The Futility Of No Follow Wikipedia Links

So-called SEO experts are telling people how to get a backlink from Wikipedia. In some cases, these experts sell their formula, but they forget to mention Wikipedia links are no follow links. If they weren’t, spammers would overwhelm the site with spam.

Even if SEO professionals are giving this advice away, people will still waste their time chasing a backlink from Wikipedia. One suggestion is to find dead links on Wikipedia and then offering a Wikipedia editor their link instead. The chance of having content which replaces the link is low, even within the same niche. A person employing this tactic would have to create very specific content and hope an editor finds the content an acceptable substitute. This is a lot of work for a no follow link.

A no follow link has value if it's on a site where people are likely to click on it. Few people visit the links at the bottom of a Wikipedia page since most pages contain all the information a person would need. A no follow link from YouTube or another social media channel would be more valuable as people are more likely to click on it.

Other suggestions to get a Wikipedia link include a person becoming a Wikipedia editor and adding their link to articles. You can't just start adding links without an administrator's approval though, there are restrictions until you've edited 500 articles. This is to discourage scammers who just want a backlink from Wikipedia.

If someone tells you the no follow link is still important since Google sees Wikipedia as an authority, it isn't true. Google ranks Wikipedia highly and uses their information for the answer box but Google knows anyone can add a link to Wikipedia. The link isn't an endorsement of a website; it is a source to back up a fact. For more information click here https://www.reddit.com/r/SEO/comments/bzccod/howmuchwillabacklinkfromanewpageoncnn/.