Links from Instructables.com?

[yatesandcojewelers]

This is a silly newbie question.  But will posting on www.instructables.com with some valuable content and url link back to my site help with "linking"?

Or do they put a no-follow on all links on their site?

Thanks for answering!

Ron

[julie-getonthemap]

I'm doing some experimenting with Instructables, and some profile links are no-follow. I don't know if it's because the accounts are new, or that you need to have a PRO account to get follow links ...

[MichaelYork]

Hi Ron,

I have a pdf explaining, I will PM you, which should answer all those questions:

• Your link isn't hyperlinked - hence not a link, just text
• The link I have shown is a "nofollow"
• Link to member profile page is dofollow

Hope this helps out mate!

[yatesandcojewelers]

Hi Michael,

I downloaded the seomoz tool bar which says it can check for nofollowed links.

When I tested it on this page: http://www.instructables.com/id/Make-a-Titanium-Ring/?comments=all#CHSFLAKHGH72CAL  (one of the comments by J.R. YATES has two links in it) it did not show as a followed, or a no followed link.

When I click on link button from the seomoz tool bar and sort by "nofollow" (pink) and "follow" (green) the url link I put in the comments doesn't get highlighted either way.  So I'm guessing that anything put in the comments section is not a link.  Thoughts?

[yatesandcojewelers]

Wow!  Thanks so much for the helpful tip Michael!

I'll download the extension now.  Very helpful, thanks again sir!

Ron

[MichaelYork]

Hi Ron,

Not a silly question at all mate!

It appears there aren't any "nofollow" attribute links on members profile pages, I had a look at this one as an example: http://www.instructables.com/member/JonnyBGood/. I'm not sure if that is for all member profiles though.

I only had a little chance to look at articles and couldn't see any links so can't comment on if they are "nofollow" or not. I would recommend downloading a "nofollow" toolbar extension on either Chrome or Firefox, that way when ever you view any site all nofollow links have a red dotted-line show up around them so you can instantly see the dofollow and nofollow links. It is helpful not just from a link building perspective, but also to see how authority can be directed around pages.

Hope this helps!