To Use or Not to Use No-Follow Blog Directories?
There’s been some debate as to whether bloggers should use or submit their URLs to No-Follow Directories. Here’s a more detailed explaination of what No-Follow Links and Directories means to your Google Page Rank. Although Major Search Engines (or search engine BOTS as in “RoBOTS”) like google and MSN will not be able to find/view nor “crawl through” your submitted links in No-Follow Blog Directories, one tends to forget that…
humans are able to read submitted links. As such this is really a personal choice, not whether it’s “right” or “wrong” to use such No-Follow Directories. However, if you must know which Blog Directories are No-Follow, here’s the list (correct at time of publishing):
Blogflux Finding Blog 5 Star Blogs Blog Explosion Blogs for Small Business
Blogarama Blogs By City Blog Bib Blog Rankings Blog Search
TopBlogArea SportsBlogs Malaysia Blog Directory Esperanto
BlogBloke reveals why blogs should be a No-Follow, of which I am in full agreement with him.
WebSuccessDiva lists some blog directories that bloggers can use
Update: Not sure why I am linked from this high page ranked site: Starware.com/ If you have any idea, please let me know!
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Personally I intend going with no follow and do dollw directories. As you rightly said humans can read hyperlinks thereby generating traffic to the commentator’s site at the same on do follow blogs you could get human traffic and searh engine luv.
I added the no follow free plug-in and comment luv on my blog yesterday.
Thanks for the post.
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admin Reply:
March 15th, 2009 at 7:19 pm
Hi Udegbunam Chukwudi, thank you for your encouraging comment! I think it helps when bloggers share what is helping them. I would visit your blog soon!
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Salutations Robert! Thank you very much for adding value to the page here. I am sure my visitors appreciate any extra info that may help them. Merry Christmas in advance Robert!
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Hi Kelly:
You’re right on the money in emphasizing that human eyeballs do follow the comment links, whether DoFollow or NoFollow.
I maintain a WEEKLY UPDATED list of blog directories and RSS submission sites which currently has 368 entries.
As a sub-category to the overall list I have a group of 17 DoFollow Directories, which can be found at:
DoFollow Blog Directories
If you find value is the category, please link to it in your blogroll.
Best of success,
Robert
Robert A. Kearse’s last blog post..Top 101 Blog Directories And RSS Submission Sites – Weekly Update #34
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