Comments on: How Nofollow Links Affect You http://www.internetmarketingfool.com/2007/08/30/how-nofollow-links-affect-you/ Sat, 22 Nov 2008 09:30:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Will http://www.internetmarketingfool.com/2007/08/30/how-nofollow-links-affect-you/#comment-14301 Will Tue, 04 Sep 2007 22:35:21 +0000 http://www.internetmarketingfool.com/2007/08/30/how-nofollow-links-affect-you/#comment-14301 Bravo, Google, leaving everyone wondering (knowing?) what's really going on! Bravo, Google, leaving everyone wondering (knowing?) what’s really going on!

]]> By: Gary http://www.internetmarketingfool.com/2007/08/30/how-nofollow-links-affect-you/#comment-14236 Gary Mon, 03 Sep 2007 15:46:59 +0000 http://www.internetmarketingfool.com/2007/08/30/how-nofollow-links-affect-you/#comment-14236 What's the point of no-follow? Or, in other words - why would anyone link to a site if they did not trust it? I can't think of any examples of this ?? Or, is it all down to Google, as they want to control the interweb. It's a conspiracy, I say, a conspiracy ;) Or maybe, just maybe, there is something more sinister going on. Google wish webmasters to "no follow" links, just so that google can get more data on the type of sites that are no followed. I know for a FACT that no-follows ARE followed... What’s the point of no-follow? Or, in other words - why would anyone link to a site if they did not trust it? I can’t think of any examples of this ??

Or, is it all down to Google, as they want to control the interweb. It’s a conspiracy, I say, a conspiracy ;)
Or maybe, just maybe, there is something more sinister going on. Google wish webmasters to “no follow” links, just so that google can get more data on the type of sites that are no followed.

I know for a FACT that no-follows ARE followed…

]]> By: Will http://www.internetmarketingfool.com/2007/08/30/how-nofollow-links-affect-you/#comment-14140 Will Sun, 02 Sep 2007 10:24:16 +0000 http://www.internetmarketingfool.com/2007/08/30/how-nofollow-links-affect-you/#comment-14140 From what I can see, Sarah, the Googlebot won't follow any links with the nofollow attribute set. From <a href="http://www.google.com/support/webmasters/bin/answer.py?answer=33582" rel="nofollow">Google's webmaster help center</a>, <blockquote>you can also instruct Googlebot not to crawl individual links by adding rel="nofollow" to a hyperlink</blockquote> From what I can see, Sarah, the Googlebot won’t follow any links with the nofollow attribute set.

From Google’s webmaster help center,

you can also instruct Googlebot not to crawl individual links by adding rel=”nofollow” to a hyperlink

]]> By: SarahG http://www.internetmarketingfool.com/2007/08/30/how-nofollow-links-affect-you/#comment-14138 SarahG Sun, 02 Sep 2007 09:42:15 +0000 http://www.internetmarketingfool.com/2007/08/30/how-nofollow-links-affect-you/#comment-14138 I think nofollow is handy if you want to say to the spiders 'I don't trust this link' and I'll use it purposely if I'm linking to a site but don't want to give them SEO credit so to speak, however I do think Google needs to be a bit clearer on its use and how googlebot reacts to a nofollow link. I think nofollow is handy if you want to say to the spiders ‘I don’t trust this link’ and I’ll use it purposely if I’m linking to a site but don’t want to give them SEO credit so to speak, however I do think Google needs to be a bit clearer on its use and how googlebot reacts to a nofollow link.

]]> By: Will http://www.internetmarketingfool.com/2007/08/30/how-nofollow-links-affect-you/#comment-14035 Will Fri, 31 Aug 2007 17:21:48 +0000 http://www.internetmarketingfool.com/2007/08/30/how-nofollow-links-affect-you/#comment-14035 I don't see how Google could view that as something to be penalised for unless the site you're linking to has already been flagged as belonging to a 'bad neighbourhood'. I don’t see how Google could view that as something to be penalised for unless the site you’re linking to has already been flagged as belonging to a ‘bad neighbourhood’.

]]> By: mlankton http://www.internetmarketingfool.com/2007/08/30/how-nofollow-links-affect-you/#comment-14034 mlankton Fri, 31 Aug 2007 17:09:42 +0000 http://www.internetmarketingfool.com/2007/08/30/how-nofollow-links-affect-you/#comment-14034 Does google penalize you for linking to yourself? I have a couple instances where I have linked to another one of my articles when it was relevant. Does google see this and think something funny is going on? Does google penalize you for linking to yourself? I have a couple instances where I have linked to another one of my articles when it was relevant. Does google see this and think something funny is going on?

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