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22 DoFollow Social Media Sites Offering Profile Links

by Jeff Quipp.

Are links your nemisis rather than a powerful tool?

Chain Link Fence

In last week’s post I talk about 4 alternative uses of social media. Point #2 I mentioned in that piece talked about “generating direct backlinks”, though I wasn’t able to elaborate as much as I would have liked to.

Obviously there are many ways to get links from social media. One such technique is to establish profiles on various social media, and link from your profile on those sites, back to your web site. The key obviously is in knowing which social media sites permit links, and which permit DoFollow links.

To save you some time, here are a list of 22 such sites that we’re aware of:
1. Digg
2. Propeller
3. Flickr
4. Kirtsy
5. LinkedIn
6. Current
7. PostonFire
8. BloggingZoom
9. CoRank
10. Technorati
11. MyBlogLog
12. Bumpzee
13. LinkaGoGo
14. Bibsonomy
15. Mister-Wong
16. MyLinkVault
17. ClipClip
18. 9Rules
19. AssociatedContent
20. Blogoria
21. NowPublic
22. MemeStreams

Edit: June 12, 2008:
23. Mixx … thanks to Matt Mcgee (Small Business SEM)
24. Edopter … thanks to Andy Murdoch (mmmeeja.com)

I intend to keep updating this list over time so bookmark it now. Also, if you’re aware of any such social media site, please leave a comment and let us know. We’ll add it to the comprehensive list, and will link back to each person’s site doing so.

Enjoy … and happy link building!

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As posted in Tips, Social Media, SEO on June 11, 2008.

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  1. Comparison Shopping (16 comments.) Says:
    June 11th, 2008 at 12:15 pm

    Great advise and the list is very handy. Have bookmarked and look forward to visiting you regularly to get updates. Thanks.

  2. Scrivs (1 comments.) Says:
    June 11th, 2008 at 12:49 pm

    Hey Jeff,

    Thanks for the mention. In the context of what you are talking about 9rules does allow you to customize your experience through the use of a profile. However, what you are talking about is more of what Chawlk does its sister sites. An account on Chawlk or any of the other sites allows you to use one account/profile across all the sites along with 9rules.

    The older version of 9rules has all of this contained on one domain, but we have since made some changes to lessen the confusion and build up individual communities catering to specific genres.

  3. James Duthie (13 comments.) Says:
    June 11th, 2008 at 4:05 pm

    Nice list Jeff, but maintaining an active and productive account in all of these networks would have to be close to impossible. Personally, I’d be a little worried about creating a multitude of inactive accounts across networks. Could it not potentially lead to accusations as a social media spammer if a user noticed?

  4. forumistan (7 comments.) Says:
    June 11th, 2008 at 4:11 pm

    Thanks for the list but many of them uses nofollow

  5. Jeff Quipp (72 comments.) Says:
    June 11th, 2008 at 6:03 pm

    @ Comparison Shopping … thanks for the comment and bookmark!

    @Scrvis … thanks for the clarification!

    @ James … creating accounts isn’t a problem. The more accounts, the busier a social media site looks, so the happier they are. Also … best to try out a multitude of sites before committing to using them. How do I know which are worthwhile without testing first.

    @ forumistan … correct, they use NoFollow for some elements, but not for profile links.

  6. Malte Landwehr (4 comments.) Says:
    June 12th, 2008 at 5:03 am

    The question is weather those sites will keep their links dofollow and if this risk is worth the time necessary to build a strong profile.

  7. willy (1 comments.) Says:
    June 12th, 2008 at 10:07 am

    great job. i will try these site.

  8. andymur (2 comments.) Says:
    June 12th, 2008 at 10:09 am

    Profile links on edopter (http://www.edopter.com) are followed too.

  9. Foot In Mouth (1 comments.) Says:
    June 12th, 2008 at 12:55 pm

    Thanks for the useful tip- it’s a pain to create these profiles…now if only you had suggestions for Managing all 22 profiles once you actually have them…

  10. Geld Lenen (3 comments.) Says:
    June 12th, 2008 at 1:05 pm

    propeller.com follows too.

  11. Arnie (4 comments.) Says:
    June 12th, 2008 at 3:17 pm

    there must be 10 on that list I had never heard of. good job. us link builders like those kinds of lists :-)

  12. Jay (2 comments.) Says:
    June 13th, 2008 at 1:17 am

    Hey, thanks for this list… I swear, there will always be new sites that I have to continue to check out lol… I mean, I haven’t even heard of half of those sites!

