{"id":4410,"date":"2021-12-03T20:54:39","date_gmt":"2021-12-03T20:54:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.joshuageorge.co.uk\/?p=4410"},"modified":"2022-05-21T13:12:30","modified_gmt":"2022-05-21T13:12:30","slug":"are-web-2-0s-good-for-getting-backlinks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joshuageorge.co.uk\/are-web-2-0s-good-for-getting-backlinks\/","title":{"rendered":"Are Web 2.0&#8217;s Good For Getting Backlinks? | The Do&#8217;s And Don&#8217;ts"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"4410\" class=\"elementor elementor-4410\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-28499a0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"28499a0\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4f40e9c\" data-id=\"4f40e9c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2b11829 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2b11829\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I am often asked whether web 2.0&#8217;s remain a good way to obtain backlinks for your website?<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Web 2.0 link building was a way in which website owners could essentially spam links of little relevance and quality to their money site and it would directly help them rank in Google.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In this article, we will look at web 2.0&#8217;s in detail and whether or not they still remain a good way to build links to your website.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-644f78f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"644f78f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" id=\"what-is-a-web-20\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2><b>What is a Web 2.0?<\/b><\/h2><ol><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"#what-is-a-web-20\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What is a Web 2.0?<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"#what-is-web-20-link-building\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What is Web 2.0 link building?<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"#are-web-20-backlinks-safe\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Are Web 2.0 backlinks safe?<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/li><li aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"#benefits-of-web-20-backlinks\">What are the benefits of Web 2.0 backlinks?<\/a><\/span><ol><li aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"#links-from-high-authority-domains\">Links from high authority domains<\/a><\/span><\/li><li aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"#build-links-in-volume\">Build links in volume<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ol><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"#do-web-20-backlinks-pass-page-authority\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Do Web 2.0 backlinks pass page authority?<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"#how-to-build-web-20-backlinks\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How to build web 2.0 backlinks?<\/span><\/span><\/a><ol><li aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"#create-an-email-address\">Create an email address<\/a><\/span><\/li><li aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"#sign-up-to-blogging-platform\">Sign up to blogging platform<\/a><\/span><\/li><li aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"#create-your-content\">Create your content<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ol><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"#conclusion\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Conclusion<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ol><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Web 2.0, a term used to describe websites and applications that allow anyone to create online information or material they have created themselves.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Web 2.0&#8217;s are essentially platforms that allow anyone on the internet to share information and it is something that in the past, was used as a way to build links.<\/span><\/p><p><b>Some of the main examples of web 2.0&#8217;s include:<\/b><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wikipedia<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">YouTube<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Flickr<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Medium<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Reddit<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tumblr<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Classified sites<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Quora<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Google Docs<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6e21a69 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6e21a69\" data-element_type=\"widget\" id=\"what-is-web-20-link-building\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2><b>What is Web 2.0 link building?<\/b><\/h2><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Web 2.0 link building is a form of link building where you sign up at sites like social media blogging and forum platforms where anyone can publish content and comments.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Once you sign up to these websites, you can then begin creating backlinks essentially in the content and comments shared on the platform. There are billions of unique pages on these kinds of websites and the value of a link is really diluted.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Many years ago, it was far easier to build these kinds of &#8220;spammy&#8221; links from comments and pages that didn&#8217;t really have a lot of authority and relevance.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7724061 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7724061\" data-element_type=\"widget\" id=\"are-web-20-backlinks-safe\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2><b>Are Web 2.0 backlinks safe?<\/b><\/h2><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Web 2.0 backlinks are generally safe if they are created in moderation. They do not actually break any Google guidelines and a lot of SEO professionals still use them in tiered link building strategies.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This means that instead of using them as links directly to your site, they are used to power up the links already pointing at your website, so no real footprint is left directly back to your own site.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Just like any other kind of link building strategy, you need to be careful about the volume that you build as any links that land on a site aggressively and unnaturally can lead to sites being penalised.