Do Follow and No Follow Links-What’s The Difference

Do Follow and No Follow Links

Do Follow and No Follow Links are the lifeline of any affiliate marketer, they are a “vote of confidence” from one site to your site and Google™ rewards you accordingly.

What is a Link Anyway?

Very simply put, a “link” or “hyperlink” is a way to connect to somewhere else on your website or to another site altogether. For example Ezine Links, click on the highlighted or “hyper-linked” term Ezine Links & you will be immediately be taken to that page.

Do Follow Links

Do Follow Links are the stuff dreams are made of! OK, not really, but they are the reason why your Page/Post gets ranked in Google™. Page rank and high positioning in Gooogle’s SERPs (Search Engine Results Page) results in traffic which results in MONEY! Learn It, Live It, Love It!

When you receive a Do Follow link from another site The Big “G” likes this, it tells them that your site is seen as an authority site by another site and you must be doing something right! I want Do Follow links, so….. How do I get them?!?!

There are quite a few ways of getting Do Follow links to your site, I won’t go into all of the here, but I will cover a few of the best:

Article Marketing- Widely used and viewed as one of the best “White Hat” ways of getting Do Follow links, the idea is simple. Write or have written a 500-700 word article related to the page/post on your site with a link back in the bio section. For an example go to Ezine Links to see how to do this.

Example

Blog Comments- Another favorite of most affiliate marketers, you find blogs related to the topic on your site and make a comment in the “Comments” section of their blog. There are a couple of ways to do this and I cover this more in my blog commenting post. IMPORTANT in order to get “link juice” this must be a “Do Follow” blog, but they are a good way of getting do follow and no follow links just the same.

Forum Profiles & Signatures- Viewed as “Grey Hat” tactics, forum profiles & signatures are a quick and cheap way to get a link back to your page/post. Because forums are so big it can be hard for Google™ to find it and give you credit for the link. For a better explanation go to my post on getting your links indexed in Google™ quickly.

No Follow Links

If you understand “do follow” links then the opposite is true for “no follow” links. Well, it’s true for the most part… A no follow link basically tells Google™ not to give credit or “link juice” to the site receiving the link.

The hyperlink is active, the end user can click of the link and end up on your site, but you will not receive the benefit. That’s not to say you will penalized, you just don’t get the full benefit.

You can also make outbound links on your pages/posts “no follow” so you don’t leak “link juice” to site you are linking to.

Having said all of that, “No Follow” links are not all that bad…. Google™ likes to see a natural linking pattern. In a natural linking pattern not all of your links are going to be the same. This means that some links will be do follow, some will be no follow, some will be from articles directories and some will be from blog comments, forum profiles, inline blog links, press releases, etc.

Do Follow and No Follow Links In Conclusion

Very simply do follow and no follow links are the lifeblood of any affiliate marketer. Do follow links pass much needed “link juice” to your page/post increasing PageRank and SERP which in turn increases traffic and profits!

No follow links are not as bad and some affiliate marketers let on. “Link Juice” is not passed on to your page/post, but it creates a natural linking pattern which is a very important back linking component in the eyes of Google™. I hope my post on do follow and no follow links has helped, please browse my site for more great affiliate marketing information.

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