    Jay

  13. adam (1 comments.) Says:
    June 13th, 2008 at 4:25 am

    Hi Jeff, thank you for this great list of Web2.0 do follow sites. Until now, I’ve got a very good experience with Digg, Propeller(PR5 profile), Reddit and SlashDot.

  14. Lee (1 comments.) Says:
    June 13th, 2008 at 9:21 am

    There are a couple on that list which the profile links are nofollow.

    This may be harder to maintain than you realise. :)

  15. paulette (16 comments.) Says:
    June 14th, 2008 at 8:48 pm

    Thanks for the list:) Those are good social communities and might be potential niches as well.

  16. Utah SEO (104 comments.) Says:
    June 14th, 2008 at 11:02 pm

    Great list. Add Squidoo.com. It’s great for various link juice plus rankes well in the SERPs.

  17. Wii Boy (25 comments.) Says:
    June 15th, 2008 at 2:13 pm

    I am right in thinking that no follow will still give you a backlink, just without an PR boost?

  18. Rudolf (1 comments.) Says:
    June 16th, 2008 at 1:28 am

    There is a wrong TLD for bibsonomy - it is bibsonomy.org and not (bibsonomy.com is a parked domain).

  19. Marketing Man (20 comments.) Says:
    June 16th, 2008 at 1:07 pm

    Wow, thank you very much. I have definitely booked this and will pop back to see when you update. This will save us a lot of time. exSEOllent

  20. Top Rated (11 comments.) Says:
    June 17th, 2008 at 9:09 am

    This can be a touchy area, as you could be considered a social network spammer. As long as you generate good content and then use the social networks to promote it, I believe that’s fine. It’s really a question of what your comfortable witih.

  21. Huge Says:
    June 17th, 2008 at 9:47 am

    Jeff:

    As the proprietor of one of the 22 sites listed here let me make a few things clear:

    1. WE DO NOT WANT YOUR SPAM.

    2. Yes, we use nofollow everywhere.

    3. If a social media site uses nofollow ANYWHERE thats a clear sign that they do not want your spam and they are not “happy” about all of the accounts you are creating.

    4. Spamming is a violation of the AUP of most of the sites on your list.

    5. Wilfrid Laurier has a business ethics class. You should go back and audit it.

    6. Its the height of irony that I have to click a box certifying that my post is 100% spam free on a site that has been driving tons of spam at my site in violation of its policies for days. Did you put that there as some kind of sick joke?

  22. SEM Blog - Paul (1 comments.) Says:
    June 17th, 2008 at 4:22 pm

    Great List. Will be keeping this one handy.

  23. oky (2 comments.) Says:
    June 18th, 2008 at 9:56 pm

    i have an account at technorati and i had claimed my blog but i still don’t understand with something called authority. why my blog still doesn’t get authority in technorati ? could you tell me what is the main concept of authority.thanks for sharing this list

  24. Jeff Quipp (72 comments.) Says:
    June 19th, 2008 at 4:48 am

    @ Malte … that’s a great point Malte! To be frank … that decision should be a function of how much you enjoy that community, and benefit from it. It NoFollow wasn’t an issue, would you still be an active participant?

    @ Willy … thanks Andy! Enjoy!

    @ Andy … thanks for the addition! Keep ‘em coming.

    @ Foot in Mouth … you are very perceptive, and right. Successful profiles require alot of work and commitment.

    @ Geld … it does thanks! I even have a profile there, and missed it. Thanks again!

    @ Arnie … thanks Arnie … let me know if you find more!

    @ Jay … I hear ya Jay! Glad you liked it!

    @ Adam … thanks for the comment Adam! The key is participation isn’t it … do it for the right reasons!

    @ Lee … some elements are nofollow … but the profile links are dofollow. It will be difficult though, which is why we’ll require input for readers.

    @ Paulette … most are more generic, but yes I’d like to start listing niche sites too.

    @ UtahSEO … thanks for the Squidoo referral Jordan! It will be added.

    @ Wii Boy … NoFollow backlinks still do sometimes show as backlinks in related searches, but do not count towards rankings at all.

    @ Rufolph … thanks, I’ll correct that today.

    @ Marketing Man …thanks … and enjoy!

    @ Top Rated … it is touchy. The reality of the matter is profile links are worth nothing without active participation. Spammers will receive no benefit!

