Nofollow and google

15 years ago

nofollow means exactly that, it wont follow it, nor will it index the page that the link is pointing to, it used to about 8-9 months ago, but not any more. only time it will index a page is if a link with dofollow (normal link) is pointing to the page

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mark@1to101

15 years ago

Even if Google don't take notice of 'nofollow' links, it's thought that Yahoo do. I've read this a least a couple of times before, though can't remember where off the top of my head.

Better to have a link with a 'nofollow' than no link at all

Though don't go out of your way chasing them.

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askloz

15 years ago

nah, yahoo was one of the first search engines to NEVER follow a nofollow link. Along side MSN.

Originally Posted by mark@1to101

Even if Google don't take notice of 'nofollow' links, it's thought that Yahoo do. I've read this a least a couple of times before, though can't remember where off the top of my head.

Better to have a link with a 'nofollow' than no link at all

Though don't go out of your way chasing them.

not for search engine optimization purposes it's not.

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Chris Johnson

15 years ago

Yeah, I would never waist my time on nofollow links.

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BoiseMarketer

15 years ago

I am surprised by some of the responses.

As I understand, nofollow is not synonymous with noindex.

Using the nofollow tag selectively through the site allows you to mold and direct your page rank across your site.

Two days ago, I went through my site and "molded" some of the links across the site (mostly the persistent links in the navigation bar and footer section).

Within two days, my rankings for my primary keyword jumped over 100 positions. My secondary keyword also jumped close to 50 positions. Both jumps were simultaneous within 36 hours of using nofollow to mold the site.

I can conclusively conclude that the use of nofollow tags was the direct cause of this position jump because I haven't added content or modified the site in either way.

Again, I am just curious if it makes any difference to have a page link to itself. If it is useful, or it it should also have nofollow.

Any thoughts?

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debra

15 years ago

Originally Posted by JordanBills

I am surprised by some of the responses.

As I understand, nofollow is not synonymous with noindex.

Using the nofollow tag selectively through the site allows you to mold and direct your page rank across your site.

Two days ago, I went through my site and "molded" some of the links across the site (mostly the persistent links in the navigation bar and footer section).

Within two days, my rankings for my primary keyword jumped over 100 positions. My secondary keyword also jumped close to 50 positions. Both jumps were simultaneous within 36 hours of using nofollow to mold the site.

I can conclusively conclude that the use of nofollow tags was the direct cause of this position jump because I haven't added content or modified the site in either way.

Again, I am just curious if it makes any difference to have a page link to itself. If it is useful, or it it should also have nofollow.

Any thoughts?

I'm surprized to at the opinions of the replys.

the nofollow is only relative to page rank.

and...there is no penalty either way if you link to a page itself. So it's your chose to include it as part of your template or not.

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BoiseMarketer

15 years ago

Wow, you are absolutley right debra. The nofollow flag is really only used to control pagerank flow and serves no other purpose.

I love it when someone explains something that you already know, but you hear in a way that hits you on the head.

Thank you.

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askloz

15 years ago

it controls it by not indexing the page.

don't believe me, try it out, don't point any links to it via a 3rd party site, and if you do link it internally, place the nofollow on it, it wont index it.

Originally Posted by JordanBills

Wow, you are absolutley right debra. The nofollow flag is really only used to control pagerank flow and serves no other purpose.

I love it when someone explains something that you already know, but you hear in a way that hits you on the head.

Thank you.

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altesino 15 years ago

I'm surprised to hear the nofollow also means noindexing but I've generally focus (with great success) on dofollow backlinks. I know dofollow definitely helps with PR and more importantly IMHO search rankings!
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rogershepard 15 years ago

askloz - thanks, enjoyed the discussion...I'll check out your stuff. Roger
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loxwood7

15 years ago

yup dont bother, actually unless the forum is relevant a lot of follow links dont count either.

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irving

15 years ago

Thanks guys for your contribution

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TechBlog

15 years ago

google doesnt follow nofollow links ... it doesnt pass pr juice too.. and yahoo counts nofollow as backlinks in site explorer of it own...

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Canonical

15 years ago

Google not only does not pass PR to a NOFOLLOWed link... But their crawlers literally don't follow the link for discovery purposes. They can however discover that page pointed to by a NOFOLLOW link via other links to it on the web that are followed.

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simplyjessie

15 years ago

Well, based on my experience, SEO is not only about links with do follow attribute. No follow sites are also helpful in search engine ranking. Other SE like Yahoo and MSN still count this links in their ranking algorithm. Still, no follow link is better than no links at all!

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Kingpin123

15 years ago

Ya following links help a lot their are many chances that ur site may crawl up in search engines

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NilsUSA

15 years ago

ya,i woulnd't mess with mr.BIG G.I go by what he says..when he says "no follow" don't count,then I don't waste my time in analysing that stuff.Because reality is G don't follow the links they say are no-follow in html tags.
(there might be some exception to fact as it might take a little while to get the spider crawl and update site ranking and pattern)

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