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Should I use Nofollow tag?

by Kanute
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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
#nofollow #tag
  • Profile picture of the author ericlenhard
    You're right, only nofollow!
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    • Profile picture of the author Kanute
      Thanks,

      How do you actually make a nofollow tag?
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      • Profile picture of the author timenomad
        Put rel="nofollow" in the anchor tag.
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        • Profile picture of the author Mark72
          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.
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        • Profile picture of the author peejaydee
          Originally Posted by timenomad View Post

          Put rel="nofollow" in the anchor tag.
          Before or after the href? Presumably after.
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          • Profile picture of the author warray
            Originally Posted by peejaydee View Post

            Before or after the href? Presumably after.
            Ya...how to set nofollow tag in affiliate link...
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            • Profile picture of the author paulgl
              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.

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              • Profile picture of the author Gaz Cooper
                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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    • Profile picture of the author Josh MacDonald
      Originally Posted by ericlenhard View Post

      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.
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      • Profile picture of the author guarino1235
        Originally Posted by macdonjo View Post

        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!
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  • Profile picture of the author Kanute
    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...
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  • Profile picture of the author Heman Patel
    In the following interview, Matt Cutts discuss nofollow link element for affiliate links:
    Eric Enge interviews Matt Cutts

    hope that helps
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    • Profile picture of the author Kanute
      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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