A 30 Minute Backlinks customer wrote in with a few keyword selection questions, and we corresponded back and forth a few times on the topic as well as some info on meta keyword, title tag and meta description contents.
Shortly after, I got this (sorry for the carrots, copied from my email program):
> Hi Michelle
> Just wanted to touch base with you re the INCREDIBLE RESULTS i’m
> having from your 30minbacklinks process. My site(which was only
> launched last month) has gone from nowhere on google to #32 listing in
> a few days to #3 in just over 1 week! Have now knocked the main
> competition down - and I haven’t even finished the 30Min process -
> infact only just begun.
> I’m so excited and wired that I can’t sleep - i’m completely speechless!
> You Rock DA HOUSE!!
> thanks for the process and thanks for your personal replies also -
> real helpful!
> much respect!
> Nicky
I asked Nicky if I could publish her testimonial - she (I think Nicky is a she - correct me if I’m wrong and you read this Nicky!) said I could, and added:
Of course you can use my testimonial - think i’ll just stay as ‘Nicky’ for now - not because i’m protecting my a niche, but more because the site is for one of my clients. I’ve been producing sites for years, just getting into SEO & SMO the last 6 months or so, adding these services to my business offering. …Gonna get into the next bit of 30minbacklinks - btw…i think $97 is such GREAT VALUE!!….hope your selling a tonne of it!
Nicky’s site is in the healthcare niche.
30 Minute Backlinks really does work in *any* niche. I’ve used it with success on fireplaces, tattoos, crochet and art niches, for example. Here Nicky is making waves in healthcare.
If you haven’t grabbed a copy yet, lean more about how 30 Minute Backlinks helps you with one way link building here.
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Do Nofollow Links Count - Redux
by Michelle MacPhearson on February 19, 2008
I like blog commenting as a link building strategy. If you can add to the conversation, it’s an easy way to get both human visitors and backlinks.
But what about “nofollow?”
Nofollow is often ignored. Last year, Ben Fisher did a case study to see if nofollow links counted - they certainly seemed to, based on his results. Neil Patel “broke” the story with screenshots, and that post is now recognized as the “nofollow is BS” authority.
Because I recommend tools like CommentHut and Comment Sniper (which server 2 very different purposes when trying to get traffic from blog commenting), I often get emails from folks asking about the “nofollow” issue - why comment on blogs if it’s nofollow, blah blah blah. So it’s clear there’s still some confusion within the population on the value, if any, of nofollow links.
I thought I’d run the same study as Ben did last year and see if I could get my site to rank for a keyword that (1) is not on my site and (2) only use blog comments to get anchor text links for my keyword. I, like Ben, chose a misspelling simply because I’d be able to see results very quickly that way.
The term: ultilevel marketing
The results as of 5:44pm PST on 2/18/2008 after leaving about 15 blog comments with the help of Comment Hut to find relevant blogs are that I am ranked #1 for the keyphrase in Google, Yahoo and MSN:
What does this mean?
Some 30 Minute Backlinks users have noted that occasionally, software directories nofollow their links. Clearly, based on the results above, nofollow links *do* still contribute value to a site’s rank in all three major search engines. Any links that happen to be nofollow received by way of 30 Minute Backlinks continue to add to a site’s overall link profile and ability to rank for it’s keyphrase.
Edit 2/22/08 to correct my misspelling of the misspelling
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