.edu backlinks

[Janet]

How much weight do backlinks from .edu sites carry? Do they really help a site that much?

[Cricket]

Matt Cutts responds to that question in this video.

Session 10: Lightning Round!
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1756437348670651505

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- What are Google SSD, Google RS2, and all those other things Tony Ruscoe found?
- Does Google rank blog sites any differently than regular websites?
- Does Google treat .gov.pl links with the same weight as regular .gov links?

[Janna122003]

Some site it helps your site because google consider them as trusted site. My blog has a backlinks on .edu but I don't think if it can help my blog because google is not yet updating.

[bobchrist]

I think it helps, easy way to get .edu backlinks from student pages.

[WebGeek182]

Originally Posted by bobchrist

I think it helps, easy way to get .edu backlinks from student pages.

.edu backlinks from student pages don't help - in fact they have the same wieght as .com links. The whole reason .edu links help is that they are well-established and have a lot of trust. Student pages don't the same trust factor since they come and go.

[SVB]

According to Awall:
http://www.seobook.com/archives/001816.shtml

[Diddy1]

Yes, of course though no one knows just how much.

Thank You

[bobchrist]

Originally Posted by WebGeek182

Student pages don't the same trust factor since they come and go.

Coming and going can be seen among all tld not specific to .edu sites. It is quite obvious you are going to be fussy when you consider any site in terms of traffic, page rank and reliability.