Nofollow was introduced back in 2005 and came about as a reaction to blog spam comments. Believe it or not, SEO professionals used to try and manipulate Google’s PageRank on their sites just as they try to manipulate, well, everything. Nofollow basically tells Google (or any other search engine that supports this attribute) not to … Read more
Nofollow was introduced back in 2005 and came about as a reaction to blog spam comments. Believe it or not, SEO professionals used to try and manipulate Google’s PageRank on their sites just as they try to manipulate, well, everything. Nofollow basically tells Google (or any other search engine that supports this attribute) not to … Read more
Google’s Martin Splitt answered a question about whether internal nofollow links and noindex meta robots directives send the wrong signal to Google that the website is low quality. Nofollow Link Attribute The nofollow link attribute came about as a standard created by Google, Yahoo and Microsoft that publishers can use to signal that a link … Read more
Google’s John Mueller answered a tweet about the proper use of nofollow for SEO, while agreeing with the tweet, he also pointed out a nuance about the nofollow attribute that was missing. The tweet arose from an infographic that shared when and when not to use the nofollow attributes. Nofollow Infographic A Yale study showed … Read more
At face value, the average website user cannot tell whether a link is Nofollow or Dofollow. You can copy or click on a Nofollow link just the same as they do any other link on the web. Behind the scenes, however, there is quite a big difference. Google considers Dofollow links a vote of confidence … Read more
