what is dofollow and nofollow

Discussion in 'Search Engine Optimization' started by aurelius123, Aug 16, 2011.

  1. #1
    Hi guys

    Please tell me what is dofollow and nofollow & what is difference in both.

     
    aurelius123, Aug 16, 2011 IP
  2. stephey

    stephey Peon

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    Well, this is I guess the most asked question in SEO and you will find plenty of answers if you just Google it. Well for the instance links which have dofollow attribute like "<a rel="dofollow">" are known as dofollow links which are indexed by Google and counted backlinks they also pass link juice and nofollow is totally opposite of it
     
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  3. Canadaontop

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    "Do follow" back links transfer link juice and traffic to your website but "No follow" back links will generate only traffic.
     
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  4. Abhishek Kundu

    Abhishek Kundu Active Member

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    #4
    hi,

    well if you Google it you can find many articles explaining the difference between the two.

    but as you are new in this forum i would like to welcome you on-board

    in simple terms if an anchor text contains "no-follow" tag in it then the PR (page rank) juice of the page where the link is placed will not be transferred to the linking page.
    where as dofollow links transfers the PR juice. :)

    if you have any more questions do feel free to contact me in this forum via PM or post a Thread. but i will advice you to search the forum for answers to your questions before starting a new thread.

    kindest,
    abhishek kundu
     
    Abhishek Kundu, Aug 16, 2011 IP
  5. Joe F

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    How can I check whether a site or forum is a do-follow site?


    Thanks for sharing this and expect me to share the word.
     
    Joe F, Aug 16, 2011 IP
  6. g2visuals

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    Simply put, just remember this:

    dofollow = good
    nofollow = BAD
     
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  7. Alan Smith

    Alan Smith Active Member

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    #7
    Do follow = Share PR juice + back links
    No follow = Back links
     
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  8. bellsimth

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    #8
    This question have discussed many time in this forum. And this question repeats everyday in new thread. I want to know from my friend who start this thread, why do not check first related thread. Thanks
     
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  9. Alina Tru

    Alina Tru Member

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    I think Bell is right. We should check first related thread.
     
    Alina Tru, Aug 16, 2011 IP
  10. jenny@veryhappy.co.uk

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    You cant say that No follow is bad....Its just that Nofollow link will not give you PR juice of the linking page but still Nofollow links can drive a great traffic on your site.
     
    jenny@veryhappy.co.uk, Aug 17, 2011 IP
  11. Sonamseo

    Sonamseo Member

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    Google Supports DoFollow Link for sites keyword promotion. and don`t support NoFollow link tag for sites keyword promotion.
    But Both are used in a particular site for linking.
     
    Sonamseo, Aug 17, 2011 IP
  12. livtar

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    We are build back links for website. Dofollow links good and helping to improve page rank in Google search engine. Google don't support to nodofollow link for sites keyword promotion.
     
    livtar, Aug 17, 2011 IP
  13. m1985nehal

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    do follow are good for SEO not sure about nofollow
     
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    #14
    dofollows aid directly in your ranking in google, while nofollow do not produce meaningful links, but can help through referred traffic.
     
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    This is the best answer:)
     
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  16. inspirations

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    do follow - when you submit link to directory or any site it allow crawler to follow it called dofollow and no follow when site use nofollow tag to prevent crawler from following ur link
     
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  17. gmcdonald

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    So what i'm gathering is if i want to get a answer from this forum it would better serve the forum if i Search threads for question first.
     
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  18. trishseo

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    Google has a metric to determine the relative power of a page called "Page Rank". In general, higher Page Rank sites rank better although it is not always correlated. For instance, facebook.com is a PR 10 and your new site is probably a PR N/A or PR 0. This means to Google that a link from a high PR site is generally better than a low one.

    However, not every webmaster wants to give credit to every site on their page. For instance, facebook doesn't control who they link out to since it is user generated content. Thus Google invented the "nofollow" metric. A certain percentage of the page rank of a site can be passed on to the site it links to. However, even if you get a link from a PR 10 site, if it is nofollow, it will not improve your own site's page rank.

    However, there is lots of firsthand testing to show that nofollow links help search engine rankings. Furthermore, they help make your site look more natural. Your best bet is to focus on getting high quality, high PR links whether or not they are nofollow or dofollow.
     
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    rel="NOFOLLOW" = %50 I think benefits from.
     
    airwebmaster, Aug 17, 2011 IP
  20. shiva0077

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    Nofollow are for not crawling a link by search engine. Dofollow allow search engine to crawl links. Nofollow tag we can use if we are using a link for reference not for crawl. Both are good for human traffic.
     
    shiva0077, Aug 18, 2011 IP