I have just created my first Google knoll. Firefox nonofollow check showed the links up as blue but in the head section it has: Am I right in thinking that this makes the links worthless and a nofollow?
It's a similar situation to Wikipedia. However, it's known that Google still looks at links from Wikipedia highly. Maybe not the case yet with Knoll.
I would still put it on. I'm beginning to think that G ignores NF attribute anyway. Sure - Matt Cutts is preaching about NF - but I don't believe the guy.
NoFollow is still good. I've done tests with several websites using only NoFollow links, and they've ranked just as good as my DoFollow'd websites.
It's no follow. But, it won't hurt if you have no follow links, they won't be indexed by Google, but they will by Yahoo.
would still put it on. I'm beginning to think that G ignores NF attribute anyway. Sure - Matt Cutts is preaching about NF - but I don't believe the guy.
Knol is garbage for internet marketers/linkbuilders. Have you EVER seen a Knol page appear in a SERP? I haven't.
Even if it is nofollow, there may be some value in referral traffic from Knol. Depends on how many people actually go to the Knol site, though.
I was skeptical, but I built several pages. Some of the pages contain only original content and some contain content that I had previously published on other web 2.0 sites. It took a while, but I have seen several of these pages come up in search results. I also see human traffic to some of my sites from the knol pages.