Should I use Nofollow tag?

Kanute · 06-21-2011, 04:33 AM

Hello,

I wonder if I should use the nofollow tag on my affiliate links? I've heard that Google isn't very fond of affiliate links, so it might help to add the nofollow tag to get higher ranking?

Appreciate your advice.

Kanute

ericlenhard · 06-21-2011, 04:42 AM

You're right, only nofollow!

Kanute · 06-21-2011, 10:26 AM

Thanks,

How do you actually make a nofollow tag?

timenomad · 06-23-2011, 06:03 AM

Put rel="nofollow" in the anchor tag.

Mark72 · 06-23-2011, 06:15 AM

It's always best to use the nofollow tag for affiliate links. Even if Google still crawls and detects a nofollowed affiliate links, you still want to avoid sending link juice to your target page and possibly ranking it above you.

peejaydee · 06-23-2011, 06:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by timenomad

Put rel="nofollow" in the anchor tag.

Before or after the href? Presumably after.

warray · 06-23-2011, 08:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by peejaydee

Before or after the href? Presumably after.

Ya...how to set nofollow tag in affiliate link...

paulgl · 06-23-2011, 08:44 AM

There is no reason to use a nofollow tag. That's not
what the tag is for.

That attribute does not in any way, shape, or form, mean that google
will not see it.

It's for spam and links that you may not trust. What does that
say about you and your site? That you will put links on your
site that you think are spam or not trusted? Makes no sense.

If you think affiliates are so bad to google, then get out of the
affiliate business or don't rely on google.

Either way, nofollow is irrelevant.

FYI: order of attributes does not matter.

Paul

Gaz Cooper · 06-23-2011, 09:01 AM

If you are using wordpress there is a free plugin called pretty links lite which easily allows you to create no follow tags.

Its very easy and simple to use.

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Josh MacDonald · 06-23-2011, 06:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ericlenhard

You're right, only nofollow!

That's not how you gain PR though.

Sure nofollow your aff links, but you do need some do follows.

Think of PR like a high school social life.
A do follow link is a friend.
A no follow link is a friend that no one knows about.

If you have a bunch of no follow links in high school, then everyone will think you're a loser and you will be treated as one. However if you have do follow links that everyone can see, you will be put to the top.

Hope it makes sense.

To answer your question, you need a mixture.

guarino1235 · 06-23-2011, 06:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by macdonjo

That's not how you gain PR though.

Sure nofollow your aff links, but you do need some do follows.

Think of PR like a high school social life.
A do follow link is a friend.
A no follow link is a friend that no one knows about.

If you have a bunch of no follow links in high school, then everyone will think you're a loser and you will be treated as one. However if you have do follow links that everyone can see, you will be put to the top.

Hope it makes sense.

To answer your question, you need a mixture.

I love your answer!

Kanute · 06-27-2011, 10:43 AM

Thanks for the answers folks!

Still, I'm not quite sure if I should use the nofollow or not, as some of you
say no and some say yes. Maybe I should use it on a few of the
affiliate links...

Heman Patel · 06-27-2011, 10:57 AM

In the following interview, Matt Cutts discuss nofollow link element for affiliate links:
Eric Enge interviews Matt Cutts

hope that helps

Kanute · 07-04-2011, 11:59 AM

Thank you for the tip (and link)!

Here is question and answer on this issue:

"Eric Enge: If Googlebot sees an affiliate link out there, does it treat that link as an endorsement or an ad?

Matt Cutts: Typically, we want to handle those sorts of links appropriately. A lot of the time, that means that the link is essentially driving people for money, so we usually would not count those as an endorsement."

In my understanding, this means that Google sees affiliate links as just that, not as an endorsement - at least "a lot of the time". So there should be no need to put a nofollow tag on affiliate links; those links won't harm your site.

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Kanute Active Warrior Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: , Norway. Posts: 50 Thanks: 1 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Should I use Nofollow tag? Thank you for the tip (and link)! Here is question and answer on this issue: "Eric Enge: If Googlebot sees an affiliate link out there, does it treat that link as an endorsement or an ad? Matt Cutts: Typically, we want to handle those sorts of links appropriately. A lot of the time, that means that the link is essentially driving people for money, so we usually would not count those as an endorsement." In my understanding, this means that Google sees affiliate links as just that, not as an endorsement - at least "a lot of the time". So there should be no need to put a nofollow tag on affiliate links; those links won't harm your site.
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