Has EzineArticles gone No-Follow?

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Hi,

I was checking a few articles I had on EzineArticles today and the external links to my websites were no-follow. I am sure they were do-follow before. Has EzineArticles gone nofollow or it is just something else (such as quality) that I don't know? (For example HubPages is only Dofollow if you keep a quality score of 75 for your account)

Thanks
#ezinearticles #nofollow
  • Profile picture of the author Dentist
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    • Profile picture of the author Elle Holder
      Originally Posted by Dentist View Post

      Anyone that actually reads and answers my question?
      Nobody actually reads anymore. Comprehension skills are in the toilet. And people wonder why they aren't successful. If they're too damn lazy to actually read a post before they answer, how are they ever going to successfully start and run a business? :rolleyes:

      To answer your question, sorry, I don't really remember if they used to be nofollow or follow in the past. You might try Googling it. There would be some mention somewhere if they used to be follow.
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      • Profile picture of the author problemchild
        Isn't there a moderator here? More and more now when I want to read a thread for valuable information, inevitably it is full of these stuffed, useless comments. I think those people just want their links in the footer. They're offering ZERO value to the conversation.

        Isn't there a way to weed this out?
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          • Profile picture of the author walterv
            I think yes because they were hit by the panda update and it's the reason why they're turning strict in accepting the contents that are being submitted in their server.
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  • Profile picture of the author d0de
    Is your link in the resource box or the article text?

    Just checked my articles, all the links in the resource boxes are still dofollow.

    That would suggest there is something else going on.

    Link to the article might help?
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  • Profile picture of the author maxisxjay
    Links in the body are nofollow. The dofollow links are only available in the resource box of the author. It's been like this for a long time.
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    • Profile picture of the author Carl Brown
      Why do all the replies sound like they came from the same person? Very strange.
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    • Profile picture of the author Hemanth Malli
      Originally Posted by maxisxjay View Post

      Links in the body are nofollow. The dofollow links are only available in the resource box of the author. It's been like this for a long time.
      Hi maxisxjay,

      While posting the article, how to check the resource box regarding dofollow links?
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  • Profile picture of the author Daones
    How were you ensuring that they were no follow did you view the source page? AFAIK ezine is do follow and never seen a link on any of my articles no follow... it is optional if people want no follow they can add that tag on their links. You may want to check if somehow the nofollow tag was added in your resource box.

    Also about the quality I dont think that would be a factor, ezine is already strict on guidelines and quality so there wouldnt be room for another guideline for quality that granted nofollow or dofollow.

    Also they did talk about adding no follow last year on their blog but that decision I guess was ruled out. You can see that here http://blog.ezinearticles.com/2011/0...m-changes.html
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    • Profile picture of the author Elle Holder
      Originally Posted by nationsubmit View Post

      How were you ensuring that they were no follow did you view the source page? AFAIK ezine is do follow and never seen a link on any of my articles no follow...
      Yep, I just went and checked a few old articles. Haven't added one in years.

      I see less links out in the resource box - I think you used to get two - but all that I looked at were dofollow. ( I use the FF DoNoFollow Addon)
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  • Profile picture of the author eurekapsycrille
    If you put a link to the body of your article, it will automatically become nofollow. But links from your resource box have no "nofollow" attribute.

    Just like before.
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  • Profile picture of the author Green Moon
    Ezines went to nofollow in article links last spring (2011) when Google's Panda first hit. See this thread
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  • Profile picture of the author rain21
    as far as I know, the resource box is do-follow.
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  • Profile picture of the author samual james
    Ezine Article is providing do follow links and you can get plenty amount of traffic from the article directory if your content is informative and searchable.
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  • Profile picture of the author evilsaigon
    Ezinearticles main content body links are nofollow, while resource box links are dofollow.

    But anyways, when it comes to SEO, the whole page is indexed so it won't matter too much. Just put a link in both the content and resource box each, and you're pretty much done for that article.
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  • Profile picture of the author Make Money Ninja
    Honestly i havent checked.

    But EZA is a waste of time imo. Especially if you are writing a unique article to get that link. I submit spun shit their all the time to diff accounts and it gets accepted. Its really not worth your time unless it takes you like 1 minute to get the link.

    Just my opinion, that being said, your question, i havent checked, they used to be dofollow, might have changed :-/
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  • Profile picture of the author Backlinko
    Nofollow, dofollow...doesn't matter in this case.

    Ezine articles is a massive waste of time IMO.
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  • Profile picture of the author ProSence
    Ezine article is dofollow according to my knowledge, I checked it now:

    see here
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  • Profile picture of the author A8ch
    Here's an excerpt from Ezine Articles Editorial Guidelines that answers the question:

    "Links placed in the article body will automatically include the rel="NoFollow" attribute. All links placed in the Resource Box DO NOT have this attribute added."

    Read the complete document here >> EzineArticles.com Editorial Guidelines


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  • Profile picture of the author Icematikx
    I've never noticed any results from Ezine. Period.
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  • Profile picture of the author Hansons
    I think link in resource box is dofollow and in body it is nofollow...

    However, nofollow and dofollow don't matter these days, you need to concentrate on quality, relevancy, natural linking etc.
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  • Profile picture of the author jeffafro
    I just published another article on Ezine and everyone is right. The resource box is dofollow and main body is no follow. You have a maximum of 4 links to use so use them wisely!
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  • Profile picture of the author Daones
    Yep we already clarified ezinearticles is dofollow and someone brought this topic up again after 7 months later so no need for more information on this topic.
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    • Profile picture of the author ExceedStandard
      Originally Posted by Daones View Post

      Yep we already clarified ezinearticles is dofollow and someone brought this topic up again after 7 months later so no need for more information on this topic.
      WAS dofollow! I realize your post is from 2013 but just want to clarify that it is no longer dofollow.
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  • Profile picture of the author ExceedStandard
    Originally Posted by Dentist View Post

    Hi,

    I was checking a few articles I had on EzineArticles today and the external links to my websites were no-follow. I am sure they were do-follow before. Has EzineArticles gone nofollow or it is just something else (such as quality) that I don't know? (For example HubPages is only Dofollow if you keep a quality score of 75 for your account)

    Thanks
    Yes... The whole site has now gone nofollow. They claim that they are doing this for the good of all the publishers and readers and that nofollow sites tend to be associated with quality. They are operating under the claim that this is just a test to see what will get their publishers more traffic to their sites. They also claim that they always test and this is what led them to the conclusion of going nofollow. It is a decision that they say they wish they would have made a long time ago. However, they did state that if the nofollow proves not to be a wise choice then they may go back to dofollow. I highly doubt that they will though. I have been publishing to other directories ever since. Including the other EzineArticles.

    I have been doing a lot of manual link building over the last couple of months and have managed to get a hand full of videos to rank number 1, 2, and 3 for various highly competitive keywords in my niche and I have seen major movement in the serps including #1 for one of my keywords... The site I have recently been working on is less than a month old and hit #1 for one of my keywords and major movement for my other keywords.
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  • Profile picture of the author VivekThakur
    Right click on back link and click on inspect element - and now check no follow or not.

    But now Ezine Articles 100% completely No Follow since September 11, 2014.
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