Mentions without links

[tvfoodmaps]

Just curious, is there any SEO value if another site/blog mentions my site but doesn't create a hyperlink.  My site happens to have a lot of amateur bloggers who write "we used TVFoodMaps for our trip" but don't actually link to my site.  I'm wondering if that does anything for my SEO value and should I contact them and ask for the reference to be turned into a link?

Thoughts?

[Branagan]

We were just talking about that the other day, check the following thread:

http://www.seomoz.org/q/site-url-called-out-but-not-clickable

Now, if you manage to turn some of those mentions to live links, that could be great too!

Cheers!

[NakulGoyal]

There's a definitely value. If that mention was  "we used TVFoodMaps.com for our trip", that's better and if it's a link, it's even better.

All that combines, makes up for a Natural Link Profile :).

I hope this helps.