Also, none of the blogs point back to the previous spoke, only to the next one in the wheel.

These linking strategies make sense even in the web 1.0 world where many of our sites still 'reside.'

[Doc]

This is the best explanation I've seen:
Developing A Link Wheel (http://hubpages.com/hub/linkwheels)

[Doc]

nice illustration Doc... thank you... is it effective?

I couldn't really say, tripper. I haven't personally tried it. The concept seems sound, but it does seem like the sort of thing that could bring the big G down on ya, if they catch you at it. ;)

The question, of course, is when will they get around to tracking that sort of thing.

[Doc]

Personally, I think it's pushing the edge of blackhat, and I won't be trying it. I suspect it might be something that could generate some quick results, but there are many other methods out there that will render lasting results, so I think I'll stick with them.

[cw1865]

I employ it in a different fashion where all of my sites are pointing to all of them, but I was doing that long before I even heard the word 'mini-net' or 'link wheel'

Is it effective from an SEO viewpoint? Frankly, I couldn't tell you, but the cross-traffic I get from my other sites has an extremely high conversion rate. Plus I am not really doing anything that a department store doesn't do in a brick and mortar setting.

All I can say is that when I first started this back in 2000, I had 'Store X' with everything under the sun and I hit a 'wall' beyond which no matter what I did, I just could not grow. Once I started Store 1.....Store N, each serving a niche, that is when things took off.

At the end of the day your page 1 index page is still your most powerful weapon.

Store X (page 1 title/keywords)
(sub store 1, page 2 title keywords-existing on the same domain one click deep from Store X's index page)

vs.

Store X (page 1 title/keywords) , Store 1, page 1 title keywords

So, do I look at it as the 'spokes' supporting the 'hub' - no. I simply look at it that if you, the customer, aren't interested in one of my spokes, you might be interested in another.

[Ace]

Personally, I think it's pushing the edge of blackhat, and I won't be trying it. I suspect it might be something that could generate some quick results, but there are many other methods out there that will render lasting results, so I think I'll stick with them.

Yes, I have seen the results of Link wheel technique and it really produced very quick and effective results, out of top 10 Google position for word QROPS 7 is captured by social media sites that are linked to other web 2.0 website and one link to main site. But after 2 - 3 months these websites start going downwards in results seems Google might have detected the technique. But the main site is number one in Google Results now !

[fantastvik]

i have been workingon a rather comlexed link whel and the results have been pretty awesome.
http://lemonarian.com/images/advancedlinkwheel.png
i am only halfway through..i have a problem thought a link coming out of RSS feed

[SteveGerencser]

Give something a new name and people think its new.. People have been developing link networks (that's what a 'link wheel' is) for a very long time.. The trick to doing it properly, and the part that so many people fail at, is making it look natural and legitimate.. Instead of just another link farm..

[fantastvik]

you are so correct! yes, this has ben there since quite a time, some of them have named it linkwheel... yes, and the reality is unless the wheel is difficult, it can be easily tarceable by google.. so more complex the better!

[ChristianSEO]

That's a really good graph there!

I really like what cw1865 posted, a really great explanation of how a small ecommerce store can compete with the mainstream companies. It's all about finding the niches.

It's like with a bakery, noone wants to buy your bread or buns because they already buy them at a supermarket, but try to make them in a different colour, shape or present them at your grandmothers church meetings as the "holy buns" and you got yourself clients ^^

[sijugk]

Yes all we were doing this network for a long time but after getting the name link wheel only it is so much popularized.


1. Get links from free domains to our website

2. Get links to free domain sites

3. Get links to the 3rd stage websites which links to free domain sites.

[vivianrollins]

linkwheels work as long as IPs are diversified. Having tons of link from the same IP is less valuable and hence less effective.

[SuperMan]

It looks pretty amazing to create something so powerful as a link wheel. I have a version of it using different properties, but what is a "sub wheel hub 4"

[IlikeMarketing]

sub wheel hub 4 probably is just another sub network which will inter links and links to the main website.

[mickeyy]

Guys,

What would be a good quantity of sites in the link Wheel ?

I heard once 5 to 8, but maybe there is someone which can give a figure based on experience.

[chrisdee]

From whatv I've been reading lately, link wheels are not as effective as they once were.

The key these days is not to close the wheel as this creates an easy to discover footprint

[mjtaylor]

This thread is attracting fluff. Closed.