Is No follow links Worthless At All

webcool · 03-18-2009, 12:23 AM

Getting no follow links is considered as insignificant from the point of view of SEO yet I have a doubt whether they are really insignificant or not?

Strider · 03-18-2009, 02:59 PM

It depends on where those links are. There is still value in being part of a community and interacting with that community. Either from getting traffic from people clicking on the links or getting some recognition in the community as an active member who owns a site that serves that community.

nicks90 · 03-21-2009, 12:51 AM

Google is strict towards no follow and do follow except that other search engines giving importance to these kind of links. Yahoo counts these links as backlinks. You can check in Yahoo explorer and various links which have no follow tags are showing in that list.

So if you are getting links on your niche that take it, irrelevant to no follow or do follow.

bermuda · 03-21-2009, 05:31 PM

No Follow links can be powerful even for the rankings but the fact is that they have been invented to prevent the links PR juice to flow. Many people think that No Follow links are useless while in reality the case is not like this.

Moocha · 03-23-2009, 07:56 AM

A no follow link is still useful in that if your page isn't yet indexed by the search engines if you get a no follow link from another site, the search engines will follow the link and take a look and hopefully index your new page.

liquidgraph · 03-24-2009, 10:31 AM

No follow links are worthwhile because they help show Google that you're site is blossoming organically. A site with 5,000 do-follow links and zero no-follow links is bound to set off a red flag in Google's eyes. A healthy site should have lots of BOTH. A spam site will have lots of low-quality, do-follow links.

webcool · 03-25-2009, 12:43 AM

What about if I can manage to get no follow links from edu or government sites.

vsl.online · 03-25-2009, 12:14 PM

My answer would be a straight no there. To search engine BOT's, they may be worthless and are not SEO friendly, but when it comes to real readers, I guess it will be of great help. As long as the link redirects to your site that its.

By the way, you might wanna check some SEO misconceptions in this link. These are some usefull stuffs which you can use some day. Here it is: http://www.squidoo.com/seomisconceptions

ruby.mein · 03-26-2009, 03:35 AM

NOFOLLOW websites still has use... just think of this one.. whenever someone has click your website from a nofollow blog or site then that click is already a traffic on your website.

krisha · 03-27-2009, 12:09 PM

They are not worthless because:

1. they can bring traffic to your site
2. Other search engine is not following this attribute

primeelite · 03-28-2009, 02:44 PM

Yep not worthless as Yahoo and MSN don't really downgrade these as much as Google. Also either way you are getting clicks to your website which is what you want. For SEO they are not good but for just traffic they are good either way.

nikimedia · 04-08-2009, 12:53 AM

yes, no follow links are worthless in some respects. they wont lift you in the SERPs. However, what they will do is make your linking look much more natural and in this way its a big benefit.

crystak · 04-08-2009, 03:43 PM

Nofollow links are mainly for getting traffic to your website. They won't help in Google SERP as other people said.

thehotspotguide · 04-09-2009, 02:08 PM

I am pretty sure yahoo indexes no follow links. One of my sites is pretty high on the yahoo serp with the use of no follow links.

Mjel · 04-10-2009, 01:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by liquidgraph

No follow links are worthwhile because they help show Google that you're site is blossoming organically. A site with 5,000 do-follow links and zero no-follow links is bound to set off a red flag in Google's eyes. A healthy site should have lots of BOTH. A spam site will have lots of low-quality, do-follow links.

Doubt it. I'd imagine the spam site would have tons of low-quality nofollow links too... especially if they're spamming every blog they can

03-18-2009, 12:23 AM	#1
webcool Registered User Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 131	Is No follow links Worthless At All Getting no follow links is considered as insignificant from the point of view of SEO yet I have a doubt whether they are really insignificant or not?

03-25-2009, 12:14 PM	#8
vsl.online Registered User Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 14	Is No follow links Worthless At All Reply to Thread My answer would be a straight no there. To search engine BOT's, they may be worthless and are not SEO friendly, but when it comes to real readers, I guess it will be of great help. As long as the link redirects to your site that its. By the way, you might wanna check some SEO misconceptions in this link. These are some usefull stuffs which you can use some day. Here it is: http://www.squidoo.com/seomisconceptions

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03-18-2009, 02:59 PM	#2
Strider Registered User Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Pennsylvania, USA Posts: 388	It depends on where those links are. There is still value in being part of a community and interacting with that community. Either from getting traffic from people clicking on the links or getting some recognition in the community as an active member who owns a site that serves that community.

03-21-2009, 12:51 AM	#3
nicks90 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 4	Google is strict towards no follow and do follow except that other search engines giving importance to these kind of links. Yahoo counts these links as backlinks. You can check in Yahoo explorer and various links which have no follow tags are showing in that list. So if you are getting links on your niche that take it, irrelevant to no follow or do follow.

03-21-2009, 05:31 PM	#4
bermuda Registered User Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 68	No Follow links can be powerful even for the rankings but the fact is that they have been invented to prevent the links PR juice to flow. Many people think that No Follow links are useless while in reality the case is not like this.

03-23-2009, 07:56 AM	#5
Moocha Registered User Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 24	A no follow link is still useful in that if your page isn't yet indexed by the search engines if you get a no follow link from another site, the search engines will follow the link and take a look and hopefully index your new page.

03-24-2009, 10:31 AM	#6
liquidgraph Registered User Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 6	No follow links are worthwhile because they help show Google that you're site is blossoming organically. A site with 5,000 do-follow links and zero no-follow links is bound to set off a red flag in Google's eyes. A healthy site should have lots of BOTH. A spam site will have lots of low-quality, do-follow links.

03-25-2009, 12:43 AM	#7
webcool Registered User Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 131	What about if I can manage to get no follow links from edu or government sites.

03-26-2009, 03:35 AM	#9
ruby.mein Registered User Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 71	NOFOLLOW websites still has use... just think of this one.. whenever someone has click your website from a nofollow blog or site then that click is already a traffic on your website.

03-27-2009, 12:09 PM	#10
krisha Registered User Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 6	They are not worthless because: 1. they can bring traffic to your site 2. Other search engine is not following this attribute

03-28-2009, 02:44 PM	#11
primeelite Registered User Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 13	Yep not worthless as Yahoo and MSN don't really downgrade these as much as Google. Also either way you are getting clicks to your website which is what you want. For SEO they are not good but for just traffic they are good either way.

04-08-2009, 12:53 AM	#12
nikimedia Registered User Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 2	yes, no follow links are worthless in some respects. they wont lift you in the SERPs. However, what they will do is make your linking look much more natural and in this way its a big benefit.

04-08-2009, 03:43 PM	#13
crystak Registered User Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 4	Nofollow links are mainly for getting traffic to your website. They won't help in Google SERP as other people said.

04-09-2009, 02:08 PM	#14
thehotspotguide Registered User Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 2	I am pretty sure yahoo indexes no follow links. One of my sites is pretty high on the yahoo serp with the use of no follow links.