Why do Blogs say they are dofollow when they are actually nofollow?

by krikkod

Posted: 14 years ago 17 replies

I've just started commenting on blogs for backlinks and i am totally new to the strategy so please bare that in mind on what i'm about to say.

Okay so i download this program that apparently helps me to find dofollow blogs. It does this by searching for blogs that have dofollow type plugins.

It actually does a pretty good job of this, as it also lists the PR of each blog.

My beef here is that when i go to comment on these dofollow blogs, i check the source code for 'nofollow' and every comment link including the author name and comment url, has a nofollow attribute attached to it.

Now i'm looking at dofollow blog directories and the first 3 sites i checked out, same thing again.

REALLY FRUSTRATING!!!

So is there something i am missing here? I'm really looking to get some help on this - maybe i am just having rotten luck but i'm certain there is more to it then that.

#blogs #dofollow #nofollow

xops

14 years ago

Instead of checking the source code for the noFollow links, save yourself some time by using a plugin like NoDoFollow, SearchStatus or plenty of others that will highlight/outline link types.

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inter123

14 years ago

Its a scam. They do it to trick people to visit their site using false pretences. Its no different to to some of the IM scam that are all to common.

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edmltw

14 years ago

As of right now, there are no software that are able to correctly pull out do-follow blogs from the no-follows.

Do it the manual way, search for those do-follows, it'll save you more money and give you more SERPs.

Ed

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halfpoint

14 years ago

Originally Posted by edmltw

SEO Spyglass will accurately tell you if a page is DoFollow or NoFollow.

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webtrix 14 years ago

Originally Posted by Pat Jackson

SEO Spyglass will accurately tell you if a page is DoFollow or NoFollow.

So will any of the SEO plugins. Except, that's not what they are talking about..
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- halfpoint 14 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by webtrix
  
  So will any of the SEO plugins. Except, that's not what they are talking about..
  
  I was simply suggesting that you do not have to do it manually.
  
  You can comment on heaps of blogs automatically and then run the pages through Spyglass and have a list of the ones that are DoFollow and the ones that aren't. It's a much quicker process than finding them manually.
  
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krikkod 14 years ago

Originally Posted by inter123

Its a scam. They do it to trick people to visit their site using false pretences. Its no different to to some of the IM scam that are all to common.

Mate i'm beginning to think the same thing myself.

I'm going to be doing more blog commenting today and this time i will be searching for dofollow blogs manually via google and some handy google strings i found on some blogs.

I will get back to you guys and let you know how it all goes.

BTW i just found out that SEOQuake has a nofollow checker built into it. You have to turn it on yourself but it's alot better then bogging down firefox with even more plugins.

Oh and for those who don't know, SEO Quake is a free firefox plugin that tells you all kinds of cool stuff about the pages you visit. Too much to explain here but it's free so you can find out for yourself.

Anyhow i hope todays backlinking efforts will be a little more fruitful.

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cpa-money 14 years ago

and some times those software come with trojan horses.
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- krikkod 14 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by cpa-money
  
  and some times those software come with trojan horses.
  
  Okay which programs are you referring to exactly because i just downloaded a few of them so you can imagine my slight paranoia right now.
  
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Trent Brownrigg 14 years ago

In many cases the blogs used to be dofollow but they have since changed it back to nofollow (usually due to an overload of spam) and they are still listed on the dofollow lists.
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rajIBL

14 years ago

Why do married men on a night out go in a Bar and say they are not Married?

- Go gain interest.

These blogs want your interest and comments.

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Peter Gregory

14 years ago

Originally Posted by rajIBL

Why do married men on a night out go in a Bar and say they are not Married?

- Go gain interest.

These blogs want your interest and comments.

Haha good analogy, and I am sure there are plenty of blog owners out there that do that for a reason, but my suspicions are with Trent on this one

Originally Posted by Trent Brownrigg

In many cases the blogs used to be dofollow but they have since changed it back to nofollow (usually due to an overload of spam) and they are still listed on the dofollow lists.