Here are a selection of DoFollow / I Follow logos to use on your blog. Just copy and paste code into your sidebar or text widget.
Don’t forget to add you blog to The DoFollow Directory.
Simply copy and paste html code into your blog sidebar, footer or wherever you want the dofollow directory logo to appear.
Here is part 2 of a 7 part series about common myths blog owners cling to as justification for not linking out to other sites. Linking to other sites contributes to a healthy active blog as well as helps establishes you blog as the authority in your niche.
When I find I am outlinking heavily on a particular subject or one that stirs up a lot of interest or the same types of sites over and over gives me pause- I start to think about branching out and creating another blog on that subject.
An example of this was a home electronics blog I had set up a long time ago. I was writing a lot about HDTV and home theater and outlinking a fair amount. I wrote a few of my own posts so i wouldn’t outlink so much but didn’t spend a great deal of time developing it. I noticed a huge interest in some articles on Blu-Ray and HD stuff that I had written and saw traffic spike. Anything I wrote about Blu-ray and HD anything performed well- so much so that I began another blog just on home theater. My interest in home theater is not that big but I was able to hand over the idea and a blog to my brother-in-law who does well with it.
It is a bit of a tightrope deciding when you should develop your own content vs, sending people to other sites.
-If the site is an “authority site” and back up a statement or theory you are trying to make or prove.
If the link will further benefit your reader. If you are writing an article and you can outlinking to another article that give more detail than you are able to manage i.e a video tutorial. Don’t get trapped into thinking- Gosh- what a great idea- I wil make my own video sometime so i won’t have to link out. link out. You may or may not get to making your own video. In the mean time- you will be helping a reader by pointing him in the right direction and further loyalty an your status as a “news resource” for you niche.
Controversy is probably one of the oldest forms of link baiting and one of the most successful when done right.Saying something controversial. You can be cheeky, like Threadwatch, or you can be incredibly earnest. I give the creator of Google Watch credit for staking out the “anti-Google” territory way before anyone else. Later, Andrew Orlowski probably realized that taking potshots at Google or blogs was a way to generate lots of discussion. By the time it trickles down to sites like FuckedGoogle or whatever, it gets to be “done”–that niche is starting to be tapped out. So how do you take a new approach?
here is a good recent example of what I am taking about , Andy Beard proves his rightness
– New blogs that are in your niche. New bloggers are much more likely to notice when you link to them and will be grateful A new blogger today may be a powerful and experience blogger a year from now. I will often make a point of working in links blogs that mention me or comment on my posts in future posts.Blog Hack: Link to New Blogs and Get More Readers is meaty post that will show you how to pursue this idea and make it work.
I suppose you could call this LINK LOVE ( I DESPISE that term and would choke if I had to say it) . Wish some one would come up with a new name.
– Link to blogs that “follow” . Outlink in your posts to blogs that follow /dofollow or below to the “nonofollow movement” whatever its called… a blog that allows spiders to crawl link in comments because that have turned of the nofollow attribute that is in their blog patform- snippet of your post will end up in their comments section and as a link back to your site. This is sometimes over looked when discussing dofollow blogs. Not only doe you get a link back when you comment- but when you post on your own blog (trackback). Guess this more linky love. Blech.
You will find directory of dofollow blogs and you can also add your dofollow site by clicking here
-Link to other blogs that interest you. If you find it worthy your readers probably will as well.
The main reason for having a blog is to create “conversation” and establish/brand yourself as an expert. By becoming a “news” hub for your niche your blog will be a valuable resource for your readers. Pointing them to great advice or a useful site will only help your readers- and you.
More on Blog Branding:
Blogging Tips Book: Blog Branding and Identity
Your Brand Is Defined By Your Audience Expectations
Marketing Tip: How to Use Blog Comments as a Personal or Blog Branding Strategy
Its easy to add your site to The DoFollow Directory. Takes about 30 secs. You will be asked for site name, URL and description of your site. This information will be published. You will also be asked for your name and email which will NOT be published.
You do not need to have a reciprocal link or any other kind of link on your site.
The only requirements are:
Your blog allow links made in comment section of your blog to be followed. This will is checked before your blog is approved. I am a stay at home mom and have limited time so please do me a favour and don’t make me jump through hoops to discover you have submitted shite and a blog with nofollow attributes still intact. Post in my comments section with something of value rather than in a directory where I will not approve you if you need link so badly. OR take 2 mins and upload a dofollow plugin and join us!
Typically you will have to install a dofollow plugin installed. Be default blog software- including Wordpress add nofollow tags to any links in comments made by on your blog.
– Your blog does not have to be in English ; howver mention language of blog in description when adding your blog. If you don;t it will not be approved. – You blog should not be total spam. Your blog will not be approved if you have 5 pages and they are all adsense ads. I know the difference between new blogger and spammer.You will get more benefit from being a nofollow site if you let your readers know their links will be followed. Add a Dofollow / U Comment I Follow logo to your blog or add some text to your comment submit form. Let reader know you follow be adding one of the following logos to your site.
Does Your site follow? Increase your comments and traffic by encouraging your blog reader to comment on your blog posts. Let them know that “You Follow” by adding a logo to your site. Have you added your site to The DoFollow Directory?
Simply copy and paste html code into your blog sidebar, footer or wherever you want the dofollow directory logo to appear.
