Touchy topic earns a place of its own in Google Help

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7 commentsTuesday, June 3, 2008

Exclusive: Google Leads People To NoFollow Help Center

Touchy topic earns a place of its own in Google Help

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By Firebubble Design (WPN reader) - Thu, 10/09/2008 - 06:16

About time!

Atleast Google have gone to the effort to open a help centre. I feel no-follow is dying trend and something Google is desperate to keep. Maybe due to follow links being a flaw in their algorithm?

By tom (WPN reader) - Thu, 06/19/2008 - 13:07

I like nofollow. It helps

I like nofollow. It helps me control the link flow on my own site.

By Directory Submission (WPN reader) - Fri, 06/06/2008 - 17:21

Does it really help fight spam?

Only a small percentage of people in the SEO field are aware of the NoFollow and DoFollow links. So if the other people link to some sites they like, they would not be even aware of that it can invoke Google penalty. And blog spam has not stopped in spite of the nofollow links which are default in blog comments.

By Ryan (WPN reader) - Fri, 06/06/2008 - 04:07

nofollow

@linkchannels

nofollow is used for websites you want to connect to but don't feel deserves your "vote". Each link you make without the nofollow tag is considered a vote of approval to search engines. If you "approve" a website by linking to it without a nofollow tag and it is a "bad" site (one that is trying to cheat google) then that means to google that you think cheating is ok. The more you link to "bad" sites, the more google thinks you are a cheat.

If you don't know a website well, add rel="nofollow" to the link. People won't tell a difference.

By Adam - Creare Web Design (WPN reader) - Wed, 06/04/2008 - 07:04

I don't mind nofollow being

I don't mind nofollow being used on some purchased links, but making it a standard of blogging software is a bit unnecessary I feel as spam can easily be moderated.

By Cooper (WPN reader) - Wed, 06/04/2008 - 04:59