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Link pages - should I nofollow?

by ehicks727
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I'm sure I'll get some variety of opinion here, but I'd like to ask what would you do if you have a client with a "link page" that links out to upwards of 100 sites. It's a pretty strong site (PR5, not that it matters) so I don't know if changing it will affect the site positively or not.

I'm really torn about this. Normally, my gut tells me to nofollow all those links, however, I'm not sure if it's hurting anything or not at this point.

Opinions, advice?? I do appreciate the input. Thanks.
#link #nofollow #pages
  • Profile picture of the author DavidO
    I assume these are reciprocal links and so the linked sites are expecting to get link juice out of sight. Making them "nofollow" defeats the purpose and, frankly, I would consider it a type of cheating if I've got someone else's link and they "nofollow" mine.

    I assume they are not currently "nofollow" and the site is PR5 despite this. I would leave it as is.

    My other suggestion is just to eliminate the links page altogether. I've found reciprocal linking to be completely worthless. I haven't exchanged links in over a year and my SERPs keep improving.
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    • Profile picture of the author ehicks727
      Originally Posted by DavidO View Post

      I assume these are reciprocal links and so the linked sites are expecting to get link juice out of sight. Making them "nofollow" defeats the purpose and, frankly, I would consider it a type of cheating if I've got someone else's link and they "nofollow" mine.

      I assume they are not currently "nofollow" and the site is PR5 despite this. I would leave it as is.
      It's a links page, as in other resources people might find useful. So it's one-way links, non-solicited. The client just wanted a links page to give her viewers some more resources about her site's topic.
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  • Profile picture of the author SummitBloggers
    Our policy is to allow the links to be followed unless there is an obvious case of spamming. Our blogging system allows following of links in posts and the blogroll.

    In our humble opinion, this is what makes the web dynamic. If everyone nofollows everything, it seems to us that all will suffer. But that's just our opinion. ;^>
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    • Profile picture of the author Hyaku_Man
      I'd keep it dofollow, but I'd keep it on a separate links page not the main page.
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      • Profile picture of the author TrafficVault
        If you are only using the page for helpful resources and not for reciprocal links, then you should keep it dofollow. Its important that the search engine spiders find a few links that link out of the site so they don't consider your site to be a dead end.
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  • Profile picture of the author ehicks727
    Thanks for your advice everyone. I appreciate it.
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  • Profile picture of the author Jenie0109
    it wont hurt as long as they are related to yours
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