Thread: What's the verdict on linkwheel?

Based upon the advice given here, I setup a 6 property linkwheel that I'll blast (100 links per day) with xrumer.... but with all these new posts saying linkwheels are being picked up by Google, I'm wondering if I should stay away....

Or should I not worry as my linkwheel is only 6 big....

6 links or 150 links - You're going to get caught sooner or later.

urm, 6 links or 150 links a day? i had a sucessful streak at finding viral quality videos....fuck knows how many backlinks one of my videos got....

anyway, i was concerned that linkwheels of any size are being picked up straight away by google....ill take it as a no

Some of my old linkwheels are still intact and ranking. However, it is now very difficult to create an effective linkwheel.

In fact, I would say that linkwheels no longer work under the name "linkwheel". The wheel structure needs to be thrown out.

You have to create networks that look natural to Google. This also means spreading creation out over time.

I am working on a network at the moment, it's a project that will take 3 months to complete. I am using lots of high quality original content and being extremely careful to make everything look normal to Google.

I paid $50 for a linkwheel here on BHW and it has resulted in ZERO addnl traffic after 1 month.

so is the link wheel had any good results for anyone?

not as a 'wheel'
you have to one have it be almost completly open and two make it look natural
so in short no
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A real linkwheel alone has not helped me, but blasting that wheel with some proper xrumer links got me from page 2 to middle page 1. Keyword is a 30.000+ exact match phrase on google.

That was around 10 days ago.

Anyhow the whole linkwheel craze was a stupid idea that was just marketed well. I always used my own method to create a linking structure. The wheel is just too obvious. In fact the first time I tried making a wheel was a month ago and as mentioned it didn't work on its own. If you push it enough, even a linkwheel can work.

It's all about keeping it random... They can work wonders if you don't follow the step by step method.

I am no this for a fact because I work with them all the time and had great success.

Isn't the point of a link wheel to improve serps instead of traffic??