The “big three” search engines, namely Google, Yahoo and MicroSoft Network’s Bing are keen to index backlinks from sites and pages that end on .gov or .edu. Such websites are seen as trusted authority sites, thus they can provide quality backlinks. Getting a backlink on those government and education websites is easier than it sounds and just a matter of finding them, however, of course as with all “free things”, there is time involved (that’s why you may outsource this task if you are not on a tight budget)

To find those edu and gov link opportunities yourself, visit a search engine, preferably Google. Use following specific search parameters to find edu and gov pages. Results should lead you to what you are looking for.

The results would appear like this: site plus the domain name ending on .gov or .edu.
List down every site that Google shows in results, sort them by category or search queries used.

For links on government (.gov) websites, find them through their footprints (footprints are snippets or pieces of text that recoccur in a similar pattern on one or all pages of a website). For example, on site.gov/forums (search query: “site:.gov inurl:forums”) you can create user profiles which may include backlinks to your website.

Other opportunities include Wikipedia-ish sites (site.gov/wiki), which enable you to create as well as edit (search query: “site:.gov inurl:wiki”)

You can also post backlinks on forums, also known as discussion pages (site.gov/discussion). (search query: “site:.gov inurl:discussion”) You can use .edu as well.

You can also take advantage of website’s footprints on those sites as well, examples of these are vbulletin, powered by vbulletin, phpbb, invision power board, wordpress and the like.

Actually, we haven’t even started yet. Following the same system you can establish much more footprints. To be sure that you have hit the jackpot through a footprint, your search query should closely resemble this format:

Powered by vbulletin site:.gov or site:.edu inurl:forums

Targeting government and education websites in your niche also works.

For example:

site:.gov inurl:grants*wordpress

Using this syntax, putting a gap between queries and an asterisk (*) is important, because this specifies a certain Content Management System. Regarding wordpress, you can use other blog sites or something else you are searching for.

Another thing to remember is to have CMS platform types in mind, those where you can normally post, adding either site.gov or site.edu. Use these parameters in your search queries. The more you can think of, the more backlink prospects you’ll get.

Two more things to keep in mind, make sure that there is no spam on these pages (100s of viagra links, skip these pages) and if you find a suitable page, please post a relevant message or comment so that these opportunities persist for others that come after you.

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