October 14, 2008 by Matt Thomas
Yesterday I told you how to find DoFollow blogs, today I’m going to talk a little bit about etiquette and the best way to post on these blogs. The reason this is important is firstly, to make sure that your posting is having the maximum effect and secondly, to make sure that you are showing the appropriate respect to the DoFollow bloggers. After all, there’s nothing stopping them switching back to NoFollow.
The first hint is fairly obvious, check the PageRank of both the blog homepage and the actual page you’re commenting on. Try to focus on homepages with PageRank of three or above to try and make it worth your time. The actual blog page’s rank matters less because they will often be too new to actually have PageRank, only worry about it if it’s an old post. You should also use ‘Site Strength Indicator’ to get an idea of who’s linking to the page – link data is updated more regularly than PageRank, it could help you get the jump on the other posters. Check out the number and quality of posts too, if they’re many and good you can bet that there’s some good inbound links.
Also, I hope this goes without saying, but don’t be a spammer! Nobody likes a nuisance – remember the DoFollow community is just that, a community! Make sure that your post actually adds something in exchange for the link and don’t fill the name field with keywords – it’s a dead giveaway. If the site admin gets annoyed with the spam and switches back to Nofollow you’ve just closed a useful door forever. The traditional ‘Nice article mate!’ will not do.
Unfortunately, this switch back has already happened to many of the DoFollow blogs. To check if a site is still passing link juice, download the GreaseMonkey plugin for FireFox and install the script that allows you to see all the NoFollow links on a site.
Next week: how to become part of the solution by setting up your own DoFollow blog.
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