Blog commenting counter exact match do-follow backlinks?
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Hi, I was wondering if blog commenting (no-follow links with names as anchor text) is a good way to counter possible overuse of exact match do-follow backlinks?
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Hi there,
To add to what others have said, I don't think this is a good idea.
If you have lots of low quality backlinks already, then you need to clean these up by removing as many as possible and adding the rest to a disavow file in Google Webmaster Tools. Building more blog comment links is very, very unlikely to help with anything and may actually hurt you more.
Once you've removed or disavowed the low quality links, you should then concentrate on building good quality links instead.
Here are a few links that may be helpful:
https://mza.bundledseo.com/blog/link-audit-guide-for-effective-link-removals-risk-mitigation
https://mza.bundledseo.com/blog/category/link-building
I hope that helps!
Paddy
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Hi Dmitrii,
thanks, I follow everything you say. Concerning your last paragraph, I've used link partner pages, high quality directories and blogs. I've checked their spam score and all of them have a DA of 20 or higher.
Now, I'm stepping off using exact match anchor text, for do-follow links.
Greetings,
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Hi there.
First, your question is very confusing, so, I'm reading my crystal ball here. Correct me, if it tells me wrong things.
So, you have a load of exact-matching follow backlinks and it's hurting you (you're afraid that you can get penalized in future). So, you wanna spam a load of blogs, which use user name as anchor text and these backlinks are no-follow, and you're hoping that Google says "Oh, since this guy has bunch of dofollow exact match anchors, but a the same time he spammed whole bunch of blogs with nofollow links, I gonna let it be"?!?!
Come on! Take a better look at what's happening and how Google "decides" who to ban. Quite frankly, Google doesn't care about any links which are nofollow, you can have exact match or not. What they do pay attention is the links which are do-follow to determine the "spamminess" of your website.
So, if you have used some spammy/shady techniques (and it sounds like that) to get exact matching do-follow backlinks, get ready to be hit by Google, no matter how many (and what type) of no-follow links you got additionally.
Cheers.
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Hi,
I'm not sure I quite understand what you're trying to ask, do you mean you have lots of keywords (i.e. 'buy red shoes') which have links, and you'd like to create some no-follow links with different anchor text to improve the ratio of commercial links?
If so, I'd suggest that you should first assess your existing links, and remove/no-follow/disavow any which are on poor quality domains, or have very little value. These are probably providing very little benefit anyway, and are your biggest risk. Aim to remove or disavow anything that looks particularly unnatural (for example, keyword-only footer links). After that, if the problem exists still with only good links from valued domains, rather than trying to earn no-follow links, which suggest the author does not trust you (especially in comments), I'd concentrate on earning good quality links. I'd definitely not recommend the comment approach, as this is a big risk for spam penalties, probably bigger than your original problem.
I hope this helps!
Zoe
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