No Follow Link Advice for a Newbie

[FrancescaW]

Hi Moz-ers! 2 part question I would love suggestions to:

I'm fairly new to the SEO world and working towards targets of 4 'follow' and 6 'no_follow' links a month, in house.

1. Apart from Wikipedia and bloggers that issue 'no_follow' links, what are good 'no_follow' slink generation ideas?

2. I've read lots about the benefit of no_follow and follow links and the ongoing debate, how does this target/KPI stack up against others out there? And is it a well structured target?  I know its  a big question, but I'd love some feedback.

Big Thanks!

[Devanur-Rafi]

Hi Andrew,

Honestly, I don't think you should be looking at links if they are 'follow' or 'nofollow'. Instead of building links desperately, you should be investing your quality time and effort in developing high quality content which would be a natural link magnet. The link profile should look natural and you should not be even thinking along those lines where you intend to build so many 'follow' links and so many 'nofollow' links.

Content based promotional methods like blog commenting and forum posting still work good provided, your comments or posts are worthy enough.

Here is a very good article that can be handy:

http://www.searchenginejournal.com/50-ways-to-increase-the-domain-authority-of-your-site-infographic/77281/

Good luck my friend.

Best regards,

Devanur Rafi

[AU-SEO]

Hi Andrew,

Welcome to the SEO world and as Devanur mentions in his response below, you need to change focus from looking for followed / nofollowed links to building great content which will automatically attract links coming through to you.

Alternatively, though, you can still focus on the traditional linking methods by joining industry associations in your field and being listed on their websites as verified members which will get you links back to your site (follow / nofollow really depends on each site in this instance).

Good luck and stick to white hat techniques!