Profile links help you gain some domain authority.
Don't put inner page link in profile. Create links to your main website url.
By increasing the DA of the site, all of your pages will perform well on Google.
I wrote an algorithm to distinguish between profile links, directory links, citations, web 2.0 blogs, authority sites, editorial sites, etc... GSA, as a software, in its core, works by recognizing the platforms it posts links to. So, you are assuming Google, a billion dollar company, cannot do that? Made my day really! And it's not just the source of a backlink, relevance plays a pretty big role too - it's relevance first, power second. Otherwise, you can rank a blank page for anything you want in the title. If you are Wikipedia, maybe you can do that. A smaller guy? Don't think so...
yeah sure I will create some fresh web20 with related content and rank this shit. have you ever wondered why people use PBNs? let me tell you - it is a good source of a backlinks on a strong domain. Relevancy in this case is not that important. Still most important is the source of the backlinks + anchor text.And it's not just the source of a backlink, relevance plays a pretty big
I am not talking about shitty profiles created by GSA which can be found by simple footprints. I am talking about valid and legit sites on which you can create profiles. For instance sketchfab.com/MYprofileUSERNAME will not be recognised as pure profile by google. How would they recognise it? Just because a photo can be uploaded and there is a heading "about me"? Please...
Profile created on a domain with thousands of outgoing links + without being interlinked will not bring any value. Profile created on any authority website with low amount of outgoing links + being interlinked (ofc there are more factors) like forbes.com/MYprofileUSERNAME will have as much value and power as any other editorial link.
yeah sure I will create some fresh web20 with related content and rank this shit. have you ever wondered why people use PBNs? let me tell you - it is a good source of a backlinks on a strong domain. Relevancy in this case is not that important. Still most important is the source of the backlinks + anchor text.