Rules Signature with a nofollow link?

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    I wish to know why my signature with "adwords" is a nofollow link. Also i saw some advertising links with rel=nofollow. Can someone please explain?
     
    imfusa, Jun 1, 2011 IP
  2. digitalpoint

    digitalpoint Overlord of no one Staff

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    #2
    Explain what? rel=nofollow simply means PageRank won't be passed.
     
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  3. imfusa

    imfusa Active Member

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    Understood, but why?
     
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    digitalpoint Overlord of no one Staff

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    The system does it automatically for things it considers possible spam.
     
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    I see. Thanks for the explanation. That site has an ssl certificate, could be a bug?
     
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    digitalpoint Overlord of no one Staff

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    No idea if there are bugs on the site, it's not my site.
     
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    ranjithsf1 Peon

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    Are all signatures on digital point no follow or only a few that are suspected to be spam? How do I know if the text in my signature is made do follow or no follow?
     
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    dynashox Premium Member Staff

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    Only that is considered as spam is nofollow. If you use Firefox, you can install an addon called Quirk Search Status. It will show you if the links are dofollow or not.
     
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  9. abyse

    abyse Notable Member

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    view post source-> press Ctrl + F , search for your signature text

    <a href="yoursite" target="_blank">your text</a> = follow

    <a href="yoursite" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">your text</a> = nofollow
     
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    that's probably the best way to check whether a link is nofollow or normal dofollow
    alternatively, you can install another firefox addon which is "NoDofollow" this addon will also highlight the links with nofollow attribute in red
     
    SSC, Jun 2, 2011 IP