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Hi guys,
SEO is not my job, but I am learning it for my own personal education.
So, I put blog up and building links.

Now i created a footprint and located gov and edu blogs to which I would like to respond to.

The challenge is - none of them seem to have afield for URL, so there is no ability to leave a link (in the body of message HTML is not working).

These forums have opportunity to login with Open ID, Google account, Leave journal etc.

But it give me no link juice.

Could you please advise how to go around this issues?

Thank you.

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As discovered, many .edu/.gov comment systems either omit a URL field or strip outbound HTML, so replies seldom become editorial, indexable links. That makes comment-focused linkbuilding low-return. is right that relevancy and genuine value are required to earn links from those domains, and ’s reminder that a TLD by itself is not a shortcut is important to keep in mind.

Practical, higher-return alternatives:

  • Create tiny, useful assets that fit academic or government workflows (one‑page handouts, CSV datasets, classroom exercises, simple calculators or slide decks). Those are the things departments and libraries actually link to.
  • Aim for editorial placements: guest contributions to departmental blogs, co-authored research summaries, library resource pages, or course reading lists — editorial context matters more than domain.
  • Use institutional channels: speak at a campus event, offer a workshop, or partner with a student group so event pages or recaps link back.
  • Consider legitimate community support (real scholarships, program sponsorships, or data/tools provided free to agencies) but only when genuine — not as a link-buy.
  • Build relationships first: identify the right contact (instructor, librarian, webmaster) and explain the direct benefit to their site.

Suggested outreach template (adapt before sending):

Hello [Name],

I maintain [Project] and created a short resource that fits [department/library] needs: [one-line description]. If it would be useful for course materials or the resources page, permission to link or host the file is welcome: [URL].

Regards,
[Name], [Org], [contact email]

Quick vet checklist before outreach: is the link editorial (in-body) or just a profile/listing? Is the page actively maintained? Is the link likely followed? Avoid low-quality subdomains or paid-link schemes. Expect that a few earned, relevant .edu/.gov mentions will outperform dozens of shallow comment links over time.

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Member Avatar for sslguru

The only solution is you need to find out such links which gives link juice and are do follow.
One way to find out such links is
- define your targeted keywords
- Search in google for those keywords one by one
- write down top website urls
- search top websites link (backlinkwatch.com)
- place your link there

Member Avatar for teambuilding

which is obvious :-) but tx.

it doesn't answer my question thou.

Member Avatar for Quinterling

Hi, Teambuilding. I think I understand whta you mean about the footprints. You should be creating a search query string for these sites.
So you need to use the fist part site: the second part of the query is inurl: to give you the option to find that part of the site which when put together looks like this - site:.gov inurl:forum or site:.edu inurl:blog Mix them around and try using other keywords such as wordpress, phpbulletin for the inurl part. When looking for comments use the * after the site:.gov*whatever (replace the whatever with a word or words on the subject you're searching for. I have quite a few of these backlinks but as my site is quite new it's hard to guage the impact yet.

Member Avatar for phoenix06007

they it s good foe your site but be careful mate because most them are spammy site and the worst the links there ar all about viagra and other spammy things

Member Avatar for Quinterling

Phoenix... Do you know what these gTLDs mean? They are for Goverment sites and Educational sites. Not just anyone can have these as their top level domain. They are highly respected organisations, that is why their backlinks are so well sought after. I am a webhost and as such I would need you to fill out forms as long as your arm before I could allow one to be issued.
Anyone else who 'knows' what they are doing could also look out for .at and .pro as quality backlinks. The .at is for academic and usually revolves around developers whilst the .pro is for highly regarded professionals such as lawyers engineering etc. Again both of these mean filling out lengthy forms and providing the correct I.D before they can be issued. Viagra indeed?!!!

Member Avatar for rkrajseo

It is very difficult to take line though .Gov and .Edu backlinks

Member Avatar for Web Dev Rob

One way to find out such links is
- define your targeted keywords
- Search in google for those keywords one by one
- write down top website urls
- search top websites link (backlinkwatch.com)
- place your link there

Lol, you make getting a backlink from .gov and .edu sites so easy - in reality they are some of the hardest links to get. You need to be providing some serious quality and relevant content to get a link from such a site.

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Member Avatar for SSLMatrix

Use this command in Google i think it's new for you

Open the Google and search for site:*.edu or site:*.gov

your can also find particular source with this command like site:*.edu + yourkeyword.

I hope you will find here a huge source.

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