Forums backlinks not showing

[surreypcsupport]

The age of any backlinks are a factor in their strength. You want you links to build gradually over time and appear natural.

[bobwilson37]

Don't worry about backlinks. They will certainly appear. One thing I wanted to tell you is that: If you want your link to be shown in backlinks, then instead of using anchor tag, use direct website name.

ex: forums.ukwebmasterworld.com not example

And for getting backlinks of your site:
use: site: forums.ukwebmasterworld.com
Not: site:forums.ukwebmasterworld.com

[Arleigh]

I have been working hard to comment in relevant forums as one part of my SEO strategy. However, these comments are not showing up as backlinks when I search using link:mywebsite.

That link operator will just provide a sampling of links to any site.

To see a much larger sampling of links to any site. You must do this:

1. Sign into Google Webmaster Tool with your Google Account.
2. Click the URL for the site you want.
3. Click Links, and then click the page you want.

https://google.com/support/webmaster...n&answer=55281

Note: While the External links page provides a larger sampling of links to your site, not all links to your site may be listed. This is normal.

[surreypcsupport]

Don't worry about backlinks. They will certainly appear. One thing I wanted to tell you is that: If you want your link to be shown in backlinks, then instead of using anchor tag, use direct website name.

But if you do that you lose all the benefits the anchor text keyphrase targeting gives you.

ex: forums.ukwebmasterworld.com not example

And for getting backlinks of your site:
use: site: forums.ukwebmasterworld.com
Not: site:forums.ukwebmasterworld.com

Interesting! Thanks for the tip.