How Do I Get .edu and .gov Backlinks Easily?
This post is for the AskCarl feature. Question submitted by Mark. If you want to submit a question, Just drop me a mail and I’ll try my best to answer it!
Most search engines value .gov and .edu backlinks. These links are so called “authority links” to search engines. That’s the reason why most SEO’s hunt for these kind of backlinks.
Even thought it’s quite hard to get these backlinks. Here are some tips for you to start with:
First, go to Google and try to do the following search:
For .edu domains
“Your desired keyword” “powered by wordpress” site:.edu
This search will help you find blogs that uses WordPress with a .edu domain.
“Your desired keyword “ “powered by vBulletin” site:.edu
This search will help you find forums that use vBulletin. Alternatively, you can replace the word “vBulletin” with your desired forum management program (Like Xoops, Phpbb, etc.)
For .gov domains
“Your desired keyword” “powered by wordpress” site:.gov
This search will help you find blogs that uses WordPress with a .edu domain.
“Your desired keyword “ “powered by vBulletin” site:.gov
This search will help you find forums that use vBulletin. Alternatively, you can replace the word “vBulletin” with your desired forum management program (Like Xoops, Phpbb, etc.)
That’s about it. Just play with the search terms. Hehehehe, use your creativity to find some “authority” links. You’re missing something good if you wouldn’t try this and you’ll realize that it’s all worth it.
Honestly, just about a minute ago, I found a .edu forum that allows anyone to register. Of course, I quickly registered and contributed some things. It’s just a matter of luck and some good Googling 
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September 19, 2007
12:58 am #comment-1
Wow. Great tips carl. I am going to have a go at this for my blog.
November 16, 2007
7:08 pm #comment-2
Thank you Carl, I have never thought of this before. I thought .edu domains were only used by schools. Trying my luck now on looking for some of these sites. Wish me luck! :)
January 20, 2008
1:58 am #comment-3
You always have so much valuable information.
May 15, 2008
4:16 am #comment-4
This is so great after I found this, I use it all the time on my sites. Thanks so much. :)
Regards,
– Mark | http://monkeyblogger.com
August 28, 2008
3:05 am #comment-5
that’s definitely some great ideas. i’m going to try that on my site. i sure wish it would work
February 6, 2009
2:54 am #comment-6
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February 13, 2009
1:10 pm #comment-7
Thanks for this. I’ll give it a try and see how it goes. Be interested to see your RSS feed too.
February 18, 2009
2:06 am #comment-8
Awesome tips Carl. Just what I have been looking for.
February 21, 2009
11:06 pm #comment-9
cool blog, I like it.
February 27, 2009
6:07 am #comment-10
Hi guys. I was wondering, what do you do when you’ve found a great site? You post a comment ?
March 10, 2009
10:40 pm #comment-11
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June 18, 2009
6:15 pm #comment-13
Wow Great Tips …surely i’ll apply this for my website
June 29, 2009
11:19 pm #comment-14
Great TIPS for theese gold links, thanks a lot!
June 30, 2009
5:48 am #comment-15
Thanks for this tip on getting backlinks from edu and gov domains, already used it and got some links :)
August 12, 2009
12:58 am #comment-16
wow its a new experience for me to search more backlinks again.i will try it soon.thank you for this tips carlo.
September 21, 2009
3:50 pm #comment-17
I haven’t tried to build backlinks much through this method. Found the same tip in another site, and here’s what happened. Whenever I comment on a .edu WP blog that has nothing to do with “make money online” or SEO, it gets accepted. I wonder why I cannot make a comment on .edu blogs when the topic is about SEO and Internet Marketing and why my post would be labeled “questionable?” Did this in two separate .edu blogs about SEO, and I was aghast why.
Well, good tips there.
October 23, 2009
2:24 am #comment-18
thanks for the tips, I’m definitely going to browse for edu. domains. I still haven’t done any backlinks yet, so this will get me started.
-Blue | MarsBlue.com
November 17, 2009
5:34 am #comment-19
wow carl, this info is golden . i’m trying it now !
November 25, 2009
4:40 am #comment-20
cool!!
December 4, 2009
7:34 pm #comment-21
Thanks Carl, I have never idea of this before. This is good tips and I am going to try.
December 10, 2009
12:18 am #comment-22
After you’ve found spotted prepare to do some desinterested writing for those sites. Or maybe negociate a NATURAL paid link .
