define: nofollow attribute!

Discussion in 'Search Engine Optimization' started by andymayo, Apr 9, 2008.

  1. #1
    what does it mean?
     
    andymayo, Apr 9, 2008 IP
  2. archer_07

    archer_07 Guest

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    #2
    Here's what I've got from wiki..

    "nofollow is a 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."

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nofollow
     
    archer_07, Apr 9, 2008 IP
  3. GameOver

    GameOver Well-Known Member

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    #3
    no follow links do not help your SEO in any way. It tells the SE spiders to ignore the link so it won't count towards your PR either.
     
    GameOver, Apr 9, 2008 IP
  4. andymayo

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    #4
    thats shit then.. most free directories are nofollow,
     
    andymayo, Apr 9, 2008 IP
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    tsukara Banned

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    #5
    nofollow attribute is used to prevent passing the PR link juice.
     
    tsukara, Apr 9, 2008 IP
  6. chaitanya.seo

    chaitanya.seo Banned

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    #6
    Not most,

    "Few free Directories are With Nofollow" But takes time to get approval"

    Don't feed any miss information here.
     
    chaitanya.seo, Apr 9, 2008 IP
  7. andymayo

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    #7
    all the free directories i have been on today have a paid option and a free no follow option. thats not a missinturpritation. its why i asked.
     
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  8. xlizard

    xlizard Peon

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    #8
    The nofollow attribute in a link tells the webcrawler not to follow that link. That means that the bot will just ignore the link and not take it into account for indexing or ranking.
     
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  9. angilina

    angilina Notable Member

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    #9
    For Google, it means that don't pass any PR juice to links with a nofollow attribute :)
     
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  10. nairbuoyevoli

    nairbuoyevoli Active Member

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    #10
    tihs is also to make a site safe from penalized site..
     
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    #11
    Thanks for asking this question and for everyone that answered. I've always wondered what no follow means.
     
    sbtemp, Apr 9, 2008 IP
  12. Bloomtools

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    #12
    Nofollow links are worthless for getting pr, still it sends high traffic too.
     
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    Aryans Well-Known Member

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    #13
    read this en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nofollow
     
    Aryans, Apr 9, 2008 IP
  14. thunderbolt007

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    Nofollow, it is the restriction attribute so that the Search Engine will stop following the links in the site. Correct me if I'm wrong... Lol.
    from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nofollow
     
    thunderbolt007, Apr 9, 2008 IP