Backlinking

[kevinbp]

I read the moz begainers guide and I am confuse over this point.

" If i have too many back links from a single site. It's considered too spammy. "

Q: I have a blog and it constantly black links to my ranking page, is this considered bad?

Q: I have an active forum that I go to and I am constantly contributing to the topic however i will always try to relate back to my website, is this considered spammy too?

[RangeMarketing]

Hi there,

Q1. I would monitor the amount of links you add and also make sure that you aren't overusing the same anchor text. This could potentially come up as a red flag to Google even if the links are quite natural.

Q2. That technique does sound a bit spammy. If you are trying hard to relate back to your website just for links, this too might be seen as shady by Google and other participants in the forum. I would continue to contribute but only mention / link to your website when it's absolutely necessary to make your point.

Hope this was helpful!

[BBEXNinja]

It does seem like you may be setting up some obvious patterns of backlinking for SEO gains, which Google Penguin can penalize. It especially depends on what anchor text you are using.

Remember that Google prefers linking to be "natural." This means that you produce great content, and then in turn, others will want to share that content by linking to it. A backlink to your website should be seen as an "editorial vote" from one website to another, as opposed to you going out and creating all of your backlinks yourself. Here is a video from a bald Matt Cutts on techniques for building links.

If your primary SEO strategy is to go about linking to yourself on various forums and blogs, and especially if you are using money anchor text like "seo company new york" then you may be setting yourself up for an over-optimization penalty of some kind.

In regards to the discussion forum you participate in, I would check to see if those links you are creating are marked with a rel="nofollow" attribute. If they are, then I would not worry so much about them harming you, but also know that they can't really directly boost your ranking either.