Comments on: SEO Tip – Discovering backlinks

By: Daniel

Daniel — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 04:08:04 +0000

Thanks for pointing out backlinkwatch.com . It works good. But………. I will be checking out SEO MOZ site explorer next.

By: Nashville Grant

Nashville Grant — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:07:45 +0000

You should check out SEO MOZ’s open site explorer, it will blow your mind.

By: Benn Rosales

Benn Rosales — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:05:28 +0000

Claudia, you are dofollow, a 3rd party app (NoDoFollow) says you’re dofollow, but the source does say nofollow, this is very interesting- we’ll add it to the punch card and see what’s really happening- something is conflicting.

By: Claudia Gonella

Claudia Gonella — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:44:53 +0000

Jay/jack – Yes I also looked at the source code and it does seem as if links in this comment stream are no-followed. Completely agree that getting a backlink should not be the reason to leave comments. (But I do think I read that AG offers this as a benefit from joining / participating in its network? This may have changed though).

By: Jay Thompson

Jay Thompson — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 06:36:54 +0000

Claudia –

According to the page source code, your link here is no-followed. But hopefully people are leaving comments to share, and learn and engage, not to get a back link. (and I don’t want to hijack Jack’s thread with a blog commenting for back links debate. Suffice it to say commenting for back links is the last reason people should be commenting on any blog, IMO.)

By: Jack Leblond

Jack Leblond — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 03:22:11 +0000

@Claudia the tool is somewhat inconsistent with how it reports follow/no-follow. It is great at showing anchor text though.

By: Claudia Gonella

Claudia Gonella — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 02:58:14 +0000

Thanks for pointing out backlink checker – a very useful resource. (I did notice that Agent Genius comments seemed to be no followed even if made when logged in … not sure if that is a glitch with the tool though)