Hey there, I am new to the whole webmaster scene, and besides submitting my site and doing some self promotion, i haven't done much more. So, i always see posts about "do follow blogs/links" or "no-follow blogs/links" and i don't know what they are. A explanation would be greatly appreciated, Thanks!
in a plain html link, the structure is as follows: <a href="http://www.exampleurl.com">text here</a> if you place a "nofollow" command in the url it tells the search engines not to count that hyperlink as an outgoing (ie backlink) to the site being referenced. literally "don't follow this link." this is what a nofollow link looks like: <a href="http://www.exampleurl.com" rel="nofollow">text here</a> http://www.exampleurl.com now does not receive the "link juice" benefit of the backlink, but however it is still clickable to the user. many bloggers feel that other bloggers shouldn't be stingy with their outgoing links, and should remove the "nofollow" command that is embedded in plugins such as "Top Commentators." however, once the "nofollow" command is removed, it is like inviting spammers to your site to leave comments to their spam sites for free backlinks. it's a heated debate, and really up to the publisher if they want to allow or disallow nofollows. marketers often seek out "do follow" blogs (that have removed the nofollows) to comment on in order to get free back links.
Thanks for the great explanation. Now i understand why people are always craving for the "do-follow" blogs. Thanks buddy for the info
Yahoo does not pay attention to nofollow like G does. It will still index your site. You can check all of your backlinks with this tool: http://seopro.com.au/free-seo-tools/new/link-checker/ It will tell you the PR and whether or not a particular backlink is do or nofollow. Cheers!
Thanks for the tool.. Now i just need to start some more marketing for my site, backlinks etc. All the info helps. Thanks again
that tool is pretty awesome it's still running ... do you know if the data can be downloaded to a spreadsheet? i've used a couple different tools to extract backlinks but haven't seen any that list which ones are nofollow. thanks!
Thanks for the seopro.com tool. This will help me big time. Also, showing the PR is icing on the cake!
wanna make a quick rel="dofollow" pr2 backlink ? won't take yo more tahn 3 mins. check my dofollow blog: http://hellkeyhole.com/you-comment-i-follow-range +1300 other dofollow links!