How do i know if a link is do follow or not?

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    How do i know if a link is do follow or not?

    on a blog commenting for example.
     
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  2. freelistfool

    freelistfool Peon

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    View the page source. If the "a href" tag has rel=nofollow then it is no follow. If there is NOT a rel=nofollow then it is a do follow link.
     
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  3. astup1didiot

    astup1didiot Notable Member

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    Don't forget to check for the robots meta tag, if it contains nofollow then it has the same effect as nofollow attribute, a lot of webmasters get fooled this way. ;)
     
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  4. Dollar

    Dollar Active Member

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    In firefox you can right-click on the link and choose properties, it should say
    Relation:

    If its blank its do-follow, if it says nofollow, well no brainer.

    You can alos download SEO for firefox at seobook.com] and it will highlight all nofollow links in page with bright red.
     
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    If you have firefox, you can use seo for firefox or searchstatus by quirk.
     
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    I'd go with Search Status, it will show you Nofollow links and PR of web pages.

    so if you are not using G toolbar so search status can help for Green Bar

    Eric
     
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    Hi Dolar, I wonder is the FireFox indication correct when it comes to detecting robots.txt rules.
     
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    You can also install SearchStatus extension for Firefox that enables you to highlight nofollow link on the page you're visiting.
     
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    sure. check source code there find no-follow in anchor tags.
     
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    lifeplayer Notable Member

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    I'm using firefox add on- searchstatus
    You can see the pink highlight if the link is nofollow, other than that, searchstatus show the alexa ranking and PR as well
     
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