Link wheel still working ?

[purplar]

Hi members, Is link wheel still working for getting better SERPs and getting good backlinks, ?

[LynnPatchett]

I would say no. There are a couple of posts already on q&a detailing the benefits(?) and risks:

http://www.seomoz.org/q/do-link-wheel-works

http://www.seomoz.org/q/hi-i-wanted-to-clarify-whether-what-i-am-describing-is-a-link-wheel-and-is-this-black-hat

[purplar]

thanks for the links mate

[SanketPatel]

I think link wheel can work if your content is awesome and inter linking method is natural, and intention of linking is to provide more information to visitors. For Example,  You will find many relevant linking between seo blogs like Distilled Blog > seomoz blog > Search Engine Land Blog. They always links to awesome content if related to their blog post.

But if you link same 5 articles by posting them in article sites or web 2.0 sites. And linking with keywords then it will not work. Because its not natural.

[donford]

I want to follow up on what Sanket said, and this is not directed at him per say.

Why knowing what you know now about how Google is proactively cracking down on any method to artificially inflate a sites perceived value would you even consider trying to use a scheme, whether its link exchanges, link wheels, paid posters, paid social media, or any of a myriad of other black hat tricks.

[Debdulal]

_It is a worthless practice and believe me, you are not going to get any benefit out of it. After Penguin and Panda update, this practice is now being treated as another spammy SEO technique whose sole purpose is to push the rankings of the website artificially.

Rather than wasting your time on shoddy techniques like this, you should try your best to invest your time and money to come up with great quality content that adds value to your website. _