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Discussion in 'Link Development' started by afactory, Aug 2, 2008.

  1. #1
    Hi Guys,

    Interesting finding today ...

    I just found out that one of the most often uses article directory is using nofollow for ALL of my articles links. Wow, it's really confusing me ...

    And now all my articles submitted there are USELESS!!!

    It's really kills link development and articles distribution fundamentals.

    So why I need to spend my time to submitting there? Will never submit there again.

    So be careful with choosing right directories for increasing your link popularity.
     
    afactory, Aug 2, 2008 IP
  2. flacon

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    I also use articlesbase. Can you tell me how to find if they are using nofollow?
     
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  3. mhmtozek

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    #3
    isnt it written in their tos or service agreement?
     
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  4. afactory

    afactory Well-Known Member

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    #4
    Open your article page, use mouse right click, and choose "view page source"
    Then find About the Author in the code and your links will looks like:

    <div id="AuthorBox"><strong>About the Author:</strong><br /><p>Sean Carter writes on holidays, <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.123greetings.com/events">events</a> and celebrations around the world. He also writes on family, relationships, <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.123greetings.com/birthday">birthdays</p>
    HTML:
     
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    #5
    What does nofollow mean?
     
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  6. afactory

    afactory Well-Known Member

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    #6
    Right, they are mentioned in in the "Article Publication Editorial Guidelines"
    http://www.articlesbase.com/editorial-guidelines.php

    # Author information: may include up to 3 self serving links only. (all anchor text links have the 'nofollow' tag)

    But why I need to submit my articles there then? :confused:
     
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  7. afactory

    afactory Well-Known Member

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    It means that Google and ALL other search engines will not use these links us inbound for your site and will not pass any PR value through it.
     
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    #8
    i search for good pr blog posts and comment luv instead of article submission
     
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    #9
    if i comment at a blog that install commentluv plugin then i got 2 backlinks from this blog, 1 link from the my comment data and other from comment luv ?
     
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    #10
    The reason to submit it would be to get people to read your article and drive traffic to your site.

    But if thats the only place you submitted articles, i hope you learn a good lesson.... don't put all of your link building eggs into one basket... diversify.

    Plus, they are not CHEATING you... anyone can change dofollow to nofollow anytime they want... they own their site.
     
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    #11
    the latest craze does seem to be these nofollow link. To my understanding they will not effect your PR, is that correct? Anyways, I just wanted to know if you know any other article sites that are also using nofollow links? I think this article marketing is going to be changing drastically over the next couple of years, whoever can adjust will be able to prevail. I have noticed a lot of regurgitated material floating around.
     
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    #12
    thanks for showing that.

    It is better to check that before submitting articles to websites.
     
    flacon, Aug 2, 2008 IP
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    jophan Active Member

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    #13
    wow, now they can forget that any author with little knowledge of seo will ever
    post his articles to them again. and what if all of the article direcoties decide
    to use nofollow?
    then there will appear new ones which will offer dofollow and attract all authors.
    quite simple!
     
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    #14
    Article directory sites still using the nofollow attribute can still be beneficial for your site. If someone reads your articles and likes what they see they are going to be more willing to click on your link and visit your site.

    If these visitors run a website as well they may be inclined to link to your site or posts and possibly creating a backlink if they have dofollow.


    PR isnt everything in the world. You can have a high PR site that gets 0 traffic. Making that PR completely useless.

    I personally would rather have traffic viewing my site and worrying about PR later.
     
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    #15
    and what about search engine rankings? with nofollow you will not benefit
    from it.
     
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    #16
    Example.. one articled submitted to a site with nofollow.

    100 people read the article and visit your site.

    Lets say 25 of those people like your article so much they add a link on their site.

    10 of those site are dofollow. This will also help create natural looking links to your site another A+

    The opportunity for benefits are still greatly available.
     
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    #17
    ok, but why not post it on an article directory with dofollow?
    I would only do it -and the effect you described- would only be
    possible with a well visited site.
     
    jophan, Aug 3, 2008 IP
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    #18
    well thank you for reminding us and making us aware of it...
     
    rainier, Aug 4, 2008 IP
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    #20
    I just started an article directory. I will surely make it dofollow for all author's links.
    Article Directories that use "nofollow" should be boycotted. It's a selfish act in the digital world.
     
    Bohol, Aug 4, 2008 IP