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    DoFollow Forums

    Theres been a lot written about dofollow blogs. This post is about dofollow forums. That is forums which don’t have nofollow in their signature links.

    I saw an interesting post at Digital Point today about dofollow forums which provided inspiration for this post.

    Making posts in forums is a good way of promoting a site.

    Most forums allow you to post links in your signature (a little box after every one of your posts, where you can put a message of your choosing). Usually people put links back to their site so if readers are interested they can easily check out the writers other material.

    Some forums have quite good page rank, so when you participate in the forums you not only get a little bit of free advertising but also a little page rank.

    The usual rules apply. Don’t spam - make a relevant, on topic post that genuinely adds value to the discussion.

    If you are looking for a few forums to become active in here are are a few suggestions:

    This list is taken directly from the DP topic and a few other sources I found while checking the forums out.
    Here are the links to original posts:

    Let me know if you find any more and I’ll add them to the list.

    Comments

    Comment from Ernesto
    Time: January 27, 2008, 7:06 pm

    Forums which have do follow attribute is doing a service to its members who take the time and effort to participate on forum discussions and post on them. Do follow is indeed a sweet reward to the members wishing a little boost on their blogs’ SEO.

    Comment from Ste
    Time: January 28, 2008, 12:51 pm

    I think the key there is that you dont spam them. The forum owners will be a lot more tolerant of useful info than they would if you just spam them.

    Comment from ecommerce solutions
    Time: January 31, 2008, 10:28 pm

    Thank you for bringing this up. However, I think the value of a link from a relevant forum is more valuable than the do follow/no follow attribute as more often than not, targeted forum members will often click through to check out who this poster is or what he stands behind. I noticed great traffic when I left informative posts in a relevant forum thread. The key is to be relevant and leave good advice and traffic will come through from your forum sig - no follow or not.

    Comment from low cost car insurance
    Time: February 3, 2008, 6:38 pm

    This is a great list. I saw the lower half that you mentioned before, but unless you have soemthing related, it is not wise to just try to get a link for not participating. At least thats how I have always looked at it. If you offer something of value and a blog or a forum is do follow then I feel like it should be allowed to use any name you want. Otheres feel differently I guess, but what does it matter if my name is buck or low cost car insurance? The comment still was the same, and that is what is important. Offering content for people with blogs.

    Comment from La Roche Posay
    Time: February 4, 2008, 8:55 pm

    Do-Follow Forums can be a very good resource to you unlike do-follow blogs because you become more of a presence in a forum then in a blog. And people will tie what they read with your site maybe even making it easier to get a link from their site.

    Comment from Mattresses
    Time: February 5, 2008, 3:12 pm

    Thank you very much for the list.

    Comment from teeth bleaching
    Time: February 6, 2008, 12:30 pm

    This is a list of some great forums! Ernesto is right, these forums are doing a great service by allowing those that participate the opportunity to get a link back to their website.
    Of course I am sure there are those who login and spam the threads as with anything else. Hopefully these forums have some great anti-spam tools such as the ones in Wordpress to keep the levels down for them.

    Comment from Private Label Articles
    Time: February 6, 2008, 10:05 pm

    If you post good, helpful, informative content, whether on a dofollow or nofollow forum, you *will* get traffic as readers visit your site expecting more quality info from you.

    Comment from Safety Corner
    Time: February 9, 2008, 7:01 am

    I agree, readers will patronize blogs and forum sites with good and informative contents. Dofollow or nofollow tags doesn’t matter.

    Comment from Rebel8
    Time: February 13, 2008, 11:46 pm

    I like to go to do follow forums. A little “link juice” goes a long way. Then again, the no follow forums are still great for getting traffic. Just don’t spam!

    Comment from Web Publishing
    Time: February 14, 2008, 12:32 am

    There is no doubt that dofollow or not, relevant links in forums will get you some great traffic… But why not go to the dofollow forums within your niche, and that way you will also get valuable links to your website…

    Thats what i call a win-win

    Comment from Tylamar
    Time: February 19, 2008, 4:06 pm

    I believe dofollow it extemely helpful. It gives us a way to obtain a backlink and support each others blogs. Its a way that both parties gain in this situation. As long as its not spam its cool. We want to add value to each others sites.