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dd6b2f1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"dd6b2f1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" id=\"benefits-of-web-20-backlinks\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2><b>What are the benefits of web 2.0 backlinks?<\/b><\/h2><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When it comes to web 2.0 link building, there are a few benefits that give people reason to still use them as a way to build backlinks to their website.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2005f11 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2005f11\" data-element_type=\"widget\" id=\"links-from-high-authority-domains\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3><b>Links from high authority domains<\/b><\/h3><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Whilst the effectiveness of web 2.0 &#8216;s is still something that is up for debate, any links that are built on these kinds of sites will have high domain authority. Any subdomain of Reddit, Quora and various other web 2.0 sites will keep the domain authority of these sites.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-217a10e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"217a10e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" id=\"build-links-in-volume\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3><b>Build links in volume<\/b><\/h3><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They can be a scalable link building solution just because of how easy they are to build. There are many opportunities to build on web 2.0 sites with the sheer volume of pages some of these sites have.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f5de5c0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f5de5c0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" id=\"do-web-20-backlinks-pass-page-authority\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2><b>Do Web 2.0 backlinks pass page authority?<\/b><\/h2><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Whilst the root domain of a web 2.0 backlink will have significant page authority and domain authority, the power of a single web 2.0 backlink is extremely diluted.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is due to the vast number of pages and subdomains that are created under these kinds of large websites. Whilst a number of these lower quality links can be impactful, the single value of a web 2.0 backlink is pretty worthless.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The main thing is the domain authority of the root domain but when a subdomain is created and a blog is built using the subdomain, the authority of the web 2.0 website can build pretty quickly.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3d98d46 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3d98d46\" data-element_type=\"widget\" id=\"how-to-build-web-20-backlinks\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2><b>How to build web 2.0 backlinks?<\/b><\/h2><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In order to build a web 2.0 backlink to your website, there are a few steps that you need to take in order to get your website built on the particular subdomain.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-55d6650 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"55d6650\" data-element_type=\"widget\" id=\"create-an-email-address\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3><b>Create an email address<\/b><\/h3><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You will need to create a default email address that you will use to sign up to the web 2.0 website.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-567c05a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"567c05a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" id=\"sign-up-to-blogging-platform\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3><b>Sign up to blogging platform<\/b><\/h3><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You will need to sign in to which of the platforms you decide to use for your web 2.0. Whether that is Blogspot or Medium, you can sign up and then create the URL you will use for your web 2.0. Depending on the keyword you are wishing you target, you should definitely use this in your URL structure.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you are creating a web 2.0 in the pet niche, for instance, you will want to use URL&#8217;s like:<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here are how some of your web 2.0 URLs should look:<\/span><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">bestdogs.wordpress.com<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">petsjunkie.blogspot.com<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You want to avoid being too exact with the keywords you use to match your Web 2.0 to but ensure to try and get a keyword or at least a relevant one in there.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f3aa605 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f3aa605\" data-element_type=\"widget\" id=\"create-your-content\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3><b>Create your content<\/b><\/h3><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You then want to generate 5-10 posts that you can use to link back to your site or any of your other links. This content you will want to research and do a bit of planning but if you are building these links at a tier 2 or 3 levels, then it doesn&#8217;t need to be perfect. 5-10 1000 word articles will help add some content to the site. Also, try and add a homepage, about and contact page that will help your site link and look fairly natural.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8d020a4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8d020a4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" id=\"conclusion\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2><b>Conclusion<\/b><\/h2><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To conclude, are web 2.0&#8217;s good for getting backlinks. I believe that they can still be a useful way of obtaining backlinks so long as they are built in the right way.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You should avoid building them directly to your money site if possible but certainly, they can be a great way to quickly build links.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This should not be the single link building strategy that you use and there are many other effective SEO strategies you can utilize. However, web 2.0&#8217;s can still be effective if they are planned in the right way.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am often asked whether web 2.0&#8217;s remain a good way to obtain backlinks for your website? Web 2.0 link building was a way in which website owners could essentially spam links of little relevance and quality to their money site and it would directly help them rank in Google. 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