# can anyone help me ?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/can-anyone-help-me/640307>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [August 26, 2019, 7:13am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/can-anyone-help-me/640307 "2019-08-26T07:13:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![johnesmichael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/58f4c7/32.png) [@johnesmichael](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/johnesmichael)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2019, 7:13am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/can-anyone-help-me/640307/1 "2019-08-26T07:13:49Z")

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hi, i am johnes michael. i am new here. can anyone tell me that. is directory submission sites still used for backlinking ?

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**Author:** ![kirupa](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/kirupa/32/11616_2.png) [@kirupa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kirupa)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2019, 9:29pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/can-anyone-help-me/640307/2 "2019-08-26T21:29:53Z")

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Nope. Most sites, including this one, set the `rel="nofollow"` on links, so spamming your sites doesn’t work.