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Without too many intro words, if you want to have the chance to get a Wikipedia backlink for your money site, this is what I did two months ago (and the link is still there).
What you need:
The process:
1. Translate your article into a local language (EN to Dutch, for example). If you don't have a good article, grab a good one from another site/web.archive, and twist it a bit (add 3-4 new paragraphs, mix the existing ones, and so on). You can also buy a good one from the marketplace. Make sure it looks legit (it is well structured, has good info, and has some nice pictures).
2. For the translation process, use Google Translate and Deepl: First, translate your EN article into Spanish/French/German by using GT. Next, translate the article from Spanish/whatever to EN by using Deepl.
3. Use Grammarly Premium to correct the article. If you don't have it, you can buy from the marketplace, for a few bucks.
4. Translate it into Dutch.
5. Publish the article on your site with an older date (a few months/years before the actual date).
6. Go to your desired Wiki page and, under the External Links section, there is another section, a smaller one: "Sources, notes and/or references" (CTRL+F, if you don't find it). Here you will create a Note for your Dutch article.
7. Why is it essential to publish your article with an older date? Well, on the new "note" you'll add, it is important to mention: "Retrieved (a date near your article's published date)."
In my case:
I have an Amazon aff site in the Home Decor niche. I found that a Wiki backlink may help my site for my living room decor's sub-niche. I searched on archive.org about relevant expired articles and found an interesting one (in fact, it was a small website, built in the first part of the 2000s). I checked it for plagiarism, and everything was ok. I applied the process above, went to Wikipedia (the local one, not the EN one), and posted it. I haven't used a Wikipedia account (I just edited without being logged in), but I used a VPN to hide my IP address (in case of minor troubles). After two months, the link is still there (according to Ahrefs, I have two backlinks: one from the desktop version and another one from the mobile wiki version).
I hope this guide will help you to achieve your goals. Of course, as usual, the secret is not in the tutorial but in how you'll twist the method and apply it for your context.
*We'll use English and Dutch for this tutorial as the primary and second languages.
What you need:
- A multi-language website. If it's a small website, it's a 2h-4h job to translate the entire site. Just make sure the following pages will be translated in the 2nd language: Homepage, About, Contact, Privacy (+ a few other articles inside your blog). When the mods check your site, they will look at some of these pages. You can use Deepl as your main translator (it is free an way better than any other translator).
- Good article, relevant for the chosen wiki page & for your website (non-relevant backlinks are useless).
- A VPN to hide your IP address.
The process:
1. Translate your article into a local language (EN to Dutch, for example). If you don't have a good article, grab a good one from another site/web.archive, and twist it a bit (add 3-4 new paragraphs, mix the existing ones, and so on). You can also buy a good one from the marketplace. Make sure it looks legit (it is well structured, has good info, and has some nice pictures).
2. For the translation process, use Google Translate and Deepl: First, translate your EN article into Spanish/French/German by using GT. Next, translate the article from Spanish/whatever to EN by using Deepl.
3. Use Grammarly Premium to correct the article. If you don't have it, you can buy from the marketplace, for a few bucks.
Note: The idea of translating and twisting the article is to avoid plagiarism. If the article is 100% original (you bought from the marketplace), skip the 2&3 steps.
4. Translate it into Dutch.
5. Publish the article on your site with an older date (a few months/years before the actual date).
6. Go to your desired Wiki page and, under the External Links section, there is another section, a smaller one: "Sources, notes and/or references" (CTRL+F, if you don't find it). Here you will create a Note for your Dutch article.
7. Why is it essential to publish your article with an older date? Well, on the new "note" you'll add, it is important to mention: "Retrieved (a date near your article's published date)."
In my case:
I have an Amazon aff site in the Home Decor niche. I found that a Wiki backlink may help my site for my living room decor's sub-niche. I searched on archive.org about relevant expired articles and found an interesting one (in fact, it was a small website, built in the first part of the 2000s). I checked it for plagiarism, and everything was ok. I applied the process above, went to Wikipedia (the local one, not the EN one), and posted it. I haven't used a Wikipedia account (I just edited without being logged in), but I used a VPN to hide my IP address (in case of minor troubles). After two months, the link is still there (according to Ahrefs, I have two backlinks: one from the desktop version and another one from the mobile wiki version).
I hope this guide will help you to achieve your goals. Of course, as usual, the secret is not in the tutorial but in how you'll twist the method and apply it for your context.
