Are links your nemisis rather than a powerful tool?
In last week's post I talk about 4 alternative uses of social media. Point #2 I mentioned in that piece talked about "generating direct backlinks", though I wasn't able to elaborate as much as I would have liked to.
Obviously there are many ways to get links from social media. One such technique is to establish profiles on various social media, and link from your profile on those sites, back to your web site. The key obviously is in knowing which social media sites permit links, and which permit DoFollow links.
To save you some time, here are a list of 22 such sites that we're aware of:
1. Digg
2. Propeller
3. Flickr
4. Kirtsy
5. LinkedIn
6. Current
7. PostonFire
8. BloggingZoom
9. CoRank
10. Technorati
11. MyBlogLog
12. Bumpzee
13. LinkaGoGo
14. Bibsonomy
15. Mister-Wong
16. MyLinkVault
17. ClipClip
18. 9Rules
19. AssociatedContent
20. Blogoria
21. NowPublic
22. MemeStreams
Edit: June 12, 2008:
23. Mixx ... thanks to Matt Mcgee (Small Business SEM)
24. Edopter ... thanks to Andy Murdoch (mmmeeja.com)
I intend to keep updating this list over time so bookmark it now. Also, if you're aware of any such social media site, please leave a comment and let us know. We'll add it to the comprehensive list, and will link back to each person's site doing so.
Enjoy ... and happy link building!
Jeff:
As the proprietor of one of the 22 sites listed here let me make a few things clear:
1. WE DO NOT WANT YOUR SPAM.
2. Yes, we use nofollow everywhere.
3. If a social media site uses nofollow ANYWHERE thats a clear sign that they do not want your spam and they are not “happy” about all of the accounts you are creating.
4. Spamming is a violation of the AUP of most of the sites on your list.
5. Wilfrid Laurier has a business ethics class. You should go back and audit it.
6. Its the height of irony that I have to click a box certifying that my post is 100% spam free on a site that has been driving tons of spam at my site in violation of its policies for days. Did you put that there as some kind of sick joke?
Great List. Will be keeping this one handy.
i have an account at technorati and i had claimed my blog but i still don’t understand with something called authority. why my blog still doesn’t get authority in technorati ? could you tell me what is the main concept of authority.thanks for sharing this list
@ Malte … that’s a great point Malte! To be frank … that decision should be a function of how much you enjoy that community, and benefit from it. It NoFollow wasn’t an issue, would you still be an active participant?
@ Willy … thanks Andy! Enjoy!
@ Andy … thanks for the addition! Keep ’em coming.
@ Foot in Mouth … you are very perceptive, and right. Successful profiles require alot of work and commitment.
@ Geld … it does thanks! I even have a profile there, and missed it. Thanks again!
@ Arnie … thanks Arnie … let me know if you find more!
@ Jay … I hear ya Jay! Glad you liked it!
@ Adam … thanks for the comment Adam! The key is participation isn’t it … do it for the right reasons!
@ Lee … some elements are nofollow … but the profile links are dofollow. It will be difficult though, which is why we’ll require input for readers.
@ Paulette … most are more generic, but yes I’d like to start listing niche sites too.
@ UtahSEO … thanks for the Squidoo referral Jordan! It will be added.
@ Wii Boy … NoFollow backlinks still do sometimes show as backlinks in related searches, but do not count towards rankings at all.
@ Rufolph … thanks, I’ll correct that today.
@ Marketing Man …thanks … and enjoy!
@ Top Rated … it is touchy. The reality of the matter is profile links are worth nothing without active participation. Spammers will receive no benefit!
@ Huge … good to hear from you Huge. See you’ve done a little research. Pretty sure I could dig up a little too, but why? In any case, the intent is not to spam you. As I mentioned previously, profiles without active participation are worthless. There’s no use in creating hundreds of dummy accounts … search engines care about quality not quantity.
If you want me to remove your site from this list, I will gladly do so. Just either respond here in the comments (I will delete it for you so there’s no trail) or email me directly at jeff @ searchenginepeople.com and I’ll take care of it. No worries or questions 🙂
@ SEM Blog … thanks Paul!
@ oky … I’m not an expert on Technorati, but I believe its authority is calculated by the number of times your blog has been mentioned (linked to) from others. Hope that helps!
Thanks for compiling that very useful list and thanks to the commentators for adding to the subject.
good list.but i have an other comment, the yellow links on your pages are eyeitching could you do sth about it!
Great list Jeff…glad I Stumbled on it!
Another niche one to add: smallbusinessbrief.com
I’m pretty sure this one is dofollow. I checked the source code on my profile page there, and there wasn’t a nofollow on my website link.
mister-wong.com has no-follow
Thanks for the list. Maybe you could give some details on every site
Since when does digg have dofollow tags? I never knew that…
Thanks for the clarification Jeff.
Do you know of any places to trade backlinks, as in you help me and I”ll help you?? I’m trying to start one here!
http://www.squidoo.com/tradingbacklinks
Others Social Media with DoFollow:
– Backflip.com
– Jumptags.com
– Oyax.com
Cheers…
Thanks for helpful information
This is a great list to leverage on. Very nice piece of information. Thanks!
Finally…, I’ve found the complete list of the social media sites after months of searching…
Thanks for the great list, and I will mark it down.
Thank you for the list. I know we have had great success with Propeller and Digg.
This is great thanks for the list
This is a good list of no-follow social sites to leverage on. I should see an increase in quality traffic after inclusion. Thanks!
a really great list of getting one way backlinks i juts ended up registering at every sites above mentioned. hope to see more good posts from you 🙂