Do Wikipedia links help you rank?

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I've seen a lot of people trying to get Wikipedia links. Obviously they're n0f0ll0w so don't pass any link juice (or so we're told) but do they have any positive effect on rankings? I'm aware they're good for link diversity.
 
Although Wikipedia's links are n0foll0w, but the line between d0foll0w and n0foll0w has blurred tremendously with modern SEO metrics being taken into consideration. Although those links may not pass link mojo immediately to your site, but gradually and surely, it will be a plus point to your site, in terms of site authority- I believe even though they are n0foll0w, but since it may contribute to the site's authority, the site authority metric would definitely help in ranking higher - not immediately, but gradually it will affect your site's metric and provide a plus point.
 
Very true...in fact my advice is-the first link u make for a new site should be wikipedia.

Although Wikipedia's links are n0foll0w, but the line between d0foll0w and n0foll0w has blurred tremendously with modern SEO metrics being taken into consideration. Although those links may not pass link mojo immediately to your site, but gradually and surely, it will be a plus point to your site, in terms of site authority- I believe even though they are n0foll0w, but since it may contribute to the site's authority, the site authority metric would definitely help in ranking higher - not immediately, but gradually it will affect your site's metric and provide a plus point.
 
As Google Have More Than 200 Ranking Factors And Wikipedia Links Affect Some of Those Factors So Decide Yourself.
Links From Authority Sites Always Helps To Improve Your Rank In SERP Unless Links Are ******** or Nofollow
 
most people believe wikipedia links will help your site, at the minimum it should pass some trust.
 
Interesting, thanks guys :-)
 
I have seen people say the first thing they do for a client is add wiki links but I've never seen any really credible case studies on it
 
Thinking that Google will just ignore huge site like Wikipedia just because it is nofollow doesn't make any sense.
Wikipedia is the most trustworthy site in the world, and also VERY moderated so you can't just throw links in. It just doesn't make sense that Google will ignore the links there.
 
As Google Have More Than 200 Ranking Factors And Wikipedia Links Affect Some of Those Factors So Decide Yourself.
Links From Authority Sites Always Helps To Improve Your Rank In SERP Unless Links Are ******** or Nofollow

Wikipedia links are nofollow... ;)
 
Although Wikipedia's links are n0foll0w, but the line between d0foll0w and n0foll0w has blurred tremendously with modern SEO metrics being taken into consideration. Although those links may not pass link mojo immediately to your site, but gradually and surely, it will be a plus point to your site, in terms of site authority- I believe even though they are n0foll0w, but since it may contribute to the site's authority, the site authority metric would definitely help in ranking higher - not immediately, but gradually it will affect your site's metric and provide a plus point.

+1 for long answer
-1 for answer with no personal experience in it.
 
In general, high authority links which is do follow or no follow will help to increase the site ranking, but the power is different. You can go with wiki no follow links which will be better for your site.
 
I've seen the same happen. I took two filler articles which weren't ranking that well and had no other backlinks pointing to them. The first article was fairly poor and the second was actually fairly decent. Both topics had poor Wikipedia entries which I redid so I could add them as a citation.

Both of those articles now rank in position 2 below the wiki article, which was already in position 1 at the start.

I probably wouldn't do it again as it was a fair amount of fucking around, but it did make a difference in my experience.
 
Wikipedia provides a no-follow link, but wiki links are considered as high quality back-links and they help you to rank your keywords in search engines.
 
Why not it doesn't. When it comes to authority there is nothing much about no follow do follow. Of course there is. You know what i mean.
 
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