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Marc  on September 1st, 2008

Thanks for the excellent tip. I also noticed that the links created are do-follow making them very SEO friendly.

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Brian  on September 1st, 2008

Hi Marc, that’s right, eBay doesn’t add the no-follow tag to those links. I’ve have links on my About Me page for two years now.

Stephan Miller  on September 2nd, 2008

Looks like I will have to go update my eBay About Me page and start a blog. It would be nice having links from one of the top sites on the net.

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Brian  on September 2nd, 2008

Hi Stephan, I’m glad I thought of updating my eBay About Me page before I posted this article. Wow, was it out-dated. I don’t think I had touched it in two years. The links were there but so were a few dead links.

Biho  on September 3rd, 2008

I have never been joining eBay, looks like I am going to sell digital products through eBay. Thanks for your info about the one way backlink from eBay, I must get it because google loves it too.

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Brian  on September 3rd, 2008

Hi Biho, digital products can be a great product to offer. I’m glad to help and good luck with eBay. Since you are starting out with eBay I’ll offer a recommendation. It’s Jim Cockrum’s Creative eBay Selling Newsletter. I don’t know him personally but I’m a subscriber and I’ve learned a lot from him, including the About Me page. I did notice that in his newsletter today he said, “Digitally delivered ebooks are dead (banned) on eBay”. Sounds like that might effect you so be sure to check it out.

Brenda Franzo  on September 30th, 2008

Hi Brian! Thanks for this great tip. Never quite thought of my ebay AboutMe page in this way. Going to update it now.
Brenda

Brian  on September 30th, 2008

Hi Brenda,
Your picture at the bottom of your site looks very familiar. Thanks for taking the time to comment.

elmo live  on October 22nd, 2008

Sick thanks man !:D I’m tryin this right now

Brian  on October 22nd, 2008

Glad to help Elmo Live.

Work From Home Business Blog  on October 26th, 2008

Hi Brian,

This is something new I’ve learned so thanks a lot for sharing it. I’m off to do this and possibly blog it as well. Thanks again.

Peter Lee

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Brian  on October 26th, 2008

I’m happy to share it Peter.

Alex  on January 26th, 2009

Hi!
Thanks for your post!
However I noticed that there is a chance to have a clickable link on your ebay blog. Here is an example http://blogs.ebay.com/romeroru
How did this guy do it?

Brian  on January 26th, 2009

Nice find Alex. I just tried it on
my eBay Blog
and it worked great. I don’t know their policy but it did allow me to insert a link. It doesn’t look like the no-follow tag is being used either so that’s a nice link in my book.

To create the link I just had to add a post to the blog and use the ‘view source’ mode. Then I had to add the link code because it won’t hot link without it.

Nice Job Alex

clickktdotcom  on March 2nd, 2009

I’m trying this right now. Thanks again.

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Gabriel from Discount-Coupons  on March 3rd, 2009

Hello, Brian!
I was playing with this idea for a while, but only when I started researching and found your post I really got to it. I have a silly question, though a little blackhattish – if you list a new bid and place a link inside, would you get another backlink for the cost of listing? say I offer a book and place my keywords in the description, then “accidentally” include a link from the seller – is that okay with ebay?

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Jason  on August 20th, 2009

If they allowed HTML before it doesn’t look they do now. I tried to add some html and it let me know that wasn’t allowed. Perhaps I missed something?
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Brian D. Hawkins  on August 22nd, 2009

Wow, you scared me for a second Jason. I just checked and eBay still offers the HTML option. Go to your About Me page, scroll down to the bottom left and click ‘Create or edit my About Me page’. Then check the ‘Enter your own HTML code’ option.

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Brian D. Hawkins  on August 22nd, 2009

How did it go for you Toan?
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Brian D. Hawkins  on August 22nd, 2009

I’m sorry Gabriel, I somehow completely missed your comment. I didn’t mean to be rude. I guess it’s a little late but I wouldn’t push the envelope when it comes to eBay terms. Be careful not to do anything even slightly black hat. How did it go anyway?
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Greg  on October 1st, 2009

Ebay will be shutting down thier blogging platform at the end of Oct / 09. That sux cause i just found out about it.

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Brian D. Hawkins  on October 2nd, 2009

I didn’t know that Greg. That does suck.
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Peter_K  on October 7th, 2009

It’s a shame they are shutting down their eBay Blogs section. It was a great way to create anchored text backlinks BUT you had to be very clever about it. If you abuse it your eBay account can get suspended. But like their ‘About Me’ pages they seem pretty lax with it.

Do eBay allow external links when you write a ‘Guide’?

Brian D. Hawkins  on October 8th, 2009

Hi Peter, Not only are they closing the blogs but the content already published is being deleted October 31, 2009. EBay does still have their About Me pages and other things like Groups, Discussion Boards and Neighborhoods.
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Paul Anderson  on October 11th, 2009

Hi Brian,

Thanks for the great advice. Sad news about the blog as I have only just come across this as a way to build my backlinks. So much to learn…so much to do!

Good Luck and Kind Regards,
Paul

Brian D. Hawkins  on October 13th, 2009

Don’t feel bad Paul, I’m finding this stuff at the last minute too.