Found this thread on the Digital Point Forum and though it was interesting enough to share. A recent discussion on Digital Point Forum raises the question “why do we as marketers take the time to post on Forums?” I believe that one good reason for posting on forums is to help to generate backlinks, and thus support your Search Engine Optimisation as part of your web marketing efforts. In my opinion, there is nothing wrong with this motivation. Assuming you have something intelligent and relevant to say, when you take the time to browse forums and offer answers to questions, you are rewarded for your time by the forum delivering a good backlink to your site. However increasingly forum & blog owners are starting to use the NoFollow tag in signature links, depriving posters of valuable backlinks. The post I found listed forums that do not use the nofollow tag, so I thought I would share it: * Digitalpoint Forums * v7n Forums * SitePoint Forums * Harmony-Central Forums * Search Engine Round Table * Submit Express Forums * Start Ups * Webmaster Talk * Comic Book Resources Forums * Web Design Forum * Marketing Chat * Earners Forum * TriPHP Forums * 360 Gamerscore * Acorn Domain Name Forums * Book and Reading Forum * Ableton Forums * The In Place * 6Pins * IQ69 * Hot4’s Forums I can also add a UK specific one to this list: * UK Business Forums This last one is a very active forum, with some good discussions. I should also point out that we do not use the NoFollow tag in our comments signatures
