Total Noob Question Here. Sorry

Discussion in 'Search Engine Optimization' started by Ashley1415, Nov 11, 2008.

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    What does "Do Follow" mean?
    Ive seen it used about blogs and social bookmarking websites but havent a clue what it means.
    Could someone shed some light on this for me.
    and not just a three word answer please :)
     
    Ashley1415, Nov 11, 2008 IP
  2. ranabra

    ranabra Peon

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    "Do Follow" is the exact opposite of "no-follow"

    According to Wikipedia, "no-follow" is:
    "nofollow is an HTML attribute value used to instruct some search engines that a hyperlink should not influence the link target's ranking in the search engine's index. It is intended to reduce the effectiveness of certain types of search engine spam, thereby improving the quality of search engine results and preventing spamdexing from occurring in the first place"

    More than 3 words :)
     
    ranabra, Nov 11, 2008 IP
  3. jitendraag

    jitendraag Notable Member

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    Do follow is 'normal' link that passes PR and is counted as a 'vote' in google's pagerank algorithm.
     
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    "Do follow is good"
    Four words not three? Do I win?
     
    Valley, Nov 11, 2008 IP
  5. Ashley1415

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    aah that makes alot of sense ranabra thank you
    and i think its not the first time you have come to my aid with and answered one of my questions jitendraag thank. adding to your rep
    and yes valley my friend you won :D
     
    Ashley1415, Nov 17, 2008 IP