As Carl said, webmasters of these type of sites are not so responsive to linking propositions, unless you prove yourself to be a valuable informational resource for their community.; and that takes time.
For the most part, serious webmasters are in general weary people when it comes to rendering links, mostly due to the fear of not loosing hard gained PageRank, which I find not exactly in alligment with the spirit of internet. I say this becasue the web community is all about linking out and promoting quality content.
If you’re interested, here’s my opinion concerning the process of initiating backlinking partnerships throughout your community:
http://trafficcpanel.com/750/4-step-guide-to-building-backlinks-with-solid-link-partnerships/
Hope it serves you well!
Cheers,
Cristian
Great tips, Carl!
January 11, 2010
3:52 am #comment-23
Thanks for it was nice tips…
January 29, 2010
12:58 am #comment-24
That’s a pretty cool tips but i used to put an “inurl:gov” or an “inurl:edu”
I think it’s working better and have more relevant results
February 11, 2010
3:12 pm #comment-25
Thanks for this great info
March 11, 2010
9:38 am #comment-26
Thanks for posting this. I couldn’t remember exactly how to search for only a certain TLD on Google.
March 19, 2010
10:32 pm #comment-27
What a great article. Thank you for the practical advice. I have stuggled with this problem for some time now
March 20, 2010
9:23 pm #comment-28
thanks for the information…I have also heard that .gov sites give more credibility to your links
May 10, 2010
4:08 am #comment-29
nice handy tips…. got some edu blogs in my niche
May 30, 2010
10:02 pm #comment-30
Wow, this is a new one for me. I’m going to go try this right away. Thanks for sharing
June 19, 2010
7:58 pm #comment-31
This is a great tip. At first I was skeptical but it still works. Will continue using this for a while
August 6, 2010
10:50 am #comment-32
Very clever idea here. Any suggestions for weeding out search results on results pages with nofollows? Most of the sites using WP have this by default. I tried adding -nofollow to the search query but that didn’t seem to work.
August 22, 2010
1:52 pm #comment-33
I knew this strategy by watching your videos when I bought the Ultimate Blogging Theme from you, but I haven’t used this before. Now it is time to use it.
Thanks for your brilliant Google friendly wordpress theme! I think you did a great job. Recently when I use Market Samurai to check my website, I realize how fantastic your design of “Ultimate Blogging Theme Options” is, which makes on-page SEO so easy.
August 25, 2010
3:53 pm #comment-34
I have actually tried this method. It is a bit hit and miss, but you can get some good quality links out of it. I have a site at number one with a .edu backlink.
September 25, 2010
3:13 am #comment-35
I hope all of this happens. I mean, it’s for the sake of research and education, which is priceless.
September 26, 2010
6:11 am #comment-36
I was searching for a method to get back links from .gov, .edu sites. Thanks for the post.
October 18, 2010
6:38 am #comment-37
Excellent you have solved my problems it would have taken months to reach to this conclusion to get backlinks from edu and gov websites. thanks a lot
October 18, 2010
10:55 am #comment-38
Great, article….Thanks!
I will use this to improve SEO of my webpages
November 21, 2010
2:12 pm #comment-39
thanks for the tips! Interested to see how they can help my ranking.
December 2, 2010
10:57 am #comment-40
great post, looks like i should get to work on making some edu and gov backlinks
December 11, 2010
10:57 pm #comment-41
Very good post. I had no idea how to search for those top level domains.
January 16, 2011
5:16 am #comment-42
Its pretty tough and time consuming however well worth the hassle if you can actually get a few .gov or .edu links out of searching. After a a half of a day I did successfully get an .edu link which I’m proud of. Thanks for the post
January 26, 2011
7:42 am #comment-43
Galing bago ito ah. Masubukan nga itong tip na to. Ask ko lang Carl, bakit nga mabango sa search engines like google and mga .edu blog?
January 27, 2011
6:41 am #comment-44
hello Carl, thanks for sharing this i am glad that i have found your blog while searching information on get back link from GOV and EDU domain as promoting Drug store
February 14, 2011
7:33 pm #comment-45
Wow … Thanks For The Great Info!
March 23, 2011
7:47 am #comment-46
Galing bago ito ah. Masubukan nga itong tip na to. Ask ko lang Carl, bakit nga mabango sa search engines like google and mga .edu blog?
