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Anyone hve documented evidence of nofollow link bebefits?

by webapex
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I was just glancing through a list of auto approve blogs that's geared for comment robots, I have to wonder if people making hundreds of nofollow comments see Any benefit?

There is at least some benefit in having nofollow in your link mix, making it look more like a natural.

Some articles in the list had 6000 comments, though more typically the spammed blogs have 75-1200 comments per article.

An aside: I cheched the the backlinkd to a link building service, they had some 5000 links to their main page but no pr. (I suspect the nature of theit business didn't help their ranking)
#bebefits #documented #evidence #hve #link #nofollow
  • Profile picture of the author oneplusone
    One SEO expert who has a proven track record, is convinced that nofollow links are beneficial.

    Regardless of whether they are or not, having only dofollow links to your site isn't natural as you say.
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    • Profile picture of the author Jonathan Beaton
      This has been a debated topic lately.
      No one really knows but:
      No-follow links are part of a natural backlink network.
      Google can use any factor it wants in its algorithm.
      If Google finds a way to improve their results using no-follow links in some way, shape or form; they will.

      All that being said, IMO, if you are building a quality site and promoting it the right way, the no-follows will take care of themselves. If you are looking to build a crappy website and want short term results, I would ignore no-follows.
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  • Profile picture of the author Juan Esteban
    There is actual benefits in those links. If you only build dofollow links that's very unnatural and your site could be penalized
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    • Profile picture of the author FrankBowman
      Originally Posted by colombiano View Post

      There is actual benefits in those links. If you only build dofollow links that's very unnatural and your site could be penalized
      Very true, whether you think like I do, that dofollow is meaningless, or not. Linking should "look" natural........

      Of course who is defining "natural"?
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  • Profile picture of the author InitialEffort
    Yes, no follow links do something. They just aren't as powerful as standard links.
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    • Profile picture of the author scott g
      Yeah, I see them in my Google Webmaster Tools as sites that link to mine.

      CHEERS!
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  • Profile picture of the author FrankBowman
    OK, it seems like I make this post every month or so, but this is my opinion, no matter what Matt Putz......umm I mean Cutts from Google has to say, ......I think in fact he agrees with me on this one.

    The "dofollow" attribute ONLY relates to the passage of PageRank
    PageRank is archaic and meaningless...
    'Nofollow' links are just as good as "dofollow" the only difference is they don't pass pagerank..........thats it.

    Flame away if you want, but I tested it.

    Got a site to #1, in a micro niche, yes, but nevertheless, position 1 on page 1 with only "nofollow" blog comment links.

    Go ahead rip me a new one, I know its coming

    Peace
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