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I posted an article on a forum and put a keyword and a website link inside it. But the visitor does not see the link, but is asked to register to see the link. Unlike members. Does Google crawl these links of this type?
 
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Google can't crawl backlinks on forums that require registration to view content.
 
Veil123 said:
Most forums that hide threads or posts (requiring registration) also prevent crawlers and bots from accessing them, as allowing access would defeat the purpose of keeping the data hidden in the first place.
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It means there is no benefit in making a backlink on this type of forums.
 
joban45 said:
It means there is no benefit in making a backlink on this type of forums.
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Yes, Google can't crawl the links, so they won't count,
You might want to double-check using gbot as a user-agent, probably they're showing, less likely the case, just for future cases
 
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No, Google generally cannot crawl links that require user registration. Since Googlebot doesn’t fill out registration forms or log in, it won't see or index links restricted to registered members only. Consequently, these links won’t contribute to SEO benefits. If you want to gain SEO value from the link, you will need to make the link visible without requiring a login.
 
Google will mostly crawl links, as long as the links are in a format that Google can parse, such as standard HTML anchor tags with href attribute
 
As advised, Google won't crawl the forum backlinks. Instead, you can focus on guest posts, niche edits, PBNs, etc to get the links from quality reputed sites to improve the performance of your website.
 
But is it true that it can bring traffic to a site only from members within a forum?
 
joban45 said:
But is it true that it can bring traffic to a site only from members within a forum?
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It can but it is not as effective as you would think as it is more branding or subliminal advertising.

When they need what you sell you have a good chance of them contacting you.
 
Yeah, crawlers not crawled it and those fourumlinks not count by google . So, it has less chance for drive traffic from that particular backlink.
 
joban45 said:
I posted an article on a forum and put a keyword and a website link inside it. But the visitor does not see the link, but is asked to register to see the link. Unlike members. Does Google crawl these links of this type?
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Most forums do not want crawlers on their websites, they actually block them, so I think it is highly unlikely that your website link will affect your SEO.
 
BassTrackerBoats said:
That is a huge SEO faux pas

The SEO traffic that a forum can generate is significant.
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I guess depends on the forum. The best ones with the most juicy information have subscriptions and they do not want you to get their information, it is only meant for premium members. One example of such a forum is the fastlane forum which I'm part of and it recently became a paid to view forum at least the "juicier" parts. I'll add the Jr VIP section from here to the list.
 
Many forums strictly noted the sharing links , advertising sites. that was not allowed and I think Google can't crawl the links. may be it because forums require registration to view content.
 
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