Hi guys,
Looking for some good advice on forum links and there potential negative impact.
I am analysing the links of a URL and around 60% of the links are coming from a forum (on a different domain). The forum is very relevant - about the same product he is selling and also has a decent user base.
This 60% of links account for roughly 6,500 links. All with different varying keyword anchor text's, and some with excessive usage of a particular keyword anchor text. They are also all do-follow.
They are in a mixture of signature links and in post links.
The site they link to has been hit by penguin which also has an EMD.
MY question is even though these links are relevant and on a good site with good traffic, do you think they have likely been picked up in the penguin algorithm?
My initial thought was yes only because they are all do follow and mostly keyword based.
But id love to hear thoughts on this as well as possible recovery options, i.e should he remove the forum links, reduce drastically or make them all no follow so traffic can still pass through?
Thanks!
