I don't know if you all know David McInnis or not. He was the founder of PRWeb.com and is a brilliant as well as a super nice guy. PRWeb continues to be one of the best SEO tools around, although another company bought it out. The excellent search engine tools and the way Google favors their press releases is in no small way due to David's influence and guidance as well as his working relationship with Matt Cutts.
David has come up with a new social site, and this one again will benefit you from links and for your SEO. Nothing on it is no-followed. You can write what you like for your profile, and put in links to your websites and blogs with anchor text, as well as pulling in your blog feeds, again, with DO FOLLOW links.
Having said that, I'm sure they are keeping an eye out for spam, and I wouldn't push the envelope too far with links. Be sure the websites you link to are legitimate, and you take time to make a GOOD profile. I understand the profiles are ranking well for content terms as well...so you should choose a user name with your search terms in mind, and use them throughout your content.
The name of this new Search Engine Optimization Social Site is People Pond! Find it at www.peoplepond.com You can link to your Active Rain profile and blog feed and help to promote it! He describes it as:
"PeoplePond provides the tools needed to take ownership of your online identity and reputation management by creating a search engine optimized online profile promoting your online identity and content."
My new profile there is Myrtle Beach Web Design. I highly recommend this to everyone.
Great name for it! Thanks for the info.