Do Follow Comments for SEO - Search Engine Optimization

Do follow comments and no follow comments for SEO and Optimization?


So I'm sure we all know about the do follow and no follow comments. For those who don't, it's a way for someone to post a comment on another blog with their anchor text and website link attached. It sounds great at first, making the link building process just a little more easier for all those SEO gurus out there. But I'm here to spill some beans... let's get a better understanding and grasp on the do follow comment links.


It starts with a simple blog writer who writes some decent content and lands himself a nice page rank within Google or another Search Engine. Now there's the others who think that they can just Google some do follows and no follows to put a link up, giving them more juice to their site. Before you start blasting away at comments on ANY blog, including mine, learn about what your really doing with a do follow comment.


There's been alot of others saying the do follow comment links are just another black hat spam technique, and I disagree for the most part. There's so many others who will spam a comment to a blog just for that nice link on your blog or page, but there is no need to just send a spam comment.

ALWAYS ADD VALUE

When you send a comment, your not just saying hey thanks information, here's my link so now I can get some link juice, you need to add value to the blog. It's so typical to come across these spam comments, but if you took the time to find the blog, whats an extra few minutes toward actually reading the content, and writing something to add value to that particular article or blog. This will also give you a better chance for the owner or writer to actually allow that link to be posted. I always put emphasis on the add value, it's only morally right. After all, the internet is what you make of it, right?

KEEP IT RELEVANT

This should be obvious. It's a key factor to any SEO or Search Engine Optimization strategy. Your not going to get anything out of posting a comment on someones blog that reads about real estate, if your site is about beauty products. I guess if the realtor wants to buy beauty products, he sure knows that your willing to spam him just to get your product/brand out there.

DO FOLLOW COMMENT PLUGINS

I've heard of the DO FOLLOW COMMENT plugin via WordPress, and personally, I think it's a great tool. I think the Do Follow is great, so long as we bloggers, writers, site owners, and the comments are not spam and actually link to a feasible website.For WordPress bloggers, there should also be the aksimet spam filter to help keep the spammers away. I always make sure that each comment must be approved, either way.

MY ANALYSIS OF DO FOLLOW COMMENTS

As a site owner, I'm fine with comments linking to a site. It makes sense as long as it's not spam. I will always make sure the comment ADDS VALUE, the anchor text is relevant, the website is relevant to the topic at hand, and of course, Let me reiterate ADDING VALUE. I dump all links that have no value, to me, it means they really must not wanted that link in the first place.This is just a small piece of optimization. The best links will still be from site owners by email, or networking with.

So, any do follow or no follow comments?

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Submit Website to Search Engines

Submitting a Website to the Search Engines 

If you already own your website, then you have received the spam emails promising submission to thousands of search engines. Or you may have looked at the tools that automatically submit for you. You could actually be placing your site in danger by using these services. Some of the search engines and directories can tell when a submission was made with a tool instead of by hand and will either ignore the effort or worse. The important engines require extra steps making automated submission impossible. Simply; avoid these auto tools.

The Submission Myths

One of the more popular advertisements promises submission to 50,000 search engines. Sounds good

In reality there are only a handful (less than a dozen) of search engines that will bring you traffic. Add to these a few (as in 3 or 4) directories and you have well over 95% of the search market at your disposal. These thousands of additional engines are made up of free for all (FFA) link pages or special interest webpages.

Submitting your web page to thousands of FFA sites means that you will end up with thousands of spam email messages.

In addition, you will not receive a single visitor when you submit your website about office equipment to a directory of artists in Antarctica.

Who do I Submit to? And How?

As always, it is quality that matters, not quantity. For this reason, you should concentrate on the popular search engines when you submit your website.

Here things actually get easier. As is true with most major corporations, search engines purchase one another and eliminate competition. Here is a rundown of the more important engines in the US of A:

• Google: This engine supplies results to AOL & Netscape. From Google's main page they have directions to their free submission tool, and by submitting once you just submitted to AOL & Netscape too.
• MSN: These guys are running solo and are now self sufficient. As is true with Google, use MSN's main page to find their free submission tool.
• Yahoo: Corporate buyout king. Yahoo now owns Inktomi, AltaVista, AlltheWeb, Overture and some others. Like the previous engines, this submission is also free. Although they also offer paid submissions ranging from $100 to $300.
• AskJeeves: Inclusion here is done through the Teoma directory for a fee.
• Foreign Engines: Each country has its own local search engines, and even the ones listed above have their own branches located in different regions. Submission to these should not be overlooked if you sell product or offer services besides just in the US of A.
• Open Directory/DMOZ: This is the main free directory. The trick here is to be already getting results from the above engines before submitting to DMOZ. This directory then boosts your ranking score with AOL, Google, AskJeeves and others... at least in theory. In the days of Yahoo being king this was a powerful tool, now DMOZ is just kind of there.
• Specialty Directories: There are countless subject driven directories for every imaginable topic. Some are well used by members in that field and well worth submitting to. You will need to find these on your own.
• PPC: Overture, Google, Look Smart and others offer sponsored listings or Pay-Per-Click campaigns. If you are selling product then this could be a definite consideration. As would Google's Froogle engine or EBay.

Submission is quite simple, fill in the blanks provided and maybe pay a fee. For the PPC type of submission

an account will need to be applied for and then maintained which is a little more work.

There are two other options available for the more cost-conscious user:

• Linking: This is a good idea anyway for further maintaining and building your sites ranking. But initially, if another site has a link pointing to your site (this is called a backlink) and the other site is known by the search engines then when the search engines next spider that site they will find reference to yours and freely add you to their submission list. This is absolutely best way to be submitted. And do not stop at one backlink, get as many as you can.
• Toolbars: I hate this option, but it works well. If you add a Google bar to your Windows Internet Explorer program then Google will know everywhere you go on the internet, thus giving all your destinations free submission. Most of the search engines have their own tool bar. This is free, but now big brother(s) know everything you do when browsing.

In Conclusion

Submission is a must for your site to be known by the search engines. But please do not stop with only submission. If your site is not search engine friendly then the submission is worthless.