Is nofollow that bad ?

Discussion in 'Link Development' started by gantapoc, Oct 15, 2009.

  1. ROOFIS

    ROOFIS Well-Known Member

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    #21

    I guess it's becoming an incidental part of googles indexing. :D
    google result-site:hidemein.com
    Some of those are pr0 even though they're not formally linked in.



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  2. dr_lionheart

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    #22
    no follow link is not bad as it improve indexing of that link if not indexed but it will not get a PR.
     
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  3. openmindz

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    #23
    Wait, there's some misinforming happening in this thread:

    Googlebot WILL crawl through a no-follow link (if we changed all links to no-follow on the web do you think the Googlebot would stop crawling?)
    Googlebot WILL index a site through a prior crawl through a no-follow link
    Googlebot WILL use the anchor text of a no-follow link to determine some relevancy
    Googlebot WILL NOT pass PR juice through a no-follow link (so the prior page effectively will not leak any PageRank)

    I thought about typing on to affect the impact this would have in the SERP's but that's a whole other conversation.
    Essentially, you should try to acquire as many do-follow links as you can, while not intentionally avoiding no-follow because other search engines do not recognize "no-follow" the way Google does.
     
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  4. santamox

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    #24
    Do you want to say (since relevancy is essential for SERP position) that no-follow links help to improve SERP position? Cause they're not (see some of the previous posts twith a prooflink to oficial google's blog).
     
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  5. klkhosting

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    #25
    nofollow is just invisable to crawlers
     
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  6. Barre Tire

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    #26


    Well said the only thing I would add that the only SE that uses No Follow is Google.
     
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  7. vstar

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    #27
    One other thing to add to this is the fact that Google totally expects you to have some NoFollow links... It's completely natural

    Having ONLY DoFollow is un-natural
     
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  8. Barre Tire

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  9. santamox

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    #29
    I can`t agree with you. IMO, it's VERY natural not keeping in mind that you have to make something "no-follow".
     
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  10. YugoSlavac

    YugoSlavac Well-Known Member

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    #30
    I would rather have ten no-follow backlinks than no backlinks at all. The no-follow backlink could have no value but the crawler will STILL have access and crawl to your website.


    Yugo,
    :)
     
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  11. gigxon

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    #31
    I don't think google crawl any of the link with no-follow attribute. So theres no question of SEO boost with such links but this will help you to bring traffic for your blog/website.
    -----------------------I agree with friend's tips maybe it is aslo can help to bring traffic for our blog/website.
     
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  12. xphiletc

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    #32
    Just imagine u own a blog which has constant vistors for the good content of your site, then I think on-follow will help u alot!

    So, the old cliche, every coin has two sides!
     
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  13. gigxon

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    #33
    That looks your ideal is aslso very cool!
    It is has two sides....
     
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  14. atworld100

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    #34
    I guess google won't penalize u for the links that link to u!
     
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  15. nooneisperfect

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    #35
    google count u r nofollow links but it counts very little or some time its says no
     
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  16. myfreeforum

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    #36
    Most of us have seen examples where nofollow tags have boosted keyword rankings. Sometimes I think that a mix of nofollow and dofollow links looks more natural.

    A Link is A Link I think I think. :cool:
     
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  17. fr@nc!z

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    #37
    No Follow links can still help you rank in other search engine like Yahoo and Bing; so, it is still beneficial to gain some NO FOLLOW links.
     
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  18. gigxon

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    #38
    Yes, The nofollow links also can help our rank in other engine!
     
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  19. HalJordan

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    #39
    wrong.

    nofollow links do still contribute to rankings. That Official Google blog post is 4 and a half years out of date !! An awful lot has happened in SEO in the last 4 and half years, and at the time of that post almost everyone agreed that PageRank was king for SERPs. Its very different now.
    Try and find a recent Google comment that states that nofollow links don't contribute anything to SERPs.
    Good luck with that one!
     
    HalJordan, Oct 20, 2009 IP
  20. jrp1

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    #40
    Google crawls no-follow links.. it just strips the ranking benefit from them.
     
    jrp1, Oct 20, 2009 IP