Hi, last week I did a small experiment and I was shocked to see the results. I have a blog which is in 3rd page for a keyword. Then I used squidoo, hubpages and wrote about a post which is related to that keyword. And used anchor text which is the keyword. So next day when I searched for that keyword I was shocked to find my blog on first page 2nd result for that keyword. But few days after that I was back to old position. And those squidoo and hubpages are removed from being indexed in search results. Can anyone tell me the reason for that? Also please tell me if there are any other sites like squidoo, hubpages? Pleaes exclude article directories.
Google boost new sites but after a few days everything is back to normal. That should be the case. You will need much more content and backlinks to gain Google trust.
Gather has no nofollow. They're similar to Squidoo and HubPages in that they also reward their members. I've written a lens on it: www.squidoo.com/gatherpoints
I wrote a post on my link building blog about how to build even more backlinks with Gather than just posting articles. Gathering and Building Great Free Backlinks with Gather Hope that helps out!