Google and nofollow links

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  1. #1
    Hi All

    Can anyone tell me if Google still counts backlinks that have the nofollow tag as a vote for your website and just not give the pr from them, or are these links completely useless?

    Thanks
     
    pgrantuk, Mar 13, 2008 IP
  2. niessuh

    niessuh Well-Known Member

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    i think no. it's completely useless.
     
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  3. mhmdkhamis

    mhmdkhamis Well-Known Member

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    no follow don,t pass pagerank only but i think google see it as back link
     
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  4. iaria

    iaria Peon

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    #4
    actually google follows some of these links, but they don't count to PR
     
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  5. Robert T

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    Hi,

    Google treats nofollow links like this:

    • No link juice or PageRank is passed
    • The link will not be crawled
    • The link is recorded as a backlink (they show up in Google Webmaster Tools)

    More info on nofollow links
     
    Robert T, Mar 13, 2008 IP
  6. MikeBradbury

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    #6
    The links get crawled, I promise you that, they just aren't given much weight.

    Something else to consider is that while, yes, nofollows do not pass Link Juice, they DO have implications regarding the quality of your linking profile.

    if Google finds your site and sees only follow tags from blogs, it will throw the red flag. Create as natural a linking profile as possible is my advice.
     
    MikeBradbury, Mar 13, 2008 IP
  7. dpking

    dpking Peon

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    #7
    They dont pass the PR juice !!
     
    dpking, Mar 13, 2008 IP
  8. Brett Gian

    Brett Gian Banned

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    #8
    In the eye of Google No follow tag are only for duplicate content. If you are using no follow that means you are promoting a sites or content for visitors not for search engines.
     
    Brett Gian, Mar 13, 2008 IP
  9. MikeBradbury

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    No follow tags are for:

    • paid links
    • comment spam
    • pages you don't want your link-juice going to

    But duplicate content?
     
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  10. Robert T

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    See #14

    Although, I have seen nofollow links "crawled" on occasion, generally not. Not sure if this behavior is an occasional script error or what.
     
    Robert T, Mar 14, 2008 IP
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    Some experts think that Google still uses the anchor text in nofollow links, but doesn't do anything else with them.
     
    billybw, Mar 14, 2008 IP
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    angilina Notable Member

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    #12
    Google will show nofollow links in webmaster tools but these links dont count when it comes to PR.
     
    angilina, Mar 14, 2008 IP
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    #13
    No follow links may not pass link juice but they are not useless if you can get
    lots of targeted traffic from them.
     
    kingofsanda, Mar 14, 2008 IP
  14. lzy

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    #14
    No added-value to PR that's for sure.
     
    lzy, Mar 14, 2008 IP
  15. Lovely

    Lovely Well-Known Member

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    Nofollow link is not completely useless if you get alot to a targeted anchor text or traffic, because it count when it come to Google webmaster tool, but useless when it come to link juice for PR...
     
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  16. enous

    enous Well-Known Member

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    I think more links is better as Google's always carzy..
     
    enous, Mar 14, 2008 IP
  17. ashisharora_83

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    nofollow links are completely useless but if you get links from high traffic sites like wikipedia then offcourse you will get some traffic...

    --Thanks...
     
    ashisharora_83, Mar 16, 2008 IP
  18. SEOibiza

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    #18
    disagree, anchor text value can still pass even if the PR doesnt. its obviously a better link if it's got a high PR to OBL ratio and passing juice, but we think that nofollowed links can still assign anchor text value to a site and help it rank.
     
    SEOibiza, Mar 16, 2008 IP