    @ Huge … good to hear from you Huge. See you’ve done a little research. Pretty sure I could dig up a little too, but why? In any case, the intent is not to spam you. As I mentioned previously, profiles without active participation are worthless. There’s no use in creating hundreds of dummy accounts … search engines care about quality not quantity.

    If you want me to remove your site from this list, I will gladly do so. Just either respond here in the comments (I will delete it for you so there’s no trail) or email me directly at jeff @ searchenginepeople.com and I’ll take care of it. No worries or questions :)

    @ SEM Blog … thanks Paul!

    @ oky … I’m not an expert on Technorati, but I believe its authority is calculated by the number of times your blog has been mentioned (linked to) from others. Hope that helps!

  25. Metaspring (39 comments.) Says:
    June 19th, 2008 at 9:29 pm

    Thanks for compiling that very useful list and thanks to the commentators for adding to the subject.

  26. newbloggerscenter (1 comments.) Says:
    June 20th, 2008 at 5:20 am

    good list.but i have an other comment, the yellow links on your pages are eyeitching could you do sth about it!

  27. Kari (1 comments.) Says:
    June 20th, 2008 at 5:34 pm

    Great list Jeff…glad I Stumbled on it!

    Another niche one to add: smallbusinessbrief.com

    I’m pretty sure this one is dofollow. I checked the source code on my profile page there, and there wasn’t a nofollow on my website link.

  28. Velvet (1 comments.) Says:
    June 21st, 2008 at 2:34 pm

    mister-wong.com has no-follow

  29. BriskShare Link Directory (5 comments.) Says:
    June 21st, 2008 at 8:47 pm

    Thanks for the list. Maybe you could give some details on every site

  30. Mark (1 comments.) Says:
    June 22nd, 2008 at 8:53 pm

    Since when does digg have dofollow tags? I never knew that…

  31. Wii Boy (25 comments.) Says:
    June 23rd, 2008 at 2:19 pm

    Thanks for the clarification Jeff.

  32. Shauna (1 comments.) Says:
    June 29th, 2008 at 6:09 pm

    Do you know of any places to trade backlinks, as in you help me and I”ll help you?? I’m trying to start one here!

    http://www.squidoo.com/tradingbacklinks

  33. Zachary (1 comments.) Says:
    July 2nd, 2008 at 6:59 pm

    Others Social Media with DoFollow:

    - Backflip.com
    - Jumptags.com
    - Oyax.com

    Cheers…

  34. Stupid Spy (1 comments.) Says:
    July 26th, 2008 at 1:28 am

    Thanks for helpful information

  35. Singapore SEO (52 comments.) Says:
    July 31st, 2008 at 2:18 am

    This is a great list to leverage on. Very nice piece of information. Thanks!

  36. wilson (1 comments.) Says:
    August 13th, 2008 at 1:39 pm

    Finally…, I’ve found the complete list of the social media sites after months of searching…

    Thanks for the great list, and I will mark it down.

  37. vegas web design (1 comments.) Says:
    August 20th, 2008 at 5:57 pm

    Thank you for the list. I know we have had great success with Propeller and Digg.

  38. ResortPRO (1 comments.) Says:
    August 21st, 2008 at 1:27 am

    This is great thanks for the list

  39. Bradman (1 comments.) Says:
    September 1st, 2008 at 10:35 am

    This is a good list of no-follow social sites to leverage on. I should see an increase in quality traffic after inclusion. Thanks!

  40. MOin (17 comments.) Says:
    September 1st, 2008 at 11:54 am

    a really great list of getting one way backlinks i juts ended up registering at every sites above mentioned. hope to see more good posts from you :)

  41. Protese de silicone (1 comments.) Says:
    September 15th, 2008 at 8:12 am

    Digg is a nofollow site

  42. brandon (1 comments.) Says:
    September 19th, 2008 at 8:11 am

    I only believe in digg ,mrwong and reddit
    …no more ..:)

  43. Alex (1 comments.) Says:
    September 20th, 2008 at 6:19 pm

    Thanks for the list. I though digg and others were nofollow. I don’t know if the changed it. Thanks anyway

  44. Nokia Tube (1 comments.) Says:
    September 22nd, 2008 at 6:37 am

    This is a good list but there are many more social sites that are “dofollow”.

    I have seen a list of 100 such sites earlier, not sure where. But it is just a good recall too of great dofollow sites. Thanks for it.

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