SEO Tip - Are You Wasting Your Time With Do Follow Blogs?

I’m sure a lot of you spend a great deal of time searching for relevant high PR “do follow” blogs, but are you spending your time wisely? Keep in mind that not all posts are indexed, not all posts stay indexed and not all posts pass link juice. Just because a post is on a high PR blog does not mean that your comment will give you a link - here are a few quick tips (that many of you may already know) to make sure you get the most out of link building on “dofollow” blogs -

• Check to make sure the post has PR - here’s a tool for your browser if you don’t have one (if you don’t have Firefox, you should get it). Keep in mind that in most cases PR won’t show up in the green bar for a few months, use PR to evaluate older posts.
• If it’s a new post, see if its indexed by copying the URL of the post, opening Google’s homepage and pasting it in the search box…then hit search. If it pops up in the search results, it’s indexed. **You can’t paste the URL in the Google toolbar on your browser b/c it will take you directly to the page regardless if it’s indexed or not. If a post is not indexed, that does not mean that it won’t soon be indexed, especially if it’s on a authority blog.
• An easy way to find older posts with high PR is to look on the blog for a section that says “Most Popular Post” or something similar. I’ve found that these posts usually have high PR.
• Another way to find high PR posts (sometimes) is to look at the recent comments section of the blog. If you’re lucky, you’ll benefit from someone else’s work and find a high PR post that another link builder just dug up.

Keep in mind that you’ll have better success if you read every post and contribute appropriately to the conversation when you comment. Most bloggers regulate their comments and will delete your contribution if its crap.

How do you find high PR blog posts?