Google Counts nofollow backlinks

yommys01 · 08-08-2009, 01:02 PM

Seems google now counts nofollow backlinks.

see the full article here http://arindamchakraborty.com/google...-nofollow-link

I think the guy is right. I have notice that Google is counting lot of links from yahoo answers for me even though yahoo answers is nofollow.

what do warriors think?

abhi1 · 08-08-2009, 01:17 PM

Google does counts nofollow links. It's just nofollow links ain't any good for pagerank if that what you're asking

nelson32 · 08-10-2009, 01:43 AM

it depends upon the niche ..if niche is too competitive then yahoo answers links would not effect much,once a site follows nofollow attribute then it sticks to nofollow only and doesnt effect any page rank/.....but for traffic purposes yahoo can be gr8....

petevamp · 08-10-2009, 03:07 AM

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Originally Posted by abhi1

Google does counts nofollow links. It's just nofollow links ain't any good for pagerank if that what you're asking

actually from my understandings for other marketers. Nofollow links are counted to page ranks. All though they are only a fraction of what a do follow link would give you. So it is still better to build your dofollow links list over nofollow sites. However they do count at a fraction of what you get from a dofollow backlink.

Smokey_Joe · 08-10-2009, 05:05 AM

Well, the article builds its main argument on thin air. The fact that a nofollow backlink appeared in webmaster tools proves absolutely nothing. From what I have read until now, I gather that nofollow links are in fact followed by SEs, but do not pass any pagerank or anchor text to the page they are pointing too. Also, how can one prove their point by Matt Cutts' facial expression as if he holds some big google secret back? That's not serious.

jasonsmmm · 08-10-2009, 05:12 AM

mat cutts wrote a while back that nofollow was no longer used to affect the flow of pagerank, and that it had been like that for over a year but no one had realised it.

metros · 08-10-2009, 06:59 AM

Cutts mentioned few weeks ago on his interview, NoFollow wont really change that much now days as Google seems to get inside and some times, Give a juice..

mindrich · 08-10-2009, 08:24 AM

If we are doubt google won't give credit to the increase of pagerank, but I'm confident that Yahoo won't matter if it's nofollow or not. So, still we're hitting two birds!

austinjames · 08-10-2009, 09:21 AM

Its good news for me as I spend sometimes answering some of question I really know about.

good! thanks for sharing.

EMGhb · 08-10-2009, 11:52 AM

I don't understand how the link can be counted without the PR.

Here's the way I learned it: A backlink counts as a vote for your site in the category of that particular anchor text/keyword phrase, and the PR is the measure or magnitude of that vote. How does Google weigh the vote if the PR doesn't come into play? And if the anchor text isn't taken into account, then there isn't a "category" for the vote either.

archanaadevi · 08-10-2009, 11:58 AM

PR is not important while google counts the backlinks. But google doesn't count the no follow links. It can counts only do follow.

Thanks.

Edward K. · 09-03-2009, 08:33 PM

Do Twitter links count as backlinks? I have not seen Google do that yet.

Zukario · 09-03-2009, 09:15 PM

google also counts twitter links too.

timpears · 09-03-2009, 11:01 PM

Think about this; if you were able to get 1,000 links for your site or page. If none of them were nofollow, wouldn't that be a little unnatural? So does it really matter if the links you get are dofollow or nofollow? You need both for them to be natural and if they are not natural, then Google will notice that something is up. One may be worth more than the other, or maybe not. Only Google knows for sure, and they ain't telling. So in my mind, you need both.

chandan_dutta · 09-16-2009, 11:04 AM

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Originally Posted by timpears

Think about this; if you were able to get 1,000 links for your site or page. If none of them were nofollow, wouldn't that be a little unnatural? So does it really matter if the links you get are dofollow or nofollow? You need both for them to be natural and if they are not natural, then Google will notice that something is up. One may be worth more than the other, or maybe not. Only Google knows for sure, and they ain't telling. So in my mind, you need both.

I am agree with Timpears. Nofollow links are needed to look natural in the eyes of Google. Even I too saw links got counted from Yahoo answer and even Mix(Mix is nofollow)

keenstyle1 · 09-16-2009, 05:57 PM

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08-08-2009, 01:02 PM	#1
yommys01 Banned War Room Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Nigeria Posts: 1,440 Thanks: 59 Thanked 164 Times in 74 Posts Social Networking Contact Info	Google Counts nofollow backlinks Seems google now counts nofollow backlinks. see the full article here http://arindamchakraborty.com/google...-nofollow-link I think the guy is right. I have notice that Google is counting lot of links from yahoo answers for me even though yahoo answers is nofollow. what do warriors think?

