How to tell if a link is no follow or not

Discussion in 'Link Development' started by tomflascee, Mar 21, 2007.

  1. #1
    How do you determine whether someone has placed a link that is no follow up or not?
    Thanks
     
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  2. protocol96

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    u gotta view the source of the page
    <a rel="nofollow" href=""> it means it nofollow link
    or u cansee if all the links on the page as no follow
    if in meta tag its
    <meta name="robots" content="index,nofollow">
     
    protocol96, Mar 21, 2007 IP
  3. Clive

    Clive Web Developer

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    Firefox has got an addon that highlights nofollow links without you having to check the source code.
     
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    Is there an addon that highlights no follow links without looking at the source code?
     
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    would you like to share that addon.. im using webdeveloper. it doesnt highlight. have to do 3 clicks before its shows if its a nofollow..
     
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  7. Fold

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    If you don't want to install that add on you can also do it by modifying your userContent.css file (the stylesheet that Firefox provides that you can use to override any default web styles).

    See http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/seeing-nofollow-links/
     
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    haha. actually had that already installed. but didnt play with all its features. just the default. thanks anyways :D
     
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    Is this so you can post a comment on a website for example, with a link to your own URL, so that it helps PR?
     
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  10. Clive

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    Well, that's how it works, basically.
    You post something a website, a comment, review, anything and by adding your URL you are actually creating a backlink. The nofollow attribute isn't saluted by visitors of your site when it's asigned to their backlinks. That's why many forums do not practice it.
     
    Clive, Mar 22, 2007 IP
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    I've downloaded that extension, is there anything I have to do to enable it? I can see the page rank/alexa rank on my screen, which is new, but not sure if it highlights no follow links? Is there a way of testing?
     
    bad_bob00, Mar 23, 2007 IP
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    Dont forget to select " highlight nofollow links"
     
    rootbinbash, Mar 23, 2007 IP
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    Yeh, right click on the "@" next to the pagerank and make sure "Highligh nofollow links" is checked.

    ~Adam
     
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    Thank you, rep given. I knew to select it but just didn't know how to access the menu/options.
     
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    #16
    Check whether:
    - The site's robots.txt if a certain folder has a nofollow attribute
    - Your site's anchor tag with rel=nofollow attribute
     
    boyponga, Mar 23, 2007 IP
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    About robots.txt, this has ben bugging me, what if i install a link exchange script that automatically checks the links; could my bot determine if the exchange partner has blocked main bots (GoogleBot, Yahoo Slurp,etc) in its robots.txt ?
     
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    I would suggest checking it manually before you install a script. Robots.txt and nofollows are checked manually. :)
     
    boyponga, Mar 28, 2007 IP