To have substantial amount of inbound links is essential for a website to rank higher in search engines. In fact the main purpose of a Link Building campaign is to increase the quality and quantity of Links for a website in order to achieve high ranking on Search Engine Result Pages (SERPs). To do so, optimizers or link builders employ a wide range of techniques, of which Link Wheel has gained considerable attention. In this Article, we are going to discuss how this natural link building technique can yield the desired results.
What is a Link Wheel?
Before we proceed further, it is important to understand the concept of Link Wheel. It is a network of interconnected 2.0 websites with high Page Rank that not only link to a main site but also among themselves thus forming a wheel like structure. The main site is called “Hub Site” while the other sites are referred to as “Spokes” of the wheel. Here is an illustration:
How does it work?
- Unique articles are written on relevant topics with targeted keywords
- Once this task is completed, the articles are posted on different sites (usually 5-6 or more) thereby creating two links. While one link comes back to your site, the other goes to the next spoke.
- This leads to the creation of Link Wheel. As each spoke links out of this wheel and forms new links, the wheel gets expanded.
- The larger the link wheel means more number of links to your site which helps in reaching top ranking in search engines.
Popular sites for posting articles include:
- Blogger.com
- Blogsome.com
- EzineArticles.com
- Hubpages.com
- Squidoo.com
- VOX.com
- Weebly.com
- WordPress.org
- Yolasite.com
Advantages of Creating Link Wheel
- The foremost advantage of a Link Wheel is that it results in the generation of quality inbound links which is a necessity to survive in the competitive SEO environment
- An increase in the quantity as well as the quality of Links is always noticed by search engines and thus increases the chances of getting higher ranking
- As Link Wheel process consists of writing optimized content, it helps in quick indexing of a website
- It is a natural way of creating links and thus has gained popularity
Points to remember while creating Link Wheel
- Always write relevant content and write as many articles for posting on different sites
- Post articles on those sites that have similar theme as yours
- Select websites that have high Page Rank and quality content
- Maintain a proper record of your link exchanges and the necessary information like contact details of the webmasters. This record can be referred to any point of time.
Things to avoid
- Avoid linking to those sites that do not display the link pages in a clear manner
- Do not use the same content everywhere. If you cannot write new content every time, then modify the content to make it suitable
- Link Fields must be avoided at all cost as they can do more damage than good
It can be now concluded that Link Wheel can add value to a Link Building Campaign and help achieve SEO results faster with a little effort on part of the website owners. It is a highly effective technique that can deliver the desired outcomes.
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I have used link wheels for over a year,, they work great if done right,
Also I have learned a “broken” wheel is best.. makes it that much safer for serps.
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i am hearing a lot these days regarding link building and all the articles that i have read, your post is right up there..
thanks
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I have never done link wheel, but heard a lot about the benefits about it. I have been thinking of making a link wheel, most certainly very soon, I will certainly be keeping this post as a refernce
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Thanks for that post. You’re really providing value to your readers.
Like John Paul said, always leave your wheel opened, never close your wheel. Let me explain a little. Let us take for instance site A link to site B and then B to site C, the wheel will be considered closed if site A and B can be interconnected. I.e A-B-C-A but if C does not link back to A, then the link is considered open and search engine bots will not be able to pick up any connection between them. For the sake of this post, I’m thinking on running a link wheel experiment and then report the process on my blog or report here maybe as a guest post or something. Is that possible Admin?…just a thought.
Enjoy your day!
Also reinforcing John about keeping the wheel open else it’ll look like everything is closed (a big no-no to Google). Otherwise, really great article to summarize it all – keeps it nice and simple.
Now I’ve got some work to do
Hi Sneha thanks for your good tips. Oh ya I’ve a question, ever time we post an article on web 2.0 should we rewrite it again or just original article?
thanks
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It’s all about you Semmy, if you prefer to rewrite the content, just make sure you rewrite it well enough so that it looks original enough.
For better result, use original content. Enjoy your day.
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Hi Tim thank you very much for your answer, it’s help me! thanks
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You’re welcome buddy. Enjoy your day.
Tim@Internet Income Rant´s last [type] ..How I got my site indexed in Google search engine within 12 hours and how you too can do it
In case of link wheel – It is advisable to write unique articles for every web 2.0 site. But as mentioned in the post, if you cannot write that many articles, modify/rewrite the article completely, you can also add some more points. Avoid duplication.
Of course, it is best to write new articles, but this could be time consuming and difficult. Anyway, a slow and hard process like this is necessary for better results.
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thanks for your post . But I have a question : does this method work now ? we all know Google applied new rules for content/link spam and they can move our site to sandbox . I want to boost my blog traffic and rank ,but afraid of new Google policy
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Definitely, Link wheel is a very effective and an acceptable method too. But as I said avoid duplication.
Hey Sneha,
I have been using Link Wheels in my link building efforts for a while now and I can vouch for you that it is a highly effective technique. You could also bookmark each of your link wheel spokes and increase the authority of your overall link wheel’s link juice. Thanks for sharing your insights.
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Hi Sneha,
Article submission is great way to get quality backlinks as most of the articles have high Page Rank. Here you need to put your honest effort to write unique post only then it worth or else you’re just wasting your time and effort.
BTW you got nice name I really love it.
