The Magic of EDU BackLinks

There is a myth about the easiest way you can get top rankings in the world of search engine optimization. Some have claimed that the easiest way you can get your site at the top of the page rankings is to get edu backlinks – using the additional credibility that a site with a dot-edu extension provides.

The domain extension edu is considered a top level domain. It is one of the first six top level domains which also included .com, .net, .org, .mil and, finally, .gov. the edu domain was derived from the fact that it was initially intended for the use of United States Educational Institutions. Some of the first websites to use this type of domain includes cmu.edu, berkeley.edu, UCLA.edu, Columbia.edu, Purdue.edu, and rice.edu.

In order to qualify for the use of an edu domain, a learning institution must possess an accreditation from the accrediting agency from the US Department of Education. Foreign educational institution have their own versions of the edu domain with an additional county code domains like .mx for Mexico, .uk for the United Kingdom and .ph for the Philippines.

This additional requirement used in the procurement of an “edu” domain link would help in the SEO rankings because of the weight it holds in the way the search engine ranks a web page. The web page which has an edu domain also seldom use links in their site. In most cases, they only use their web sites for marketing purposes.

The search engines, however, take a look at the way the links are used in the edu domain. The website you are trying to improve through the use of an edu domain will benefit more if the content is relevant to the edu domain. For example, a link to a published study on the origin of the species would be relevant if it is linked to a scheduled exhibition of early works of Charles Darwin. However, a link that connects together a school’s forum to an e-store would not be as relevant or valuable. Though if done with careful thought it can still help to improve the rankings of the e-store.

Spamming by posting non relevant content  is highly frowned upon among search engines and other SEO Professionals. They are now taking the necessary steps to avoid the abuse of this powerful domain type without undermining the obvious credibility that educational institution website holds.

This can be achieved by writing quality content for your SEO purposes. The links that you make must make sense to what you are linking to. If you follow these simple guidelines then you to can magically improve on a website’s ranking.  Try it today and witness just how much difference it makes to your rankings.

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Article by John Black

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