Difference between dofollow link and nofollow link?

Discussion in 'Link Development' started by contentedge, Nov 4, 2007.

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  1. #1
    Hi everyone,
    Could someone explain the difference between a dofollow link and nofollow link? And how do I find out whether a link is a dofollow one or nofollow one? Thanks in advance for your inputs.

    Cheers
    Kris
     
    contentedge, Nov 4, 2007 IP
  2. Nelegal

    Nelegal Peon

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    Hi, Kris!
    As I know, nofollow links are not indexed by search engines
     
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  3. ryan_uk

    ryan_uk Illustrious Member

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    #3
    "nofollow" means that Google will give less "weight" to the link, e.g. won't pass PR. Or so I understand it. If a link does not have nofollow (i.e. is a dofollow link) then Google won't treat it differently.
     
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  4. contentedge

    contentedge Active Member

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    #4
    Thanks for your two cents guys. But how do I find out whether a blog/site allows dofollow links or nofollow links? Is there a way? I appreciate your responses. :)

    Thanks
    Kris
     
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    #5
    The code will have rel="nofollow" in the a element. This isn't the only type of link that doesn't pass love along, though; there are all kinds of js tricks that will do the same.

    You can use browser plug ins to highlight nofollow links, but as far as I know there isn't anything that will detect all ways to hide a link from search engines.
     
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    Use firefox browser. It has a built in plugin which shows all the no-follow links in dotted red frame. I'm always looking at a blog postings first to see if it has such links before I make a post.
     
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    ryan_uk Illustrious Member

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    The SearchStatus extension is required for that.
     
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  9. contentedge

    contentedge Active Member

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    Thanks seoz87, it was an informative post.

    Kris
     
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    QiSoftware Well-Known Member

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    #10 
    <meta name="robots" content="index, follow" />
    Code (markup):
    checking the source of the link will show if it is follow or nofollow. I think the default is follow if nothing is specified.


    Q...
     
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    I would not worry about it and just get all the links you can that are relvent. I just made a new site on a brand new domain and collected only non follow links on purpose. It is now idexed by all and even ranked on google getting traffic. Go figure.
     
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    Hi contentedge

    Here is an online tool named Search Status, download it from http://www.quirk.biz/.

    This tool will automatically highlight the nofollow links. I have been using this tool since 1.5 yr.
     
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    contentedge Active Member

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    Pankaj,
    Thanks for the link man. I've downloaded it. Thanks everyone who shared their views/information. I appreciate it. :)

    Kris
     
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