Nofollow links beneficial?

KyleLogue · 02-24-2011, 07:27 AM

Do nofollow links help in search engine ranking?

I seem to be climbing on alexa without the addition of dofollow links.

What's up with that?

Liam Hamer · 02-24-2011, 07:30 AM

Yes, they are - I strongly disagree with anyone who says otherwise. A site with strong off page SEO will have backlinks from many quality sources, so it stands to reason that a percentage of them will be no follow. The search engines like natural looking and varied links. Why wouldn't they?

KyleLogue · 02-24-2011, 07:56 AM

True. It seems to be helping my ranking, so I'll continue what I'm doing.

JeedoAquino · 02-24-2011, 08:13 AM

The key in winning the backlink competition is "variation" you don't want your links just coming from one source. You want them varied as much as possible (no follow links included).

morsh · 02-24-2011, 08:18 AM

some says no follow link also counts

trytolearnmore · 02-24-2011, 10:08 AM

I think so. Although it is hard to tell, since we do not know what backlinking Google finds normal

theseoguys · 02-24-2011, 10:23 AM

Alexa is just a traffic ranking. You could climb or fall with or without any types of links.

slashman · 02-24-2011, 12:02 PM

Yes, Alexa ranking is based on traffic. When visitors using the Alexa toolbar land on your site, your ranking (theoretically) improves. It makes sense that your Alexa ranking improved because visitors may have clicked through your comment link.

Now to the debated question... Do no-follow links count in terms of ranking? Honestly, you can hire someone to build comment links on other blogs for about .50 an hour so why not build a few hundred a month? In any case, whenever I have a question about ranking, I think: What would Google think? Would Google want to improve the ranking of sites that receive links from comments and no-follow tags?

Ultimately I believe that the comment strategy is so easy to cheat that giving anything but a tiny amount of credibility to a no-follow link would be foolish. On the other hand I think it would be unfair to discount them altogether. Personally, I wouldn't participate in commenting for the sake of link building, but as a natural part of communicating with a target industry, commenting is a great idea.

Commenting not only builds no-follow links, but it attracts targeted visitors (if your comments are good) and the attention of related website owners (who can possibly become partners.)

Thanks,

George

royljestr · 02-24-2011, 12:54 PM

Yeah the certainly DO help! As already mentioned a good "portfolio" of backlinks will include links from both high PR and low PR, do follow and no follow.

jsfunstuff · 02-24-2011, 12:55 PM

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JayVance · 02-24-2011, 01:09 PM

According to Google they do not count.

"If you're a blogger (or a blog reader), you're painfully familiar with people who try to raise their own websites' search engine rankings by submitting linked blog comments like "Visit my discount pharmaceuticals site." This is called comment spam, we don't like it either, and we've been testing a new tag that blocks it. From now on, when Google sees the attribute (rel="nofollow") on hyperlinks, those links won't get any credit when we rank websites in our search results. This isn't a negative vote for the site where the comment was posted; it's just a way to make sure that spammers get no benefit from abusing public areas like blog comments, trackbacks, and referrer lists."

Official Google Blog: Preventing comment spam

AlexHoug · 02-24-2011, 11:54 PM

Of course they help. A link is a link, so it will help with traffic regardless of SEO benefits. But they still end up helping because it creates link diversity which is really good.

Alina Tru · 02-25-2011, 12:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KyleLogue

Do nofollow links help in search engine ranking?

I seem to be climbing on alexa without the addition of dofollow links.

What's up with that?

Yeah, My friend, Alexa ranking is depend on traffic and it's only count when Alexa tool downloaded in browse. search engine ranking is depend on who many link you count as backlink. if you used no follow links then you can get Alexa ranking but can not get position in search engine ranking.

Tim Wallace · 02-25-2011, 12:15 AM

Nobody knows accurately because more than 200 factors have impact on keywords ranking. However, there is no doubt that it can increase the diversity of your website's links and more traffic to your site. The relevance may be that more traffic to your site can also impact on keywords ranking.

venkatesan · 02-25-2011, 12:22 AM

Yes, I am sure. My site got improvement by no follow links. But the site page rank is higher.

jonnyhardbaked · 02-25-2011, 02:17 PM

Yes it is beneficial because it will add to your collection of links

02-24-2011, 07:27 AM	#1
KyleLogue Designer/Author/Marketer Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 69 Thanks: 2 Thanked 7 Times in 6 Posts Social Networking	Nofollow links beneficial? Do nofollow links help in search engine ranking? I seem to be climbing on alexa without the addition of dofollow links. What's up with that?
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Liam Hamer SEO Enthusiast War Room Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: UK Posts: 1,172 Thanks: 591 Thanked 242 Times in 140 Posts	Re: Nofollow links beneficial? Yes, they are - I strongly disagree with anyone who says otherwise. A site with strong off page SEO will have backlinks from many quality sources, so it stands to reason that a percentage of them will be no follow. The search engines like natural looking and varied links. Why wouldn't they?

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slashman Senior Warrior Member War Room Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: New York, USA. Posts: 1,264 Thanks: 7 Thanked 15 Times in 11 Posts Contact Info	Re: Nofollow links beneficial? Yes, Alexa ranking is based on traffic. When visitors using the Alexa toolbar land on your site, your ranking (theoretically) improves. It makes sense that your Alexa ranking improved because visitors may have clicked through your comment link. Now to the debated question... Do no-follow links count in terms of ranking? Honestly, you can hire someone to build comment links on other blogs for about .50 an hour so why not build a few hundred a month? In any case, whenever I have a question about ranking, I think: What would Google think? Would Google want to improve the ranking of sites that receive links from comments and no-follow tags? Ultimately I believe that the comment strategy is so easy to cheat that giving anything but a tiny amount of credibility to a no-follow link would be foolish. On the other hand I think it would be unfair to discount them altogether. Personally, I wouldn't participate in commenting for the sake of link building, but as a natural part of communicating with a target industry, commenting is a great idea. Commenting not only builds no-follow links, but it attracts targeted visitors (if your comments are good) and the attention of related website owners (who can possibly become partners.) Thanks, George
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JayVance SEO Warrior War Room Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: STL MO Posts: 274 Thanks: 86 Thanked 37 Times in 33 Posts Social Networking	Re: Nofollow links beneficial? According to Google they do not count. "If you're a blogger (or a blog reader), you're painfully familiar with people who try to raise their own websites' search engine rankings by submitting linked blog comments like "Visit my discount pharmaceuticals site." This is called comment spam, we don't like it either, and we've been testing a new tag that blocks it. From now on, when Google sees the attribute (rel="nofollow") on hyperlinks, those links won't get any credit when we rank websites in our search results. This isn't a negative vote for the site where the comment was posted; it's just a way to make sure that spammers get no benefit from abusing public areas like blog comments, trackbacks, and referrer lists." Official Google Blog: Preventing comment spam
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