DoFollow links and NoFollow links are the two options for adding links to anchor texts. Links are important because they lead to search engine optimization, or SEO. SEO is important because:
1) Your page will appear on the fact page of Google’s results list. This increases your visibility.
2) Most web surfers only consider the results on the first page of the results list. This means you will get more hits and consequently, more money.
Although many people do not consider the difference to be significant, the two options have several differences worth noting. Knowing these differences will help you choose the option that is best suited for your specific situation.
Difference between DoFollow and NoFollow Links
1) With a DoFollow link, your website will receive the vote of the webmaster and this will increase your ranking. With a NoFollow link, you get no vote and so your ranking will not change.
2) NoFollow links do not have unrelated ads to weblogs and other forums while DoFollow links does. DoFollow links are considered to be a dirty tactic, just as bad as spamming. The NoFollow attribute was developed by Google to fight DoFollow links. With DoFollow links, there is a risk that your whole site, or a single page, may be filtered out.
3) You can use NoFollow links with large sites such as google.com, digg.com, and cnn.com. This is because these sites are already popular and nothing you do can break them.
4) Most forum owners allow DoFollow links in the signature and add NoFollow links in the post body.
5) NoFollow links are popular with bloggers because they add to the value of the blog. This is because search engines love fresh content and comments are one source of such content. Bloggers opt for NoFollow links because they know they can attract visitors if the visitors can benefit from the commenting.
You can determine the link you have by checking the page source or through Firefox add-ons such as Status Search.
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April 8th, 2010 at 8:24 pm
“DoFollow links are considered to be a dirty tactic, just as bad as spamming.”
I feel sad to read this
Dofollow links in my opinion can be associated with spam, but they can also be used non-spammically. One example, making profile sites and putting up a couple of keyword do follow links isn’t spamming anyone, the only people who visit your profile site are the folks who want to learn more about you. Otherwise it’s not infringing on anyones net experience.
– Kara
April 10th, 2010 at 5:19 am
I hate to say it but the no follow tag is over rated. I have commented on no follow blogs and got the same results as commenting on do follow blogs. Even though they do not increase PR they still count as a link to your site, whether Google Yahoo or Bing will admit it or not. I hope this helps you and any readers of this blog!
April 13th, 2010 at 11:29 am
Really your post is interesting one and the information is apt and clear. Another point can also be told that – All the dofollow links are on positive site, which show a strong backlink when it is increasing and nofollow links as much as increases it will make it spam, and reduce the position of your site. Thanks for sharing.
July 7th, 2010 at 1:53 pm
Thanks a lot for the clarification between the two. I mostly look to build dofollow links for myself, but I’ve found if I only build 100% dofollow links, i get penalized. it’s good to throw in a few nofollow ones for good measure.
July 17th, 2010 at 3:11 am
At the end of the day, a link is a link when it comes to quantity. However, not all links are created equally and that, is the big issue facing us all – quantity or quality.
Arguably,its better to spend your time cultivating a smaller number of high PR sites that you can get your links from, than a large number of PR 0 and PR 1’s.