Comment posted on Link Intelligence: What Goldilocks Can Teach You About Linking Out by Mavis Nong @ Free Marketing Training
Hey Ana,
Great tips as usual. I have learned so much about link-building this year and I think I’m headed in the right direction 
When you did my blog audit, you helped with using “no-follow” for the outbound links, something I never paid attention to — thank you.
All the best,
Mavis
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Hi Ana,Another interesting topic. I didn’t know about DoFollow or NoFollow until a few months ago. And my knowledge doesn’t influence my decision to comment or not.
I’m all about showing appreciation, sharing my opinion and giving credit where it’s due. I don’t even have the time to check whether a blog is a DoFollow or NoFollow. If I like what I read, I leave a comment. Period.
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Hey Ana,
Great tips as usual. I have learned so much about link-building this year and I think I’m headed in the right direction
When you did my blog audit, you helped with using “no-follow” for the outbound links, something I never paid attention to — thank you.
All the best,
Mavis
Mavis Nong @ Free Marketing Training´s last blog ..Blog Commenting – From Zero to 70 Comments In One Day!
Hello Mavis,
You’re very much welcome. Yes I think you are in the right track.
Thanks for coming,
Ana
Excellent tips Ana. The one I like to stress is to stop lining to your homepage in blog comments. The URL box is sitting there begging for a deep link; more importantly, a deep link that coincides with the article you’re commenting on.
Yes, ironically I’m linking to my home page in this comment; there’s a reason for it. LOL
Speaking of links, I hope you do not mind one n the body of this comment. I recently wrote about ho many links is to many, for a good link round-up post. I’ve love your commented thoughts.
http://www.dennisedell.com/9098/shorten-link-lists-multiple-posts/
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This was perfect Ana. Although I thought I knew a good bit about links, I see that I still have a ways to go. Doing ‘nofollow’ with af links is something, for whatever reason, I wasn’t aware of.
Appreciate the value you bring with every post. Keep ‘em coming
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Hello Marcus,
You are aware of it now and I’m sure that can greatly help you.
All the best,
Ana
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In regard to the impact of outbound links on ranking, the only definitive information from Google was in a 1998 paper published by Google founders Brin and Page. Based on the 12 year old version of the algorithm outbound links leaked page authority. A few years ago, page rank sculpting was the fad in the SEO community based on the theory of not leaking PageRank. However, in 2010 a blog or website without any external links is going to appear very unnatural to the Google algorithm. Further, it is widely assumed that Bing tends to reward outbound linking to authoritative and relevant sites. While it is probably prudent to limit links to external sites on posts that are intended to pass link authority to your own older posts, in general, as Ana suggests, creating outbound links to relevant sites offers more benefits than drawbacks.
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Hey Randy,
Thanks for sharing additional information. I learned something from you.
Have a great day,
Ana
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Hi Ana,
Great info generally about linking. Do you have a post somewhere about exactly what you do to use NoFollow when it comes down to affiliate links? I am not sure I know how to do that. Thanks.
~Marcus
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Thanks for the great tip on adding NoFollow tags on sidebar links. I didn’t bother to research on that topic. I’m definitely updating all my links to Nofollow. Thanks for the heads up! Good Post Ana
Hello Kevin,
Glad to hear of what you are planning to do about it.
Thanks for dropping by,
Ana
I changed them all! I’ll be adding the nofollow tag from now on
Thanks!
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Ana:
Love the Link Intelligence analysis! I also have tried to link to relevant posts from other bloggers instead of just their home page. The home page is obviously going to have the most links pointed to it, so in order to provide the best possible references for my readers, they are directed “within” other bloggers blogs. Also, a question? For the anchor text, would you use the other bloggers post title as the anchor?
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Thanks especially for the tip about the affiliates link, I think I’ve done it on my site, but need to check the blog.
As with all things with SEO it’s a balancing act, some do follow / some no follow, some high pr / some no pr.
You are very right, Pippa - it’s all a balancing act and there is no definite right or wrong way of doing it; just depends on who you talk to.
I am more link-stingy within my posts, but link-generous to my readers and followers. Works well on my blog!
Ana
Hi Ana,
Great article! This linking strategy can be used by any website not only blogs.
What I think is better when it comes to linking is that every link should add more content and more value to the article/website. Linking should be done when you think that the the content of that link can be helpful (or explain better) what you want to say. One of the best example is when using a foreign/unknown to others word and linking to its wikipedia page.
Good job, Ana!
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Hello Alex,
That is a good example. Great point.
Thanks for the additional info,
Ana
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Hi Ana,
What you said about linking to additional info to make it clear is something that comes to my mind a lot.
What happens to me often is that I start writing about a topic, then I realize not everyone knows what a certain term is but the explanation needs to be a post itself, so I end up in writing two or three additional posts to explain the original one.
You look at all this linking business with another set of eyes
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Hello Brankica,
That is a good idea also to share more info to your readers, but as I’d mentioned there are different purpose for linking.
Thanks for coming,
Ana
Ana Hoffman´s last blog ..Mad Russian’s CHRISTmas – From My Family To Yours
Hi Ana,
Food for thought here. In the past I’ve barely included links for the reasons you mentioned and my discriminate tastes haven’t changed. Doing OK in this area.
It’s simple to become link happy, feeling it’s OK to link to wherever you want.
It pays to think before you link
Thanks for sharing your insight.
RB
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Love it, Ryan: it pays to think before you link.
Many people think that if they link to a bunch of blogs in every post, it will draw some attention to them. And it will. But overdoing it can definitely work against you more so than for you.
Have a great night!
Ana
Hi Ana,
I’ve just learned how to make links open in another window, which you pointed out was a way to keep readers on your page. I am learning how to link something in my post to my core product. My content has virtually nothing to do with my product, so I have to be a little bit clever about that. Part of the fun, I guess. I haven’t got any affiliates yet, but when I do, I’ll figure out how to take your suggestion about nofollow for them. I don’t want to be in the Google “sandbox” any longer than I have to be. Thanks for your continuing good information.
Lou
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Hello Lou,
I think your plan will work out.
All the best,
Ana
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Hi Ana, Great Post! You definitely gave some great information. It never occurred to me that I was giving up some of my page ranking by having dofollow banners in my sidebars.Wow! Thanks for sharing
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Definitely, Lorina - important issue not too many bloggers know about.
Ana
Hey Ana,
Good points - at the end of the day some basic common sense when it comes to linking is what it takes. Sharing is great, but sending your visitors off in irrelevant directions, or giving them too many opportunities to move away from your page simply doesn’t make sense!
Love the phrase ‘simple link intelligence’ … That sums it up!
Thanks for another great post and All the best for the New Year!
Jym
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I am personally very stingy with those kinds of links, Jym.
Anything that my readers can Google on their own if they really need to is not getting a link from my post; that simple.
Ana
I had never thought of the nofollow on my sidebar links, you rock, thanks
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Do it today, Ray!
Ana
I did! Had my programmer update them, thanks again
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