In this write up, I’m explaining how to interpret the description of each website where you can drop your links, in the back link packets I’ll be sending you. This document may be updated from time to time as I discover new kinds of sites which would need a new kind of description.

Let’s dive right in:

● Nofollow – Google will not pass “link juice” through these links to the pointed-at pages. If the links you are allowed to leave are nofollow, I will mention that in the packets. Nofollow links are still very valuable, because they add to the relevance of the page for the keywords in the anchor text. Also, Google expects to see a natural mix of dofollow and nofollow links.

● Bare link – you can drop a link of the type http://mysite.com but cannot set an anchor text.

● Forum signature – you can include links in the signature that will be displayed on forum posts. This most often means that you have to post some messages on the forum to actually get a back link, although some sites do display your signature on your profile page.

● Member blog – this site allows you to create your own hosted blog, and you can basically post whatever you want on the blog, including links to your site. Furthermore, most of these blogs have RSS or Atom feeds, allowing you to syndicate your posts and have them appear on many other sites throughout the web.

● Profile website link – this site allows you to add a link (usually one only, but sometimes more than one) to your own user profile hosted on that site.

● Profile links (in About Me) – this site has a special section in user profiles called “About Me” where you can leave one or more links with anchor text.

● Bookmarks – this site is a social bookmarking site where you add a link and write a short description for what the pointed-at page is about. Usually you cannot add an anchor text to the link, but some social bookmarking sites do allow you to specify the anchor text.

● Member articles with links – this site is an article directory, wiki, or similar aggregator of user written content. Such sites usually require you to be a member to post, and do allow one or more links, usually with your choice of anchor text, to be posted with each article.

● Member shared notebook – this site provides a notebook type of page where you can add short snippets of text, usually with links and anchor text you select.

● Guestbook links – this site provides members with a guestbook where anyone can add a short text (i.e. “sign the guestbook”). Often these sites allow posters to include links with appropriate anchor text. The guestbooks can also often be embedded on your own sites or pages elsewhere on the web, e.g. on a hubpages.com profile or subject page.

● Microblog – this site allows users to post small messages, potentially containing links, similar to twitter.

● Blog aggregator – this site displays headlines from (some) blogs. Usually the links are dofollow and a snippet of text about the post is also displayed.

● Reg req’d – this site requires registration.

● Typekey req’d – this site manages logins via typekey –http://typekey.com

● Forum signature – I only include forums when the profile (and signature) are visible without requiring forum posting or being logged in.