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Do Facebook page links count towards PageRank/SEO?

by GeezerXtreme
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We all know Facebook is one of the highest traffic web pages on the entire 'Net with a solid PageRank of 10, however I was wondering if any links posted on your user page/wall to a site would count towards its' PR at all? Pretty sure the Facebook links are all NoFollow but can anyone confirm this :confused:

Thanks in advance
#count #facebook #links #page #pagerank or seo
  • Profile picture of the author Andrew11
    I'm not 100% sure but I think facebook screws you on a backlink because they make a customer referral URL to count an outbound link click..I don't think it counts towards Pagerank/SEO tbh.
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  • Profile picture of the author Kevin Koop
    Facebook automatically applies the "nofollow" attribute to any outbound links.

    It's easy to check in Firefox... you just highlight the link you are interested in checking with your mouse, right-click and then choose "view selection source."

    This will open the source code of the page AND highlight the exact bit of code you had selected with your mouse. When you see the attribute that says, rel="nofollow" you know they have applied the "nofollow" attribute to the link.
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    • Profile picture of the author pappyy3
      Links from Facebook to your site will definitely help.

      It won't work in Google, but not all the serps take note of the "no follow" rule.

      I've also read somewhere (not sure where though - sorry) that despite the "no follow" tags, there is still some PR leakage, so perhaps some small benefit.

      Definitely won't hurt to try it out.
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      • Profile picture of the author tsampson
        Interesting question. I didn't know you could check the url that easy. I love this forum
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    • Profile picture of the author GeezerXtreme
      Originally Posted by Kevin Koop View Post

      Facebook automatically applies the "nofollow" attribute to any outbound links.

      It's easy to check in Firefox... you just highlight the link you are interested in checking with your mouse, right-click and then choose "view selection source."

      This will open the source code of the page AND highlight the exact bit of code you had selected with your mouse. When you see the attribute that says, rel="nofollow" you know they have applied the "nofollow" attribute to the link.
      Awesome Kevin, didn't notice that simple HTML before, thanks
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