Posted on August 14, 2008 - by Kelly Verge
Follow Links -vs- No-Follow Links
Nearly everywhere you look, people talk about the need for finding blogs and/or forums that have follow links (in other words, sites that have not turned on nofollow).
However, I’ve recently read that nofollow links are not as useless with Google as they were once thought. It appears that if your site is already indexed, a nofollow link will still count as a link with Google, albeit with somewhat less weight.
Today I got a nofollow link on an .edu site for one of my pages. Since that’s the only potential .edu link (unless I get really lucky with this brand-new site), I’ll keep an eye on it to see if I get .edu credit. I’ll post the results here as they happen.
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August 29, 2008
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[...] on blogs where they don’t have nofollow set on their comments (although as I’ve said, I wouldn’t be too hasty in discounting nofollow links, [...]
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October 5, 2008
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Definately true. Thanks for thos post
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November 18, 2008
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you should get credit for this link, as google counts nofollow links as backlinks. I have had success will placing relevant nofollow links on niché blogs and such.
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March 6, 2009
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all good things
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March 23, 2009
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Why did All Good Things say “all good things”?
Anyway… It’s been a while since you posted this and I can’t find a follow-up. Do you have any proof now that your .edu nofollow link has helped you?
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August 4, 2009
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Have you ever hear about Angela backlink packets, they are do-follow links which are high rank sites.
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December 10, 2009
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So I assume no .edu credit?? Good luck!!
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December 10, 2009
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I didn’t notice a bump, however it’s just one link.
I’ve found something interesting though. It looks as if Google does count no-follow links as a backlink, but none of the PR is passed along.
It’s a complicated algorithm, for sure.