Is there any advantage of having a backlink on a .gov or .edu site?

Just wondering. Thanks.

usually those domains are authority sites and have a high pr so that will help but not every .edu site is authoritative it depends on the content

yes there is! Google gives big point if your site link to those domain. Google trust both domain because of they are informative and useful.

of course this sites useful in back link on our website. It is also considered by the google. It is also considered in backword links by the google.

I thing it is a spam:
For example if am getting back link from any .gov or .edu sites its not my theme related, but if i have site like education or government related theme than its ok.

am i wrong?
please clarify...

Theres nothing special on .gov/.edu extension. It depends on the site.

Originally Posted by gray929

Is there any advantage of having a backlink on a .gov or .edu site?

Just wondering. Thanks.

Yes there is.
1. It is better to have than not to have a link from a ".gov or .edu" site.
2. If the ".gov or .edu" site is related to service you are offering, you can get some visitors that are interested in your service.
3. It is good to think that some ".gov or .edu" site linked to yours, it makes you feel good, and your site worthy

I didn't have any links with .gov or .edu sites but my sites and blog seems fine as long focus on proper link building techniques!

While it isn't necaessary, it is generally accepted that having a link from a .gov or .edu site will help your rankings. Why? If you can't trust the government, then who can you trust... (I'm not saying I trust the governemt)

Stephan Spencer: OK. So, I guess, a follow on to that would be: a .edu and .gov link, and so forth, has, typically, a more pristine link neighborhood, so it is not just about the PageRank, right? The link neighborhood comes into play.
Matt Cutts: That is a little bit of a "secret sauce" question, so I am not going to go into how much we do trust that sort of stuff.
Stephan Spencer: OK. I am going to slap my wrist now. Ouch, ouch!
Matt Cutts: [laughing]
But, certainly, all of the things that have good qualities of a link from a .edu or a .gov site, as well as the fact that we hard-code and say: .edu or .gov links are good - and when there are good links, .edu links tend to be a little better on average; they tend to have a little higher PageRank, and they do have this sort of characteristic that we would trust a little more. There is nothing in the algorithm itself, though, that says: oh, .edu - give that link more weight.
Stephan Spencer: Yes. Which is what I would expect that SEOs would have already realized.
Matt Cutts: Well, you would be surprised how many are like: "Oh, I have to get .edu links because they are better." You can have a useless .edu link just like you can have a great .com link.

Are you asking just for information gain, Or do you have a opportunity to get these backlinks. They would be great to have, but aslo think they would be hard to find

Originally Posted by djura

Yes there is.

2. If the ".gov or .edu" site is related to service you are offering, you can get some visitors that are interested in your service.

It's very related! My web site collects taxes, administers justice, builds freeways and other public works, and goes to war in the Middle East. How do I get .gov links?

Build site for government and get some link from it :P

Franky its a bit of a daft argument, as if gov and edu links were more important then these links would appear at hte top of the search engines more than any other sites wouldnt they ? this clearly never happens !

Woc

In last minute of this video: http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...37348670651505
you can hear Matt Cutts saying that only advantage of links from edu. .gov domains is that they tend to have bigger PR (because lots of reputable sites link to them), and there is no value only because of it is a .gov or .edu domain.

Originally Posted by djura

no value only because of it is a .gov or .edu domain.

Most likely because the only party to be able to obtain a .gov is the Government and a .edu is an Educational services such as schools and universities.

You dont need to get links from .edu or .gov as long as your backlinks came from strong and reputable websites

Originally Posted by dWhite

Most likely because the only party to be able to obtain a .gov is the Government and a .edu is an Educational services such as schools and universities.

The thread is about getting backlinks from those domains.
Let's say you host an event with a university and get a link back to your site, is this link gonna be more beneficial than a .com etc...That's what the thread is about and it has been answered already.

having a link in .gov or .edu is also consider as proper link building, its not spamming. It just give better weigh in getting quality backlinks.

Yea, if you get link links form .edu and .gov site it is always a good links.If you get links form related industry good websites it is also valuable to your site.
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