08-08-2009, 01:17 PM	#2
abhi1 Product-itvity King! War Room Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Earth Posts: 434 Thanks: 153 Thanked 46 Times in 42 Posts Social Networking Contact Info	Re: Google Counts nofollow backlinks Google does counts nofollow links. It's just nofollow links ain't any good for pagerank if that what you're asking
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08-10-2009, 01:43 AM	#3
nelson32 Warrior Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 17 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Contact Info	Re: Google Counts nofollow backlinks it depends upon the niche ..if niche is too competitive then yahoo answers links would not effect much,once a site follows nofollow attribute then it sticks to nofollow only and doesnt effect any page rank/.....but for traffic purposes yahoo can be gr8....

08-10-2009, 05:05 AM	#5
Smokey_Joe HyperActive Warrior Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 259 Thanks: 6 Thanked 11 Times in 11 Posts	Re: Google Counts nofollow backlinks Well, the article builds its main argument on thin air. The fact that a nofollow backlink appeared in webmaster tools proves absolutely nothing. From what I have read until now, I gather that nofollow links are in fact followed by SEs, but do not pass any pagerank or anchor text to the page they are pointing too. Also, how can one prove their point by Matt Cutts' facial expression as if he holds some big google secret back? That's not serious.
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08-10-2009, 05:12 AM	#6
jasonsmmm Warrior Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 4 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Google Counts nofollow backlinks mat cutts wrote a while back that nofollow was no longer used to affect the flow of pagerank, and that it had been like that for over a year but no one had realised it.

08-10-2009, 06:59 AM	#7
metros Warrior Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 2 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Google Counts nofollow backlinks Cutts mentioned few weeks ago on his interview, NoFollow wont really change that much now days as Google seems to get inside and some times, Give a juice..
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08-10-2009, 08:24 AM	#8
mindrich Warrior Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Lawaan 3, Talisay, Cebu City, Philippines Posts: 10 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post Social Networking	Re: Google Counts nofollow backlinks If we are doubt google won't give credit to the increase of pagerank, but I'm confident that Yahoo won't matter if it's nofollow or not. So, still we're hitting two birds!
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08-10-2009, 09:21 AM	#9
austinjames Warrior Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 18 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Google Counts nofollow backlinks Its good news for me as I spend sometimes answering some of question I really know about. good! thanks for sharing.
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08-10-2009, 11:52 AM	#10
EMGhb Warrior Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 14 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Google Counts nofollow backlinks I don't understand how the link can be counted without the PR. Here's the way I learned it: A backlink counts as a vote for your site in the category of that particular anchor text/keyword phrase, and the PR is the measure or magnitude of that vote. How does Google weigh the vote if the PR doesn't come into play? And if the anchor text isn't taken into account, then there isn't a "category" for the vote either.

08-10-2009, 11:58 AM	#11
archanaadevi Warrior Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 3 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Google Counts nofollow backlinks PR is not important while google counts the backlinks. But google doesn't count the no follow links. It can counts only do follow. Thanks.
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09-03-2009, 08:33 PM	#12
Edward K. Inv_Trdr Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: New York, USA Posts: 1 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Google Counts nofollow backlinks Do Twitter links count as backlinks? I have not seen Google do that yet.

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09-03-2009, 11:01 PM	#14
timpears Senior Warrior Member War Room Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Vancouver, WA, USA. Posts: 3,368 Thanks: 287 Thanked 522 Times in 379 Posts	Re: Google Counts nofollow backlinks Think about this; if you were able to get 1,000 links for your site or page. If none of them were nofollow, wouldn't that be a little unnatural? So does it really matter if the links you get are dofollow or nofollow? You need both for them to be natural and if they are not natural, then Google will notice that something is up. One may be worth more than the other, or maybe not. Only Google knows for sure, and they ain't telling. So in my mind, you need both.
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09-16-2009, 05:57 PM	#16
keenstyle1 HyperActive Warrior Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 114 Thanks: 5 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: Google Counts nofollow backlinks Are there any other tools like seodigger which is no longer around and has been re-placed by semrush which isn't as good. Anyone know of a similar one?