Do reciprocal links have a negative effect? Even if they are "no follow"?

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    Do reciprocal links have a negative effect? Even if they are "no follow" and relevant?

    What consequences does this have on PageRank?
     
    rosskellypt, Aug 26, 2011 IP
  2. dummy2010

    dummy2010 Peon

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    if the website relevant to yours then reciprocal links can only help
     
    dummy2010, Aug 29, 2011 IP
  3. rosskellypt

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    I thought that having a mixture of "do follow" and "no follow" links was good for creating a natural looking link profile?
     
    rosskellypt, Aug 31, 2011 IP
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    forexaff Active Member

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    Yep a mix of both definitely helps and also keeps your domain/site off the sandbox
     
    forexaff, Aug 31, 2011 IP
  5. dcristo

    dcristo Illustrious Member

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    I have to ask the obvious question, why would you get recip nofollow links?
     
    dcristo, Aug 31, 2011 IP
  6. eric_wahlberg

    eric_wahlberg Well-Known Member

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    The only negative point is if they are no follow since they can't be indexed. Hence won't benefit in search engine ranking.
     
    eric_wahlberg, Aug 31, 2011 IP
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    forexaff Active Member

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    I think nofollow is completely different to noindex. Just because a link is nofollow doesn't mean it won't be indexed.
     
    forexaff, Aug 31, 2011 IP
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    COBSolutions Well-Known Member

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    No follow or Do follow, a backlink is a backlink, go get it in my opinion, it cannot harm you in any way, even if it cannot help, and if it is available in the exact same niche as yours even a no follow backlink can help
     
    COBSolutions, Aug 31, 2011 IP
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    finsofts Active Member

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    I have some thing to share an expert advice on no-follow and do-follow linking
    Matt Cutts of Google has provided advice about PageRank and the no-follow attribute. If you are considering changing your links from no-follow to do-follow, please check the video below to be helpful.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQfOhncTXRU&feature=player_embedded
     
    finsofts, Aug 31, 2011 IP
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    unknownpray Active Member

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    Reciprocal links do help but personally I don't like them and have never used them.
     
    unknownpray, Sep 9, 2011 IP
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    I also didn't get much benefit from reciprocal links.
     
    powermind, Sep 10, 2011 IP