Concealed Links in Forums

One of the ways where a link builder ventures into is to join a number of forums and post tremendous amounts of replies to existing threads and at the same time creating new threads that in itself has a natural attraction for other forum members to reply to that thread. Thread topics such as “Describe the person above”, “What Song are You Listening Right Now?”, are examples to illustrate.

Where do link building begin? It is when the member has enough number of posts that enable him/her to put a signature below his/her posts. The signature can contain links to a website, or an image maybe. But all of the time, for link building purposes, an anchor text with a link to a particular site is a typical signature for link builders. However, forums administrators usually regulate this practice by requiring members to reach a certain number of posts before allowing them to use signatures with links.

This method is very simple. You just need to link an emoticon to your desired site. In VBulletin-powered forums for instance, you just put in the emoticon code when composing a message, highlight it, then click on the “hyperlink” button, then enter your site.

Here’s a sample code for the Big Grin emoticon with link:
[URL="http://linkidol.us"]:D[/URL]

The only drawback is that you cannot use an anchor text for the link because you’ll be using an emoticon to hide the link. Nonetheless, like what I always believe in, a link is still a link.