Potential Risks with NoFollow

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Hi All,

I know there are differing thoughts on nofollow links and it is alright to have a mixture of dofollow and nofollow links.

But I am still very curious and want to hear what's your view:

Is there a possibility of NoFollow links to hurt your website traffic?

Say, Website A is willing to give links to your site because it is in the same niche BUT the links are NoFollow.

Personally, I think if I don't look at the value of backlink there, I can still get exposure from the links provided.

Really appreciate your thoughts and opinions on this.
#search engine optimization #nofollow #potential #risks
  • You are wrong. I've read and learned from several works written by published SEO experts, and all of them agree, Google gives much more credence to backlinks which have a natural appearance. They explain how no natural acquisition of backlinks could possibly result in nothing but the dofollow variety.

    Contrary to what you are saying, a mix of dofollow and nofollow backlinks will benefit your SEO efforts, and definitely not detract from them.
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  • Generally speaking nofollow links will not harm your site, in fact you should actively look for them, since they make your link profile look more natural.

    Some people even suggest the nofollow/dofollow rule was created so Google could spot SEOers/Spammers quickly.

    Sam
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    • Isn't "no natural acquisition of backlinks" kind of an oxymoron?
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  • There was a thread just recently where a guy ranked his site for a competitive search with nothing but no follow links. Google is so complex, and constantly changing, so tomorrow, they may not work very well again.
  • You won't be harmed for receiving NoFollow backlinks, in fact they help add credibility to a backlink profile. If a website has strictly 100% DoFollow backlinks, then something is up as that's not a natural backlink profile.

    Do yourself the favor of not worrying about Dofollow and NoFollow and put that time and energy into making your website that much better.
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    • Nofollow was created to combat spam and signal untrusted links.

      It has nothing to do with anything else.

      Idiotic webmasters have morphed it into something ridiculous.

      If you don't want something indexed, you noindex it. Nofollow
      has nothing to do with internal linking. Nothing. Nothing to
      do with privacy pages or anything else.

      In fact, the craziness with nofollow is that people are just
      plain idiotic. Using it for useless purposes, and having no
      idea what it means and should be used for.

      Anyone who says you need a mix of nofollow links is just
      crazy. Why on earth would you need a mix?!?!?!

      Nofollow is UNNATURAL! It is man-made. Google made, to be exact.
      It is put there to combat spam and not pass link juice. So, a nofollow
      link to your site is a signal that it is untrusted and might be
      spam, logically speaking.

      If people only thought logically...

      The value of backlinks is another story entirely. There are varying
      degrees of usefulness for all types of backlinks, from traffic, authority,
      and PR.

      Paul
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