Comments on: DoFollow vs NoFollow Backlinks

By: Felicia

Felicia — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 10:36:54 +0000

Thanks for the explanation, Julie.

BTW, I think the ban problem corrected itself. I think things got a bit screwy when I updated to the latest version of WordPress. I’m glad you’re back!

By: Julie

Julie — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 21:22:00 +0000

Hi,

I thought I would jump in here with the backlinks questions. Nofollow means Google will not crawl it – there are times you will want to use this (i.e. affiliate links). As far as getting higher in search engines – backlinks are very important. But, not any backlink will do. They should be from quality sites – relevant is not really an issue, but anchor text and quality is. Nofollow will still show up, but does not count towards their algorithm – so you don’t get “credit”.

What is even more important is the outgoing links you have on your own site, which similar rules apply. Since outgoing links you actually have control over, you have to be careful on this. But, Felicia is right when she says reputable sites – higher PR, the better. Some ways to do this: article marketing, blog commenting, forums, etc. Does this make sense? I think I will write a post on this since this is do long!! (Felicia – thanks for fixing my “ban”)
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By: Felicia

Felicia — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 10:19:23 +0000

Bill, I’m no expert on backlinks, but I believe as long as the links are coming from reputable sites and are pertinent to your blog’s topic, they should count for something (whether do of no follow). I would love to hear from someone with more knowledge on the topic.

By: Bill Joyce

Bill Joyce — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 18:56:27 +0000

I understand the technology well enough to get in trouble. If I am attempting to get backlinks, would a no follow have any value. In fact, I thought that was the point…no following. But I run backlink checker tools and it shows both dofollow and nofollow links.

Are nofollow backlinks beneficial with the search engines?

By: Angela

Angela — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 20:57:48 +0000

Thanks for the firefox resource!!! I’m pro dofollow. We all like to blog and honestly who doesn’t want to benefit from it. I enjoy commenting but it’s a bonus when I’m getting an extra link out there for myself. That’s my take! Thanks for the great article!!!
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