Should I Use "NoFollow" or "DoFollow" To A domain name Without "a href' ?

Discussion in 'Search Engine Optimization' started by metros, Jul 9, 2008.

  1. #1
    Hi,
    I have many pages, each page have info about another sites.

    I have hyper link and using "nofollow" but I also have a text with just a text - for example:

    http://www.superduper.com

    But without "a href" hyper link, it's just a text.
    I know that Spiders some times read it as a link, should I nofollow?
    IF so, how to?
     
    metros, Jul 9, 2008 IP
  2. paystolivegreen

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    The only way to do a "nofollow" is to include it into an anchor tag. Plain text has no properties associated with it.
     
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  3. metros

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    Hi,
    Ok thanks, I hope some one else can confirm that.
     
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  4. MoneyMoose

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    It's not counted as a link unless it's an actual link, I believe.
     
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    moneyMoose and PaysToLiveGreen are correct. Its not a link unless is is part of an <A> tag.

    http //www,somesite,com is just text

    <a name="SiteURLAsPlainText" id="SiteURLAsPlainText">http://www,somesite,com</a> is an anchor, but without an href is not a link. This is more commonly called a bookmark and is used for linking to a specific part of the page.

    <a href="http://www,somesite,com">http://www,somesite,com</a> is an actual bona fide link. This is the only time you would need to worry about setting the rel attribute equal to nofollow.
     
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    Hi,
    Thanks for the info again mate, helping me a lot.
    To bad I can't add you REP again as I gave you all ready last night ;)
     
    metros, Jul 9, 2008 IP