What does this mean?

by rcvnb Posted: 12 years ago 5 replies

I receive many comments on my wordpress posts. Many of them ends with:

Stop by my homepage - <a href="...abc.........../" rel="nofollow">....xyz......</a>

My questions are:

(i) What does this mean, especially what is the significance of rel="nofollow"

(ii) Can't one just copy url from search engine & simply paste that url to get back link?

Is there good article available online to explain above?

#search engine optimization #means

psavola 12 years ago

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creaturelocaljohn 12 years ago

If that code is from the comment from your website. I dunno if the site automatically put rel=nofollow on the link. That code is for search engine to not follow the link. Maybe some automated backlinking tools put that comment, thats why it is on an html form and you can see the code.
Sushaantenu 12 years ago

That is nofollow attribute to make link nofollow.
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- rcvnb 12 years ago
  
  Suppose X has commented on Y's Blog (My site) giving link to X (his own) site.
  
  So is it no follow from X to Y or Y to X
  
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UMS 12 years ago

By default, all WordPress comments are "nofollow", i.e.: search engines won't give the links any juice.

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What does this mean?

rcvnb • 12 years ago • 5 replies

I receive many comments on my wordpress posts. Many of them ends with: Stop by my homepage - <a href="...abc.........../" rel="nofollow">....xyz......</a>