If you’re looking to gain organic traffic you probably already know how important back links are, but what you might not be aware of, is the power of .edu back links. Simply put, 1 .edu back link with no Page Rank is easily equivalent to 50 back links with PR1 or 2. If you want to rank for a heavily competitive keyword try building some .edu back links and see how drastically it changes your rankings.
I have seen .edu back links bump sites as much as 20 spots within days of the link going live.
Building .edu links is not easy. Often times you will find blogs on .edu domains and can leave comments in them, but in most cases they are assigned a “no follow” attribute so you’re link gets no juice! Check out the forums or Google around for creative ways to build these links and find out for yourself the power of them. Better yet, if you’re in college or know someone that is, hit them up and see if they have a site or blog on one of these domains. Most colleges provide students with websites, so check with your college!
