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Guest post: dofollow or nofollow?

by StevieT
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Hey everyone,

I used tho hear that guest posts were important for building backlinks, but now I hear many gurus say to drop the dofollow links and do the guest post purely for getting traffic.

What are your thoughts on this?

Cheers!
StevieT
#dofollow #guest #nofollow #post
  • Profile picture of the author Rozanne
    If done properly then Guest blog posting is still a great way to attract targeted traffic and to build a brand name. Some of our team members still doing guest blogging and results are good, not very massive to feel cheerful, but in terms of brand promotion it’s really useful.
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  • Profile picture of the author a2hosting
    Matt Cutts officially declared guest blogging dead as an SEO tactic. However it is still a great way to gain exposure for your site. If you're publishing guest posts on your blog, I would definitely go the nofollow route.
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    • Profile picture of the author gozee
      You can always strategize so that you link is embedded within the editorial content for natural exposure.
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  • Profile picture of the author salonijhamb
    Focus on publishing your guest post on high quality blog, which catches the attention of your targeted audience. Nofollow or Dofollow should not be a criteria here. Every client wants business so guest posting is great opportunity to get attention of your right audience and influence them to use your serivce/product.
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  • Profile picture of the author Brandboyz
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    Guest post is do dofollow link.
    The guest post is one of the best marketing techniques, which bloggers and site owners have begun using more vehemently nowadays. It serves at least two purposes – exposure for the guest writer, and also a new post for the site or blog owner.
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  • Profile picture of the author tasolglobal
    If you have posted your content in the relevant website and the link is Do-follow then its not an issue but if its off the topic then try to make it "No-follow.
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    • Profile picture of the author habibkhan01
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      Dofollow is more effective when we count and compare backlinks but dofollow or nofollow all are same when main target is traffic.
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  • Profile picture of the author flesterking
    Guest blog works. Make sure you have backlinks from your niche guest blogs.
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  • Profile picture of the author funpakmaza
    Guest Post is important This Get Traffic Your Website Blog and high page rank websie DoFollow backlinks , and Nofollow backlinks , improve yout ranking , DoFollow and NoFollow
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  • Profile picture of the author SEO Power
    Originally Posted by StevieT View Post

    Hey everyone,

    I used tho hear that guest posts were important for building backlinks, but now I hear many gurus say to drop the dofollow links and do the guest post purely for getting traffic.

    What are your thoughts on this?

    Cheers!
    StevieT
    That's because Google penalised guest post links sometime at the beginning of the year. Despite that, backlinks from guest posts still work but you should focus on the traffic aspect and take the backlinks as side benefits.
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  • Profile picture of the author janurmas
    If your purpose is SEO, try to find blogs that are allowing guest post with dofollow text link.
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  • Profile picture of the author Sclark
    Firstly, guest-posting requires quite a bit of effort (if you make it right and create good content) so the initial purpose of doing that - would be to gain a somewhat valuable dofollow link. Secondly, you`d probably pick a website relevant to your niche to offer a guest-post (and vice versa, in case you allow guest-posting on your website - you`d probably accept a relevant post only). So there should be no issue to make a link dofollow, in case it leads to a relevant website.

    Nofollow links from blogs/forums/comments are the ones to diversify the backlink profile and bring some traffic from topical sources. Surely, I`m not saying guest-blogging is not profitable in terms of promoting yourself and getting some visitors; however, I`d prefer the backlink from my quest-post to be dofollow, given that I would have put some time and effort into writing a worthy unique piece of content.
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