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Links from Instructables.com?
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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
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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 ...
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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!
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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?
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Wow! Thanks so much for the helpful tip Michael!
I'll download the extension now. Very helpful, thanks again sir!
Ron
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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!
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