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Ofcourse, link wheel is time consuming , but worth the effort. It creates viral effect as the chain expands and brings you more and more back links. You can also include one article site in the wheel (ex: ezine articles). Try different methods ( ethical ) to get back links , instead of following the same method again and again. Diversity of links matters , which is called link direction.
Thanks Sneha
I have been posting articles for traffic purposes and getting a nice steady stream of visitors, but I had not tried out the link wheel method, will be sure to try that next.
Thanks for the clear intructions, I am sure if I introduce this strategy it will be very beneficial for my business.
I would also like to say that I have tested many of the article directories for traffic and Ezine Articles came out top, with ArticlesBase second and Goarticles third.
Alex
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Good tip, but don’t put too much faith in sites like ezines – all the links are nofollow.
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Hmm.. even Blogger, Hubpages, Squidoo, Wordpress, Yolasite offers NOFOLLOW.
Don’t know about the others though, haven’t checked it out.
Link Wheels add some great value to your link profile. I do think Google will / already figure out a way to track and devalue. Also Andy above, I think you need to look at ezine again – links are followed…
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A lot of people are building links, but what they don’t know is that many of those links may not get indexed and thus all their efforts will be futile. That is why link wheels have an advantage over normal links, because this links will be indexed, all you have to do is get at least one of your links from the link wheel indexed and that will trigger a chain reaction.
Of course this may necessitate a lot more work then normal links because you have to rember which links you didn’t used and the one you used but the results are more beneficial.
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Thanks for giving awesome post! The post of your presentation was great. I love this post. It’s very informative one and also very useful for SEO beginner. Link building is a one of the main thing in off page SEO. Because links are boost our sites. Really step by step easy to understood and you give amazing information.
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Hi Sneha,
My Tech Blog is 2-3 months old and I have acquired 278 backlinks till date. Since your into Link Building, do you think its great or is my stat a bit low?
I had heard about these platforms but ‘Blogsome’ seems to be a new one. I use Blogger as my Blogging Platform. I have been using Link Building the way you mentioned here but I mostly look for high PageRank Backlinking.
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How many baclinks you acquire do not matter, it is the quality of the links that matters. There are various parameters, like your anchor text, the page from which you acquire links – authority/quality of the page, quality of content on the page, relevancy of the page to yours, number of outbound links on that particular page, position of your link on the page and many more . Analyze your back link portfolio and try to focus more on quality.
Thanks for the reply!
It would be great if you can update us with some free backlink analyzer software or web service. 
This is a good one. tools.seobook.com/backlink-analyzer/
Thanks! I am downloading it right now! Will comment about its effectiveness
Hi Sneha,
These are great tips indeed. I have only started using link wheel recently.
Thanks for sharing.
All the best,
Mavis
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Nice guide but I don’t know why many articles submitted but pagerank does not increase for several of my sites
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Page rank increases with no of quality links. quality and diversity of links matter. The tool bar PR that you can see is updated 3-4 times a year, so wait for the next update
. If you run a blog, focus more on attracting relevant traffic rather than page rank.
The thing about link wheel is you need to have to record and make a mind map of where you are going to do link building for spokes. Pretty complicated process but it’s well-rewarded.
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I have heard of the link wheel before but have never really understood or comprehended its potential as a way to increase ranking. However, since you explained it so clearly, it won’t hurt if I give it a try. Thanks.
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Sneha,
I totally agree that link wheels are great for the SERPs. The only thing about them is that they do take a lot of time especially if you were to focus on quality. But no doubt, it is definitely a great way for backlinks. The search engines would love it.
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Link wheel seems to be new concept for me. Has got some good advantages. Have to try it.
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Nice tips I am planing to create two niche store and I think that this article will help me a lot to gain some links and strengths my position.
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This is something I’ve never even heard of. You say that you should post the same content to the other web 2.0 sites though? That seems as though it would have a negative impact on google.
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Hi,
Did you read the complete post? It is not mentioned anywhere in the article to post the same content on every site. I don’t recommend that.
I apologize. I misread the part that says “Once this task is completed, the articles are posted on different sites.”
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>>Avoid linking to those sites that do not display the link pages in a clear manner
I never thought about this, but you’re right, some of the 2.0 properties are a mess to link back to. If you are serious about building link wheels, you have to invest the time into learning the idiosyncracies of each property.
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Leaving the link wheels open might be safer but it still leaves a footprint. The safest method is not to link any of the web 2.0 pages together. You can still build link juice to them from other web 2.0 pages or link profiles. It’s more work but keeps you under the radar.
Thanks for that post. You’re really providing value to your readers.
Like John Paul said, always leave your wheel opened, never close your wheel. Let me explain a little. Let us take for instance site A link to site B and then B to site C, the wheel will be considered closed if site A and B can be interconnected. I.e A-B-C-A but if C does not link back to A, then the link is considered open and search engine bots will not be able to pick up any connection between them. For the sake of this post, I’m thinking on running a link wheel experiment and then report the process on my blog or report here maybe as a guest post or something. Is that possible Admin?…just a thought.
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Great for me that I found your Blog… I just started with my own Blog, can I reference to this post? I want to write something on similiar topic!
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I’ve heard about the concept of link wheel before, but reading this post and the comments altogether I realized it was something more elaborated that I thought it to be. First, I understand that you shouldn’t post the same article on several 2.0 websites and then that you have to pay a lot of attention not to leave a footprint, using a lot of tricks. Complicated, but well-rewarding, if done right.