April 26, 2011
10:07 pm #comment-47
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April 29, 2011
7:31 am #comment-48
Galing bago ito ah. Masubukan nga itong tip na to. Ask ko lang Carl, bakit nga mabango sa search engines like google and mga .edu blog?
May 3, 2011
11:29 am #comment-49
Nice tips for getting back links from some very trusted sites by Search engines. great.
May 25, 2011
10:58 pm #comment-50
Once you see these strategies in action you will be tempted to go overboard and get 1000’s of .edu back links to your site. It needs to be done in moderation, so some self control will be required and some patience.
June 3, 2011
10:37 am #comment-51
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June 3, 2011
11:04 am #comment-52
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June 5, 2011
3:08 am #comment-53
wow!! what a great way for getting backlinks……thanks for sharing,i apply this method with my blog http://gprsbay.blogspot.com and i just amazed with the results which i saw.
June 6, 2011
12:36 pm #comment-54
Great artile, i had neer thought of using go and ,edu doamin before keep postin stuff like this.
June 22, 2011
2:41 am #comment-55
What a useful article, I would like to for this valuable information in helping me. What do you think of article spinning and article marketing? I’m beginning to doubt the process and I’m thinking it may actually harm my website. Please advise!
June 22, 2011
3:06 am #comment-56
What a great post, I would like to for this valuable information in helping me. What do you think of article spinning and article marketing? I’m beginning to doubt the process and I’m thinking it may actually harm my website. Please advise!
June 23, 2011
8:38 am #comment-57
thank you for a article, My problem has become resolved.
June 23, 2011
3:14 pm #comment-58
It’s rattling nice article. Thanks for conversation about it as I am curious in this subject.
June 23, 2011
11:57 pm #comment-59
getting free visitors is getting diffult every single day, hope to put this in use very soon
thanks for this beneficial info
June 24, 2011
4:53 pm #comment-60
Of course you could always buy some software that will do it for you but then you still have to make the comments, signatures or whatever manually.
I have found that purchasing the right software that automates little parts of the system is well worth the money spent.
September 4, 2011
10:02 am #comment-61
Can you name some softwares that I can purchase?
July 15, 2011
3:24 pm #comment-62
I will try out these tips about backlinks… thanks.
July 17, 2011
5:02 am #comment-63
How many times have you been told the money is in the list, the money is quite frankly in a buyers list.
August 10, 2011
6:14 pm #comment-64
I enjoyed your post, very useful and informative.
September 4, 2011
10:01 am #comment-65
Okay, honestly I must admit this was very useful.
Ive been asking so many of my friends on how to get backlinks from .gov and .edu. Couldnt find anything online too, but this small little trick of yours has done wonders.
I’ve been looking to get on the first page for a very very competitive word – Roughly about 3 billion is the competition and ofcourse am no where close at the moment – but thats the Target :-)
September 5, 2011
6:54 am #comment-66
i was searching it from long period. thanks a lot for this share. it is very important for SEO Working
September 15, 2011
6:08 pm #comment-67
great way to have a backlink into edu and gov
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September 27, 2011
2:45 pm #comment-68
WOW great tips Carl. Took me some good time to find a good post like this, in order to find edu and gov sites for backlinking. Will share with my friends.
Thanks
October 6, 2011
3:57 pm #comment-69
Hello webmaster. I found your website via google! when I was searching for SEO and this post regarding effective internet marketing sounds very interesting for m
October 13, 2011
2:12 pm #comment-70
Nice Tips Dude This is a new science for me Thanks
October 13, 2011
2:12 pm #comment-71
Nice Tips Dude This is a new science for me Thanks
October 23, 2011
1:51 am #comment-72
thanks for the topic, is very interesting
October 24, 2011
6:42 pm #comment-73
great piece of content. you are a very skilled writer. I was hoping to do a quest post on your website relating to this. Would that be ok
October 31, 2011
3:10 am #comment-74
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November 2, 2011
10:32 pm #comment-75
Im sorry for asking this question guys but I keep reading that I must create backlinks to get visitors to my site – I just dont understand what a backlink is
November 2, 2011
11:16 pm #comment-76
Hi everyone!
I have to add in contract a remark that websites of my clients surely will contain “Powered by Me” backlink. So how I should write this part of agreement in legal way?
November 2, 2011
11:59 pm #comment-77
A unique way to find .gov links without have to pay a link farm for them. Thanks.
December 31, 2011
1:58 am #comment-78
WOW Carl – Great tips as always.