Besides reading (and still having a hard time understanding) Google's Follow vs. NoFollow rules, I haven't been able to decide on whether do-follow links are better than no-follow links. Take, for example the following blog comment: (http://seo2.0.onreact.com/commenting-on-dofollow-blogs-as-a-link-building-strategy) Now, let's take the following sentence as an example: "The advice Google provides webmasters is to make links "nofollow" if they represent untrusted or low quality user contributed content." (from http://knol.google.com/k/knol-help/follow-vs-nofollow-links-in-knol/si57lahl1w25/90) The anchor text word "advice" leads to the following link: http://www.google.com/support/webmasters/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=96569 Would the above anchor text word "advice" be classified then as a do-follow link? If so, how would we convert this same sentence into a no-follow link? Here's my other question: am I off the track in my understanding that an anchor text link is the same as a back-link? I'm developing a blog in WordPress, and I've read that they automatically "no-follow" your links. In other words, if I'm understanding this correctly, if I have any anchor text links in my blog, they won't be picked up by the search engines if they're no-followed. And yet, I'd like to be able to refer to a link from another site, or writer, when I need to reference a statement for example...or, as in the case of mentioning a product from an internet marketer I'm affiliated with. I remember reading that Google does not favor do-follow links as they consider them as a spam. Surely one has to draw the line somewhere, but then, this is why there is so much uncertainty, since apparently the answer has not really been that clear to everyone. Anyone's ideas, opinions, or suggestions, will be most appreciated. Jenevieve
Wordpress doesn't nofollow links by default, it nofollow comment / trackback links. Post links are dofollow by default.