Link from youtube
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Does uploading our video to youtube, with link pointing back to our site, is counted as backlink to our site ?
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The link on ones profile is DOFOLLOW - example : http://www.youtube.com/user/seomoz
Look where it says website..
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They are nofollow, but can still be very valuable links, especially if the video goes viral and people want to click to your site. Any non-spammed or non-dodgy-paid link helps to broaden your link profile.
Here are a couple of useful links from Distilled:
http://www.distilled.net/blog/social-media/youtube/youtube-seo/
http://www.distilled.net/blog/seo/getting-links-and-seo-value-from-your-youtube-videos/
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From what I understand the links from youtube are a nofllow, which means it will not influence the target page's ranking. A nofollow instructs Google and other search engines to take no notice of the link as a means for authority. Otherwise that would be the perfect way to build links from an authority site.
Links from twitter, facebook, wikipedea are also nofollow.
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