To most people, .edu and .gov are just another top level domain. But to SEOs, those three letters mean so much more. While many people in the SEO world doubt the fact that search engines give .edu and .gov site backlinks special superpowers, we can all agree that sites on .edu and .gov domains have the age, trust and domain authority every link builder loves. However, landing these links without resorting to spammy wiki pages or forum profiles is a challenge. This chapter will teach you some actionable strategies you can use to add these cream of the crop backlinks to your link profile.
Blog Comments
Believe it or not, most universities and government organizations have jumped head-first into the blogosphere. And that means golden opportunities to get blog comment backlinks. This particular technique is a bit more effective than general blog comment link building because you’re going to be targeting niche-relevant pages.
First, we’ll need to install the SEO Quake Toolbar. This will help us identify the PR of the page that we’ll be dropping links on. Because manual blog commenting can take some time, it’s important to choose our targets wisely.
Head over to http://www.seoquake.com/. Click on the “Install” button: