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Question about Nofollow links

by trevstar22
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I was shown a site which was high DA (over 90) and and supposedly the links were follow links.
Now I have only a beginners knowledge about this stuff. But viewing the page source i saw a few nofollows. But the nofollows were not adjacent to the links, they were in a differnet area of the page. Does that mean the links are follow?
#links #nofollow #question
  • Profile picture of the author dave_hermansen
    If the actual link that you are looking at does not have the nofollow attribute on it, then it is a followed link. When in doubt, you can also use a Chrome plugin to see if a specific link is followed - Chrome NoFollow extension.

    What concerns me a bit here is that you haven't said what kind of links you are trying to get from this other site and how you plan on obtaining them. If it is something as simple as dropping a comment with a link - even if that link is not a nofollow link - the link is worthless.

    Search engines know which links people can place themselves and which ones are editorially placed (the webmaster of the other site makes a conscious decision to link to another site). They value editorially placed links and pretty much ignore any link that you can drop on a website, yourself.
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    • Profile picture of the author savidge4
      Originally Posted by dave_hermansen View Post

      Search engines know which links people can place themselves and which ones are editorially placed (the webmaster of the other site makes a conscious decision to link to another site).
      Obviously Search engines know the difference... but I think it is even easier than that. Links in the body will obviously have the greatest value. ( I believe ) that links closer to the top of the body have greater value than those down lower
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    • Profile picture of the author trevstar22
      Thank you, your answer is VERY helpful. The links on this site are profile links where you can add your website.
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  • Profile picture of the author sambond89
    Agree with most of this, however I've seen evidence of links in comments working whether follow or no follow. No doubt they carry less weight than follow, but no follows are still read by Google and can help your brand. I would just be careful how you go about getting links and don't put all your eggs in one basket. Like savidge said editorial links carry far more weight and generally any "easy to get" links will have a low value.
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  • Profile picture of the author Max Richardson
    Links always have a good impact on the site with the exception of spammy links. Nofollow links are also good for diluting the total mass of links
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    • Profile picture of the author MikeFriedman
      Originally Posted by Max Richardson View Post

      Links always have a good impact on the site with the exception of spammy links. Nofollow links are also good for diluting the total mass of links
      That's not true. You don't need nofollow links. That is a dumb myth that won't die.
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  • Profile picture of the author dave_hermansen
    Profile links are about the same as comment links. Again, you can place them yourself and despite what some people on here think or believe they have observed, they aren't really going to help you rank any better.
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  • Profile picture of the author Moodesburn1977
    for a site over 90 the site has great authority and got good crdeblity, it will be that on those indvidual pages some are non follow an some are not, but overall the site is good since its over 90 da i hope this helps
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  • Profile picture of the author deltahost
    The attribute for a link shows its nature of appearance, but if the attribute is not used, the search engine must independently determine its nature (paid, free, advertising, referral), I think that the search engine automatically determines the position of the link and anchor in the body of the page: navigation, in content, skozny or just from scratch and assigns some complex index to it. CONCLUSION: you need to use different links, in different places, with and without an anchor from networks, accounts, forums, content and articles, pictures.
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    • Profile picture of the author MikeFriedman
      Originally Posted by YasirAgha View Post

      IMO

      If you see a forum with high DA, and they are claiming that all links are do-follow, but you see the nofollow links on a page, it could be the forum's page settings or page design

      The easiest way to figure it out is to contact the forum administrator to confirm whether the links they are providing are follow or nofollow.
      No. The easiest way is to look in the page code. You will either see a meta nofollow tag which counts for every link on the page or you will see a nofollow tag on the individual links themselves.
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  • Profile picture of the author smkghosh
    You have to use the inspect option in the browser and find out if the rel nofollow link attached to it.You can also use a chrome extension to check the links
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  • Profile picture of the author Hudson78
    Basically, a link will count as a "follow" link unless it specifically says rel="nofollow" right in the link's tag. If the "nofollow" tags you saw are not with the links themselves, but somewhere else on the page, they don't affect those links. So, if the links you're looking at don't have "nofollow" in their tags, they are indeed "follow" links.
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  • Profile picture of the author kevingoodson
    If you want to find out whether the link is follow or no follow, one thing you should check to confirm. Check each link in the page's source code to see if it has the "rel=nofollow" property. If you find tags then the link is "no follow" otherwise link is "follow" links.
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  • Profile picture of the author pssajit
    To verify whether a link is designated as "follow" or "nofollow," please install the "NoFollow" extension on your Chrome browser. Once activated, this extension highlights "nofollow" links with a red border, allowing for easy identification.

    Even if its a No-Follow link its still good to have backlink from a reputable website. However, it is important to note that many reputable websites intentionally prevent the indexing of certain pages. Consequently, the presence of a backlink should not be considered confirmed until it is visibly acknowledged in the Google Search Console (GSC) under the links section of your website.
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  • Profile picture of the author LilyJone
    There are multiple ways to check the type of link.
    1. Check manually via inspecting the source.
    2. Use tools like moz extension or any other that can directly show you the type of link.
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  • Profile picture of the author imran123490
    If a link has no follow attribute it means no follow if it doesn't show anything it means the link is do-follow.
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  • Profile picture of the author Victorious21
    Download the SeoQuake chrome extension to check no-follow links.
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  • Profile picture of the author OnlineProxy
    If the `rel="nofollow"` attribute is not directly attached to the links in question, then those links are considered "follow" links, meaning they pass SEO value. The presence of `nofollow` in other areas of the page does not affect the links elsewhere on the page. Only the links with the `nofollow` attribute directly applied will not pass SEO value.
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  • Profile picture of the author iammaryy
    Check the link's relation by inspecting it, if it appears rel as "Nofollow" then it will be No follow, otherwise it will be a Do-Follow Link.
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