Well yesterday I said I would show any one who was interested how you can make no follow links instantly visible so here it is.

• Quit Firefox and go to the following directory (NB xxx is a random string of eight characters): C:\Documents and Settings\[User Name]\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\xxx.default\chrome In there you will find be an example file called userContent-example.css,.
• Rename this file userContent.css (remove -example)
• Open up your new userContent.css file and add the following line:
  a[rel~="nofollow"] { border: thin dashed firebrick! important; background-color: rgb(255, 200, 200)! important; }
• Save and close the file

It really is as simple as that, yet another reason why I choose Firefox as my default browser. Why is this useful? Well in order to get good rankings from Google you need links. Any site which is setting their links to no follow means these will not count against your site, and therefore not improve your page rank. High page rank is not only a great thing to brag about but also helps increase the quality and value of your blog. All the big guys realize that with a higher page rank you can make larger profits due to the extra perceived value of any potential links from that page. I found this little picture which really sums up the importance of no-follow links, just look how happy Darren Rose at Pro Blogger is.

This is why I have chosen to keep the commenting going on other blogs for as long as I can, to get in the top commentators list and get some of that lovely page rank flowing back to my blog. This week I shall also look into grabbing back links come back tomorrow to see what we have planned.

Well it’s now been almost a week since I started commenting on some of the big blogs and it’s definably starting to pay off. We received 47 unique hits yesterday alone and our Google search box even made me my first few pennies from this blog. Now I know 47 hits a day isn’t enough to start making any real money from this blog. I have other sites which are pulling in a constant 200 uniques a day and that’s only enough to make around $200 dollars in your American money a month, but it is as they say a start.

I also received a comment from a guy called Pit from http://www.torrentomega.com/ recently about abandoning our commenting strategy and concentrating on search engine optimisation (SEO). Now I know a little bit about SEO, and that one little bit I do know is that getting links to your site is the most important way to rank for any keyword. Splice in a little relevant anchor text and you’re half way to topping the mighty Google. Now I know what your all thinking, commenting on blogs is worthless as the links are all no-follow. Well yes this is true, however the links in the top commenting section are not no follow and will give me the lovely Google page rank juice I’m after. How can I be so confident these links are not no follow I hear you ask. Well using the wonderful firefox browser and a clever little plug in I see this.

Apologies for the Perez Hilton type scribbles but It gets my point across. I will be making a proper blog post about this plug in tomorrow, if you’re interested. Why a different post? Well it’s all about the SEO