Can All Dofollow Backlinks Damange Your Rankings?

Discussion in 'Search Engine Optimization' started by vladthebest, Aug 8, 2011.

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What backlinks do you prefer?

  1. Dofollow links

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  2. Nofollow links

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  3. Both

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  4. Natural links by others

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  1. #1
    Hi,

    I am currently working on the SEO of my website, and I just wanted to know if having the majority of your backlinks as dofollow can actually look unnatural and damage your rankings? What combination could work best (i.e. 70% dofollow, 25% nofollow, 5% error pages)?

    Thanks in advance!
     
    vladthebest, Aug 8, 2011 IP
  2. SSC

    SSC Active Member

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    Its said to be good if you have a combination of both, but i have never read something which talks about the exact % of both.

    talking technically, i would say its better not to focus much on nofollow as they were originally invented to fight spam and hence are of little/no use.

    building numerous dofollow links overnight might harm your sites rankings but doing it properly over a predefined time span will not harm you.
     
    SSC, Aug 13, 2011 IP
  3. vladthebest

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    Yeah that's pretty much how I thought. Thanks!
     
    vladthebest, Aug 13, 2011 IP
  4. w3bmaster

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    Buildind one type of links can raise red flags

    Mixing makes it natural

    And anyway No Follow or Do follow both help RANKINGS
     
    w3bmaster, Aug 13, 2011 IP