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SEO in 2018, Which Practices You Should Avoid and Why.

Social Media Marketing

Link Building: Avoid Forum Posts John Mueller posted this after someone asked if Reddit comments are dofollow. The guy wrote: “I recently commented on another thread regarding this, and I just did a double-take and Reddit comments indeed appear to not have the "nofollow"-relation? How do they work?”

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My thoughts on Facebook’s commenting system

The Way of the Web

There’s been a lot of debate around Facebook’s new commenting system, particularly due to the fact it is currently being tested on Techcrunch. On a more analytic level, there are a variety of reasons for not using a commenting system which currently rests on the shoulder of one company.

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12 Reasons Your Business Needs a Social Media Marketing Program.

Saying It Social

SEO benefits: Many social media bookmarking sites use NOFOLLOW tags that limit the outbound link value of posts made on their sites, but there are still many leading sites that allow DOFOLLOW tags — including Friendfeed, Digg, and Mixx. Comment by Saurabh | June 5, 2010 | Reply Hey, you have a great blog here!

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Build Backlinks – 14 Easy Ways

Convince & Convert

Links in comments, however, are no-follow. While comments and any links you include in your description will have the rel=”nofollow” attribute, YouTube gives you a link in your profile that is devoid of no – follow. Also in the Digg and Reddit category. Put it in the comments. Foursquare. Ezine Articles.

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Getting Started with Integrating Search and Social Media

Saying It Social

The links from the profile page may have nofollow tags, but they will drive traffic and different search engines treat the nofollow tag differently. April 25, 2010 | Reply Leave a comment Click here to cancel reply. People use various social media sites in different ways. Be there, and tell them you’re there.

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Ross Mayfield's Weblog: Elevating the Enterprise 2.0 Conversation

Buzz Marketing for Technology

Conversation : Comments. Post a comment. Comments are moderated, and will not appear on this weblog until the author has approved them. Name: Email Address: (Not displayed with comment.). Comments: Feeds. Comments: Feeds. Recent Comments. Reddit Open Sources with CPAL. follow me on Twitter.

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Book Review: Social Media Marketing

Webbiquity SMM

She provides an excellent taxonomy of the social media landscape, categorizing the different types of social media tools into: • Social News Sites (Digg, Reddit, Kirtsy, etc.). In chapter 37, she almost seems to defend the insidious nofollow tag , which has outlived whatever useful life it once had and should be banished. Rich Meyer.

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