    Comment from Rom @ PR4 Link Directory
    Time: February 20, 2008, 9:35 am

    That’s a great list.

    Aside from the SEO benefits, you could also draw traffic directly to your sites via your signatures so long as you participate constructively and be helpful to others.

    Comment from WebbyrÄ Göteborg
    Time: February 24, 2008, 10:46 pm

    The most important is to be helpful, informative and not spamming. You will get traffic from either dofollow or nofollow links. Dofollow is however an important reward to the members, and will help make your forum successfull.

    Comment from John Edwards
    Time: February 26, 2008, 12:33 am

    http://www.affiliateseeking.com/forums is another forum that has dofollow for all sig links.

    Infact I think many forums use it still, but not 100% sure.

    Comment from Niche Annihilation Method Review
    Time: February 26, 2008, 6:52 am

    Thanks, that would be helpful.

    In busy forums, I find it helps to focus on the number of posts that carry the links or signature.

    Add to that the fact that in certain forum people actually click on the signature link if it is interesting.

    Comment from Home business Forum
    Time: March 4, 2008, 5:35 am

    I have a Home Business Forum and i have DO follow enabled. it has a free For Sale section for members so they can go to ebay, buy PLR and sell it at Yoebo.com for free.

    If someone would be kind enough to post a list of link to great forum that’d be great

    Comment from Biodun
    Time: March 4, 2008, 10:16 am

    Great List, dofollow forums are good place to generate good quality backlinks via signature.

    Comment from Josef
    Time: March 6, 2008, 8:08 pm

    Posting in forums is a very effective internet marketing tactic.
    With dofollow forums you get the added bonus of a direct link to your website. This list of dofollow blogs is a great place to begin .

    Thanks for sharing!

    Comment from Flint
    Time: March 7, 2008, 1:37 pm

    Do follow forum linking works well, passing page rank.

    Thanks for the list, saves me a lot of work.

    Flint

    Comment from Dee
    Time: March 8, 2008, 4:34 am

    I’m trying to keep up with all the ways to market a blog. dofollow backlinking, forums, technorati, stumble, digg, bloggingzoom. when do we get time to post. Tired, gone to bed.

    Comment from DoFollow Forums
    Time: March 11, 2008, 2:28 am

    Here’s the categorized list of dofollow forums. If you find more, comment.

    http://www.reviewerofsites.com.....rums-list/

    Comment from SticKer
    Time: March 19, 2008, 6:22 am

    Here’s another Webmaster & SEO Forum that has dofollow for all sig links. Good for generating backlinks.

    SticKer

    Comment from UK Holiday Blogger
    Time: April 10, 2008, 9:25 pm

    I agree that you can drive some traffic to your site like that, but I don’t see how you can get much Google link juice like that. Forum posts tend to have low page ranks.

    Comment from Rani Dababneh
    Time: April 16, 2008, 3:21 pm

    thanx :)
    and yes i power DoFollow too :)
    Rani the Brainy | General Fun
    please add it to the list!

    Comment from Thief
    Time: May 7, 2008, 12:22 pm

    Dofollow blogs are common but dofollow forum is something i never heard i strongly believe in dofollow and and have dofollow
    atribute on my board

    Comment from AffiliateConspiracyReview
    Time: May 8, 2008, 7:59 am

    This is a very useful list - thanks for putting it together. I must check out some of those.

    Dan

    Comment from Angelo
    Time: June 9, 2008, 11:12 am

    A very informative good list. Knowing if a forum is a dofollow really does better than if it is not.

    Comment from sms collection
    Time: June 10, 2008, 12:10 pm

    thanks for the info. I was really searching for those. I searched google and found this site. Really nice

    Comment from Shpallje
    Time: June 22, 2008, 11:50 pm

    thats quite a good compilation of dofollow forums. thanks for the post.

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