Does the Nofollow link count by google

[Bhupendra singh]

hello warriors
According to the definition of backlinks with nofollow tag, google does not count them as a backlink but when i check my site backlinks why these are all showing ..if these type of backlink does not count by google then what's the benefit of them...also tell me does the crawl by spider(bot)..

[papaman]

nofollow are only good to show some backlink variety but not to pass some ranking juice to your site. In other words, they will not help you rank higher in google.
As it was just mentioned though, you can get traffic if you place them in a popular site.

[wahidswebgarage]

Actually there's no way to tell,the fact is no follow means you r telling the bot not to pass the authority of the site,that means site won't get any trust,authority or page rank from the site but it should still rank for the nofollow if it was a anchor text as anchor text will let the bots know what the site is about.Dofollow anchor =authority + relevency and nofollow anchor =relevency.So when you get both you get authority and 2 times the relevency.So you need them both.

[KylieSweet]

No follow and Do follow links are considered beneficial for the search engine because it is a combination of good traffic and quality backlinks. Links are links get as much as you can in a natural way for the sake of Google and visitors.

[JSProjects]

At the very least they'll give you some link diversity. So I'll never turn down a nofollow link if it's available. Plus, as others have said, you can get plenty of traffic from the links themselves.

[BarryOnline]

As mentioned, their good to have in you back link profile for link diversity but they don't flow PR or anchor text.

[ArdJan]

It's healthy to have some nofollow links in your backlinking strategy. Like others before me wrote, you'll have some diversity which looks more normal to Google.

[BarryOnline]

Originally Posted by cinereus

They don't pass linkjuice but they do use up linkjuice.

That makes no sense to me... or maybe I'm missing something

[junkdna]

I haven't done a single no-follow link in my life and I enjoyed very good rankings, for very competitive words. I would say that you would be wasting your time with no-follow links. Just my 2c worth.

[goldradio]

A link is always a link, no matter whether it is a do follow or no follow link,, you get the power from it.

[prcys]

Originally Posted by Bhupendra singh

hello warriors
According to the definition of backlinks with nofollow tag, google does not count them as a backlink but when i check my site backlinks why these are all showing ..if these type of backlink does not count by google then what's the benefit of them...also tell me does the crawl by spider(bot)..

Google does not count the nofollow in the sense that it does not count that link for assigning the weightage of that pagerank to your site pagerank. But nofollow links still consider as the traffic to the site.

[BarryOnline]

Even if you get a Nofollow link from Wikipedia, it will not count. Matt says at the end of the video
We don't use links from Wikipedia because they are Nofollow.

Two questions about nofollow - YouTube

In this video Matt says that nofollow links are dropped from Googles link graph making them irrelevant to search engines

Are nofollow links irrelevant? - YouTube

[Bhupendra singh]

Hello warrior thanks for your review...but tell me also that is no follow link crawl by spider or not...

[JSProjects]

Originally Posted by BarryOnline

Even if you get a Nofollow link from Wikipedia, it will not count. Matt says at the end of the video
We don't use links from Wikipedia because they are Nofollow.

Two questions about nofollow - YouTube

In this video Matt says that nofollow links are dropped from Googles link graph making them irrelevant to search engines

Are nofollow links irrelevant? - YouTube

Interesting.

I never really know what to believe whenever I hear Matt Cutts speak though. I really do think he purposely tries to mislead us sometimes.

[backlinksninja]

More info about people (including me :-)) got real results with high authority no follow BLs.

Many do interpret "does not pass page rank" as "SEO benefit" which is definitely incorrect.

Check this post http://www.warriorforum.com/adsense-ppc-seo-discussion-forum/475067-whats-your-take-do-follow-no-follow.htm

[backlinksninja]

Originally Posted by JSProjects

Interesting.

I never really know what to believe whenever I hear Matt Cutts speak though. I really do think he purposely tries to mislead us sometimes.

@JSP, absolutely I am with you mate regarding this observation :-)

[littledan]

I far as I am aware, much like everyone else. You need both do follow and no follow links because it shows diversity, and makes your link building appear more natural. I would certainly take what Matt Cutts says with a pinch of salt. After all why on earth would he want us to know the truth. Even if it turns out that no follow links do not contribute to page rank, good ones may still provide you with direct traffic via visitors clicking on the link.

[Mike Anthony]

Use the search function . this question comes up every other week. At the end of the day I am content with one fact.

I have never come across a site in even a half way competitive serp that is ranking with only nofollow links and I have seen multiple sites fall in PR and fall in the serps when they lose their followed links.

Thats all I need to know or care about. You guys can argue it around for the 50th time.

[BarryOnline]

I do take some things that Matt says with a pinch of salt but it’s quite clear that Nofollow links give no ranking increase.

Look at Wikipedia for example. They added the Nofollow tag to OBLs to fight against spam, so that links from their site don't count.

Quote from Google

"Nofollow" provides a way for webmasters to tell search engines "Don't follow links on this page" or "Don't follow this specific link. We don't follow them. This means that Google does not transfer PageRank or anchor text across these links. Essentially, using nofollow causes us to drop the target links from our overall graph of the web."

Think about it, the Nofollow tag was created for a reason.

Backlinks ninja – What kind of "real results" have you seen with a complete Nofollow back link profile? Assuming you have ranked a domain exclusively using Nofollow links, as this would be required to definitely say the domain ranked from these kind of links.

[BarryOnline]

Originally Posted by mullah86

Majority says that they dont get counted. I dont think so. I think they are counted in some wat.

What makes you think that?

What was the point in Google creating the Nofollow tag? - to create links that help rank just a little bit?

[effectivesite]

Quote:
Originally Posted by cinereus
They don't pass linkjuice but they do use up linkjuice.

Originally Posted by BarryOnline

That makes no sense to me... or maybe I'm missing something

I'm guessing he's referring to the authority of a page being divided up between all of the links on the page, then the no follow ones don't pass it on. i.e. a page with 1 no follow and 1 follow link would only pass on half of the authority through the follow link as a page without the 1 nofollow link.

I can't testify to this being true but it would make sense in an attempt to diminish the authority of sites that rely on commenters for unique content or article directories that use nofollow tags.