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Page Rank Sculpting: When to Use Nofollow Links
The dofollow movement, which I agree with, might make it seem like nofollow is the enemy and should never be used. Actually, nofollow can be useful for funneling page rank throughout a site. While I think dofollowing comments is a good way to inspi...
The Page Rank of Social Network and Forum Profiles
Question: Is it useful to set up a thousand different social networking profiles that you never touch, just because each allows you to make a profile page that creates a backlink to your site? Answer: There are many answers to this question. The sh...
Do Outbound Links Drain Link Juice?
In travels around the web, you’re going to find people justifying their use of nofollow tags by stating that they don’t want to lose “link juice” by having too many outbound links on the site. Ironically, you’ll often find this in posts ab...
Following Do Follow Blogs and Directories
There’s an interesting post at SEO Blog (the one that’s actually cornered that name) about how going to do follow-only blogs to comment is not a winning strategy. I’ve said something of the same – you shouldn’t go to do follow blogs at th...
Using Nofollow and Dofollow Tags
Nofollow tags are getting increased attention among web marketers. Many budding entrepreneurs who might have spent hours marketing a site through comments may pull out there hair thinking, “You mean those comment links are worthless?” Well, y...
