Comments on: How Does Google Really Treat Nofollow Links?

By: Steven Bradley

Steven Bradley — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 15:04:25 +0000

Google says that links with nofollow added won’t pass PageRank so in theory they won’t help your pages rank. However many will tell you that nofollow links can help pages rank.

As far as getting links from pages that don’t add nofollow to their links, it comes down to first creating content that people want to link to. You shouldn’t have to spend time looking for dofollow links. Create good content and promote that content and links should come on their own.

By: buzzparas

buzzparas — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 13:35:40 +0000

although i am new to blogging and SEO and recently read somewhere that google doesnt count no follow link as backlink,i became upset as it is very difficult to find do follow links over web, after reading your article i dont think google doesnt consider no follow , instead reserves some weigh’s for such links. i am confused

By: Steven Bradley

Steven Bradley — Sun, 22 May 2011 20:18:47 +0000

Most sites don’t use nofollow. Most site owners probably never heard of it. The sites that use it a lot are usually those that have been spammed over and over for links and grew tired of it.

There are lots of ways to still get links. I think the best way is to create content people want to link to and then give that content a push to let others know it exists.

That push might be tweeting the post or simply leaving buttons for others to tweet or like or submit to their favorite site.

The push could even be commenting on blogs. If you take the time to write a comment that adds to the post, people will click your link.

You can write guest posts for other sites, network with people who later link to you.

There are still all sorts of ways to get links though most of them start by creating content worth linking to.

By: Mahesh

Mahesh — Fri, 20 May 2011 06:30:26 +0000

Thanks for the reply. But, these days, almost all the sites provide NoFollow links. So, How to get high quality backlinks for better PR?

By: Steven Bradley

Steven Bradley — Fri, 20 May 2011 06:27:48 +0000

Google says they don’t. The whole point of adding rel=”nofollow” to a link is so that link doesn’t pass PageRank. Many people will tell you that they think nofollow links can help web pages rank better, but the word from Google is they don’t help.

By: Mahesh

Mahesh — Fri, 20 May 2011 06:05:39 +0000

I want to know, Does Google consider the nofollow links for PageRank?

By: Steven Bradley

Steven Bradley — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 03:25:04 +0000

Keep in mind this post is about 4 years old now. I do think no-follow links have a greater effect than search engines say, but they probably don’t have much effect.

Of course regardless of whether or not a no-follow is applied to a link, the link can provide a lot of benefit if people actually click on it. I wouldn’t pass on a link just because it’s been no-followed.

By: Web Design Galaxy

Web Design Galaxy — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 08:53:27 +0000

Hi there. Webmasters tools shows me nofollow links, and I’ve optimized a page for a keyword, and made several nofollow links with proper anchor tex, link title, and it seems to me that those links pass some value to the particular web page. Obviously when dealing with high competition keywords, nofollow links won’t be effective enough.
Steven said that noF links pass more link weight than Google claims. I agree with that. I think that noF links can add a lot to the link popularity which isn’t about page rank but about page reputation.

By: Steven Bradley

Steven Bradley — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 02:51:54 +0000

I do think nofollow links pass a little more link weight than Google claims they do. With the Wikipedia link it could also be other people seeing the page and subsequently providing a link that isn’t no-followed.

By: Brian

Brian — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 14:53:30 +0000

I’ve also seen those nofollow links show up in webmaster tools, but more interestingly, I’ve seen Google ranks for some keywords jump up a bit after getting a Wikipedia link.

Now these are just anecdotal reports — there could have been a bunch of other factors, including the boost in traffic from people clicking those Wikipedia links — but anecdotally there seems to be some slight correlation between Wiki nofollow and additional authority.