Do-follow in body vs the author bio link

Do-follow in body vs the author bio link
Where your link sits matters more than people admit.

— Contextual do-follow in the body: the prize. Surrounded by relevant text, passes the most juice, hardest to negotiate.
— Author bio link: easy to get, editors give it freely, but it's a sitewide-pattern footprint and often gets nofollow'd by default.

When to take the bio link anyway: niche-relevant site, real traffic, you're building a brand-name trail not just juice. When to push hard for body: your whole reason for the post is the link.

I ask for body, accept bio as fallback, never both in one breath — greedy gets you a 'no'. Got 7 body links out of 10 asks doing it polite.

Go do it.