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I am using SEO Elite to check the back links for every single website that I own. Well… I own more the one website, actually I own many websites. I am using SEO Elite for this task. With one click I can check who is linking to my website, what anchor text they are using and what its IP address.

In my last post I wrote about the “nofollow” attribute. If your website back link contain the “nofollow” attribute then this link weight is not worth much. One of the coolest features that SEO Elite report provide is the ability to see for every back link if it has a “nofollow” link. Take a look at the screen shot below. Its a report for one of my website. You can see that its has lots of back links and you can see that some of them (unfortunately ) has the “nofollow” attribute. More then that, using this report I can get information whether this link is still valid.

In my previews post I introduced a new software that automated part of the directory submissions process. The idea is simple: submit your website to many directories  and get one way links for free.

On that matter allow me to bring to your attention something very important. Some of the directories owners are using the “nofollow” attributes within the <a> tag (The <a> tag defines an anchor.). If your website appear in such a directory, the link to your website get no credit. In another word, there is no point to submit your website to such kind of directories assuming that you would like to improve your website ranking.

How can you know if a directory owner is using the “nofollow” attribute. The simple way is by looking at the website source code. However, this could take some time and effort, especially if you are submitting your website to large number of directories.

I am using a nice Firefox extension that give the option to highlight nofollow links. This extension, developed by Craig Raw, is a must for those who are dealing with SEO. It has several others features beside the option to highlight nofollow links.

You can download it at: http://www.quirk.biz/searchstatus/

After you will install it take a look at the right bottom corner of your Firefox

Right Click on the @ icon and mark the “Highlight the nofollow links” options.

Now… every page that you will visit, all the nofollow links will be highlighted.

You may or may not know that Website Directory Submission is quickly becoming a very popular and easy way to get quality, one way links to your website.

These kind of links are exactly what the search engines are looking for. The websites with more quality, one way links are typically the sites that rank the highest, period.

With that said, there are several websites directory submission programs on the market. One of the best and easiest to use is a new program created by Brad Callen, called Directory Submitter. The Free Directory Submitter addition is limited to 350 directories while the licensed version contain more then 1700 directories.

It is the most straightforward program that we’ve come across, in that all you need to do is:

1. Input your website details (i.e. title, description, URL, etc.) into the software

2. Click on the directory you want to submit to

And then the program will automatically fill in your website details. Then, you simply click the submit button and your website is instantly submitted to the directory. Then, you can move to the next directory, go through the list, and by the time you’re finished you’ll have roughly 1500 one way links pointing to your website.

I can’t think of an easier way to get links. Of course, if you’re going to get links this quickly, it’s important to vary your website title (anchor text) every 20-30 links or so, to make things look more natural to the search engines.

You can do this very easily via Directory Submitter when you create your project in the beginning.

The software is constantly being updated and their is an incredible community of users established that all work together to make the software better and better, so you know you’re getting great value for the money.