Finding forums in my niche for backlinks - nofollow vs dofollow

Discussion in 'Link Development' started by kd87, Jun 4, 2009.

  1. #1
    Bare with me as I'm a beginner at this stuff! :D

    I am in the process of developing content for my site which I believe has the potential to really take off (found an AWESOME domain name, by sheer luck).

    Anyways, I am going to start joining forums that relate to my niche and become an active member. When it comes time for my site to launch, I want to use these sites' forums as backlinks.

    My question is: How do I tell whether or not a forum is dofollow or nofollow? I don't want to spend time posting messages to develop my account on these forums if they will hurt the PR of my site after it's launch.

    Any advice is greatly appreciated. Thanks so much in advance!
     
    kd87, Jun 4, 2009 IP
  2. w3bmaster

    w3bmaster Notable Member

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    If you target PR noffolow are useless
    But for rankings both count ...
     
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  3. kd87

    kd87 Peon

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    thanks! I had always wondered about that.
     
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    I use SearchStatus to check if a forum accepts nofollow or dofollow links. It is a very good plug-in. :)
     
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  5. kd87

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    Haven't heard of SearchStatus - will go check it out. Thank you!
     
    kd87, Jun 4, 2009 IP
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  7. kd87

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    Thank you for that link. I installed the add-on and am really happy with it, thus far!
     
    kd87, Jun 5, 2009 IP