Good Stuff mate,

That makes complete sense for many reasons. I mean a naturally ranking site would follow these guidlines so Google would have to atleast keep that in mind for some part of their algorithm, even if it isnt HUGE. It would still be something.

And also the relevant websites is a known fact so i think that a good way to get the nofollows balance would be to just search on nofollow web 2.0 sites for your keywords and make a few comments..

Where would you put the ratio balance at? I would think pretty significantly lower than 50/50, thinking more like 20/80(paretos law is always a good rule of thumb)

Yes it does make sense and a few nofollows wouldn't hurt a bit too. I've done .edu and .gov backlinking and it doesn't matter if follow or nofollow, its get you site up there.

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.gov and .edu doesn't come easy. There's certain way not only to get the links but how to link to the sites. It's a heavy task and not everyone knows how or really think about it too often but its very powerful stuff. One .gov and .edu link is 5 times potent than a normal PR link.

Google luuuuvvvvs edu and gov backlinks. Whether there dofollow or nofollow. Build you a couple of them bad boys and watch your website fly through the serps

Hey Sam,

Thanks for the awesome post! I'll keep that in mind for my marketing.

It's funny because there have been so many that have taught that nofollow links are a waste of time... go figure.

Jaime

Interesting point with the .gov and .edu backlinks, that would also be another quality add to the nofollow side of your strategy

I will definetly keep that in mind from now on.

Thinking about Googles accounting for natural backlink building to avoid a spammy look, how do you feel about the inclusion of outbound links on the example site as well?>

i would think that 95 percent of sites that you find (or loads more) have some sort of links in them (after all that is the ground work of the internet intirelly) so wouldnt it be good to have a good basis of both internal links, and external?

maybe nofollows on the external?

Yes indeed.

Here are few things to consider:

Authority/Trust of the Root Domain
Page rank of the page where your link will be coming from
Number of OBL

Delve into the factors of "trust" of a domain a little would you? i was in another thread talking about websites that are considered spam and would possibly be a penalty to you, what do you think about this?

And do you mean the number of OBL that are on the page your link is on, like in the since of dividing the linkjuice between several links?

Regards,
Tyler A

This is similar to a blog post I wrote earlier, I totally agree with what you are saying.

Dear it is not necessary to make relevant backlinks... You can watch links that indexed but irrelevant.

Is this really the case? I've never heard this before. Did Google drop a hint somewhere about it?

No-follow backlinks do have an impact on your site rankings - fact. Don't tell the masses though.

As for the numbers and %'s... of course they're all just made up theories. People like to think that it "makes sense", so they assume that it must be true.

There is no way to confirm any of those numbers, other than linking to other such "theories" that haven't actually be tested (which only proves my point). Such things (as actual percentages, etc) cannot be tested by us, so yeah...

However, things such as "do no-follow links impact rankings?" and many other general ideas can be proven through simple testing (perhaps on dozens or hundreds of isolated websites).

But people will argue this to no end, meh...

Thanks for the tips. This makes something I have been working on a lot more clear. I also am going to do some .gov and .edu backlinks as well.

The most important factor for building backlinks is quality and relevancy.

Interesting. I agree with what you're saying.

Since we're not inside of Google with a definitive understanding of the way their search algorithms work, theory, trial and results is a practical approach to understanding how the engines are interacting with your content.

That said, though you may not have metrics to prove what you're saying, I believe this to a degree, both because I've noticed this working with clients for SEO, and from a philosophical standpoint, it makes sense.

Commenting on blogs, and actually having something valuable to say instead of spamming like an idiot, shows the engines that you're in the conversation. If you're in relevant conversations, commenting on relevant blogs or websites, I'm almost absolutely sure it's ONE OF (not the cure-all) the SIGNALS.

I can agree for sure that they get data from no follow links. If you're everywhere, in the conversations on the net about your niche and you're commenting on all nofollow blogs, do you think they'll just ignore your links? Of course not. They count them in their own ways.

I agree with EDU backlinks being significant. However, I believe that based on the continuous abuse of them, they won't be so important in the near future !!

Thanks for letting me share my opinion, which isn't necessarily the solid truth... just a working theory.