does forum sig really helps in SEO.

[leom]

Folks,
How does forum sig helps SEO ? I was trying to find sig entries in google, but can not find them. Does google even index forum sig.
Thanks

[jason830]

Of course it is useful,if you want to check your backlink, you should use yahoo or google webmaster tool, not search it on google.

[mrandrei]

Forum posting is a good way to generate one-way links (backlinks) in a short period of time.

[emmadean]

Having signature is a form of advertising for free. It can help traffic and backlinks as well. Google is able to index forum signatures.

[seolinkbuilder]

The signature is a place where you can put your back link and you will get one back link for every post you make.

[seolinkbuilder]

If you participate in a busy forum, closely related to the subject of your website then a signature link is almost guaranteed to drive traffic to your website. This idea is especially great if you are an active forum user. Chances are the people interested in those threads will be interested in your site following your signature link.

[memejerommel]

From my own experience, forum signature useful in ranking for your target keywords by using them as anchor text, but they are not index by search engines. The messages in the forum are the one indexed by SE.

[mediaraun]

Forum Signatures are indexed by search engine and also helpful on keywords ranking and backlinks.

[withhindsight]

Well forum posting is useful, but there are many other more important ways in which it can be helpful. For instance I regularly gain traffic from posts on relevent sites. But when posting to forums you should be careful, a lot of research shows google can evaluate the spammy posts quite accurately.

[kimverly brens]

Yes it does especially if you post in active and quality forums. Forum signatures are usually 'dofollow'.