Reddit LInks

[RafeTLouis]

Are Reddit links worthwhile?

I hear they are sometimes follow and sometimes not follow.

Also what about links verses self links?

I'm pretty handy with reddit so I can probably make content that would actually be upvoted a lot.

Let me know, thanks.

[jorisbrabants]

I think you shouldn't look at Reddit as being a source for building links directly from them.

Take a look at Reddit's purpose. It's to discover/digest your daily dose of content, and if you publish your link to Reddit people will or will not read your content.

It's those readers that will discover your content and if it's worth it, they will mention/share/link to it, and that's what's your after!

[HashtagJeff]

I would say yes, worthwhile. This would also depend on the industry and purpose though. If your purpose is to get traffic then I think it can be very worthwhile depending on your content shared and the community you're sharing it with. If it's purely for organic ranking then I would say it's mediocre. Reddit being a "social" community will see right through links purely to build rank. Also, it's worth noting that this would also have diminishing value if you're trying to build rank through links on the same domain as a tactic.

Here's a Reddit post with an answer to your question about follow vs nofollow links. Use Moz tool and you'll see that front page (popular) posts are follow whereas less popular posts are nofollow. I'm not too sure what the threshold is when nofollow links turn to follow, it might be worth testing though, especially if you have a fairly active/popular Reddit account you can use.

Hope this helps.