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I need no-follow links!

by Dayum
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Seriously, I sound stupid.

I got a Google penalty (1st time) for unnatural link building. I did submit to alot of directories and I am in the process of deleting them and have already sent a reconsideration request. However, I don't think its good. I didn't even say "I will never do it again" I just said, I don't know why I got this penalty bla, heres some research.

OK. So I did a check on my website and I have 16 no follow links and 603 backlinks! Ayy...
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  • Profile picture of the author MikeFriedman
    Originally Posted by Dayum View Post

    OK. So I did a check on my website and I have 16 no follow links and 603 backlinks! Ayy...
    And why is that a problem?

    First of all, Google does not punish sites for not having no-follow links. Secondly, Google employees have stated in the past that only about 2-3% of all the links they crawl have the nofollow attribute. You are right in line with that number.
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  • Profile picture of the author Dayum
    It doesn't look natural. It looks like link building.
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    • Profile picture of the author yukon
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      Originally Posted by Dayum View Post

      It doesn't look natural. It looks like link building.
      I think your confused.

      What looks like unnatural link building is things like irrelevant forum sigs (ex: Free iPad Air) with keyword stuffed anchor-text, even If it's a nofollowed link.
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    • Profile picture of the author MikeFriedman
      Originally Posted by Dayum View Post

      It doesn't look natural. It looks like link building.
      Having nofollow links does not make a link profile look natural. You can find plenty of sites ranking just fine with zero nofollow links.

      If anything, I would say unless you are a major brand advertising on a lot of sites, having too many nofollow links could look unnatural.
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    If its no-follow, the keywords won't matter right?
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    • Profile picture of the author paulgl
      ROTFLMAO!

      Title says it all: I need no-follow links!

      Sure. And I need a hole in the head.

      Unnatural links are not defined by nofollow or not status.

      So much misconceptions about unnatural links.

      You think you can spam a bunch of nofollow links and fly under
      the radar?

      That's why google tries to keep one step ahead of IM clowns with
      their updates. They say don't look under rocks. Ok, say the IMers.
      We'll find rocks at the bottom of the ocean. Now we're safe!

      Paul
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      • Profile picture of the author Mike Anthony
        Originally Posted by paulgl View Post

        That's why google tries to keep one step ahead of IM clowns with
        their updates. They say don't look under rocks. Ok, say the IMers.
        We'll find rocks at the bottom of the ocean. Now we're safe!

        Paul
        What the?????

        umm.........Now you guys done did it. you gave Paul a TIA and he is talking in riddles again.

        OP I dunno what to say. no follow links??


        Who said you can read this forum and learn SEO again?
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    • Profile picture of the author yukon
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      Originally Posted by Dayum View Post

      If its no-follow, the keywords won't matter right?
      Google is still looking at the nofollow/irrelevant backlink/URL, otherwise they wouldn't know the link is nofollow to begin with.
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  • Profile picture of the author Jeffery Moss
    I'm surprised you have so many do follow backlinks as most people struggle to find even a few dozen. Most Wordpress blogs are no follow. You could start posting high quality comments with your backlinks on those blogs and they will show up as no follow. These blogs are not hard to find with a simple search in Google.
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  • Profile picture of the author squadron
    Originally Posted by Dayum View Post

    ... I don't know why I got this penalty bla, heres some research..
    I suspect the primary reason you got pinged was too little variation in the link anchor text.
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    • Profile picture of the author Jeffery Moss
      Originally Posted by squadron View Post

      I suspect the primary reason you got pinged was too little variation in the link anchor text.
      Very much so. Just think of how realistic (or unrealistic) it would be for 1000 bloggers to be linking back to your site with the same three words in the anchor text link. But so many people are building backlinks in that way. When in reality, most bloggers who give an editorial or freely given (recommendation style) backlink will simply use the 'read more' or 'click here to read article' link and not bother adding anchor text to the link. Those links are more natural. So you have to replicate that style of backlinking in some way not just using only keywords but mixing it up.
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  • Profile picture of the author anis008
    So directory submission is no more an effective method. And, we have a possibility to be penalysed by Google doing so.
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  • Profile picture of the author The SEO
    You should focus on quality backlinks for your website like Web 2.0s, guest posts, blog networks and social signals but all of them should be submitted with unique content. Forget about getting no follow links, if you really needs them then just submit some article to no follow web 2.0s and build some high PR wikis direct to your money site.
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  • Profile picture of the author seamy82
    I know this may seem like a stupid question but is it OK to use no-follow backlinks to vary my anchor text. Easy links to gain such as article backlinks and blog comments can be used to vary my keyword density but won't damage my site because they're no follow. Anyone see any issues with this approach?
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    • Profile picture of the author MikeFriedman
      Originally Posted by seamy82 View Post

      I know this may seem like a stupid question but is it OK to use no-follow backlinks to vary my anchor text. Easy links to gain such as article backlinks and blog comments can be used to vary my keyword density but won't damage my site because they're no follow. Anyone see any issues with this approach?

      Google has stated that nofollow links have no anchor text or PR relevance, so I'm not sure it would really help to vary anything.
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  • Profile picture of the author jxam69
    OP - I can sell you all the no-follow links you want and I guarantee they won't cause a penalty - just PM me for the extravagant price
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  • Profile picture of the author soppnox123
    The no follow links wont make any penalty to our site they just wont give links back to our website like as do follow. why you need no-follow back links i just confused with it.
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