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NoFollow in wordpress

Discussion in 'Search Engine Optimization' started by knev1510rose, Jul 10, 2008.

  1. #1
    Hi

    Having nofollow in the wordpress , is it good or bad ?
    does this affects the traffic to the site ?
    Please any one clear this ...

    Thanks
    kelly
    http://786-heba-ks.com/blog/
     
    knev1510rose, Jul 10, 2008 IP
  2. jitendraag

    jitendraag Notable Member

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    #2
    Unless your traffic is target towards webmasters and SEOs; your 'genuine' traffic shouldn't be affected irrespective of whether you are using a nofollow or not.

    You would get lot more people visiting your blog to leave a comment when your blog is dofollow :)
     
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  3. grabarz

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    #3
    Leave dofollow, so more bloggers, seo's will visit your blog and leave comment, but it means many comments, and more spam.
     
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  4. rruben

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    Nofollow is good to stop having duplicated content by "noindex, follow" category and tag pages. and nofollowing the login page etc. To stop dividing your pagerank with useless pages (useless to give pagerank to that page).

    But for outbound links you should should decide for yourself what your strategy is:

    Leaving comments nofollow:
    -A lot less spam or comments form people only commenting because of the link.
    -stop flowing your valuable pagerank to other sites.
    -stop flowing pagerank to unrelated sites
    -stop flowing pagerank to unwanted links to increase the value of the links you have chosen to be there.

    Having Dofollow links:
    -Stimulate people to comment:
    -more comments results in a more active looking community, with the result that you look more trustworthy.
    -By having to option to get mail notifications of the comments you increase the pageviews by letting the commenters-for-the-link-people- come again to your site.
    -After commenting you have their email addresses for newsletters maybe?
     
    rruben, Jul 10, 2008 IP
  5. priyakochin

    priyakochin Banned

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    #5
    dofollow will help you in getting traffic but beware of spammers.
     
    priyakochin, Jul 10, 2008 IP
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    mehulzealous Guest

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    #6
    make it do follow if you want more traffic. Otherwise it's ok to continue with no follow as it stops duplicate traffic and gets you real visitors
     
    mehulzealous, Jul 10, 2008 IP
  7. knev1510rose

    knev1510rose Peon

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    TroyM Well-Known Member

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    You will get more page indexed on search engines by using "Nofollow" tags.. This is my personal opinion and experience..
    I do not appreciate usage of "nofollow" tags.. I hate spammers, especially porn spammers..
     
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  9. lycos

    lycos Well-Known Member

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    While there’s nothing wrong to put the nofollow tag, it will actually encourage honest and genuine comments rather than from somebody who just do it for the sake of getting backlinks. I would say stick to what you have decided in the first place.
     
    lycos, Jul 10, 2008 IP
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    kush86 Well-Known Member

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    #10
    dofollow tag in wordpress software.

    Good:
    More traffic
    More comments

    Bad:
    Brings spammers

    Good out weight the bad go for it.
     
    kush86, Jul 10, 2008 IP
  11. juliensimon

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    dofollow doesn't even exist. A link is dofollow by default. So unless you see a nofollow, then all your links are dofollow.
    The biggest concern is either you want to attract spammers or not....make sure you are not in ANY dofollow lists....
     
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    for_si2003 Banned

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    #12
    get traffic by allowing dofollow. When everyone has commented, remove all comments:rolleyes:
     
    for_si2003, Jul 10, 2008 IP
  13. Sunlust

    Sunlust Active Member

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    Can you actually see if a link is "nofollow" using Firebug ?
     
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    Everybody knows that. We call it that way just to make the difference clear.
     
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    rruben Peon

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    If you have the "SEO for Firefox" Add-on from seobook.com all the nofollow links on every web page will get marked red. So this tool makes it incredibly easy to see what's nofollow and what is not. I recommend this tool to you, it is really handy and has a lot more features included, so check it out. :)
     
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    remoradea Banned

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    If you intend to "monetize the Pagerank" then use nofollow. But of course you'll fall in the link sellers/those who promote artificially category to which Google declares War.
    If you want to profit in another method which implies many visitors use dofollow.
     
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    nairbuoyevoli Active Member

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    #17
    this isnt not bad.. having nofollow attribute a way of filtering link juices..

    it wont harm your site,,.
     
    nairbuoyevoli, Jul 11, 2008 IP
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    Thanks man, I used to have it ages ago, time to get it again :D
     
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    Thank you this will help me for saving time on creating back links
     
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