Ways of getting .EDU and .GOV links?

[MrCat]

Originally Posted by Julie

I have received numerous .gov and .edu links to my one website. I did not pay for or ask for them. They were simply naturally gained. People found my site and liked the information I posted. To be fair, the site was a bit more academic oriented, therefore had such an audience that worked for schools and gov't agencies, so I guess I got lucky. But, I have noticed that those links gave me an advantage in rankings at Google.

Thats great Julie! What is that site of yours? Mind if I take a look Really interested

[MrCat]

Originally Posted by zagu060807

Use Google in searching .edu/.gov tlds using inurl: commands and trade links with those sites with .edu/.gov tlds

.gov links don't just usually trade links with you. You need to offer some relevance in your content IMO