Nofollow links are not good for ranking purposes but they can be good for traffic. Many people nofollow these links in an effort to conserve link juice, but that practice is becoming a bit more frowned upon recently.
As part of your test marketing program, it's useful to plug into resources which will generate traffic to your website or landing pages -- even if they have a rel=nofollow attribute. Mostly, when you link build you'll be thinking about what links...
So, let's look closer at the nofollow attribute so we're all clear on the topic. It appears that the person in this discussion post got in trouble for not adding nofollow attributes to these, what are essentially, paid links.
As I wrote two weeks ago, the nofollow attribute began life as a tool to remove untrusted links from a site's link graph. This practice, known as PageRank sculpting, is applied by adding a nofollow attribute to links to pages that a site owner...
I've noticed nofollow links at Wikipedia are scraped, dropping the attribute but keeping the link. While the paid links debate raged on, the nofollow attribute was quietly becoming used for more than just blocking outbound links.
Links that use the "nofollow" attribute or some sort of redirect to prevent the passing of PageRank are fine with them. Google's policy on paid links has long been the same: it does not approve of buying or selling links for the purpose of...
Google Webmaster Tools Adds Paid Links ReportingGoogle has been warring against paid links that pass PageRank, such as those that don't use the nofollow attribute or some form of redirect. Avoiding Low-Quality Links and Link Networks
Adam Lasnik on Paid LinksGoogle's spam fighter provided Eric Enge with some insight into Google's thinking on paid links, what their objectives are, and how they view Nofollow. Yahoo Lets Webmasters ID Non-Essential Page ElementsUsing a new "robots...
You could also use the rel=nofollow attribute. Even within the algo, many people argue that people that go the the trouble to buy links are likely selling a relevant product related to that link, so it should count just as much to Google as an...
Since we can't tell people to not sell traffic, and hence sell links, please use the "nofollow" attribute on the links you purchase. This leads to the stance we take against link purchasing, and the corresponding debate that we have with Webmasters...
The most interesting part I found was news that the W3C has added a meta nofollow tag to their page with paid links, which Matt seems to say is the same as the completely different nofollow attribute and thus something acceptable for to do by...
I dug into the source code to discover the blogroll is not using the search engine suggested nofollow attribute, which Google in particular pushes to be used for paid links. Washington Post Selling Text Links?
I dug into the source code to discover the blogroll is not using the search engine suggested nofollow attribute, which Google in particular pushes to be used for paid links. Selling Text Links; Honestly, It's Go Ogle Checkout Not Google Checkout...
I dug into the source code to discover the blogroll is not using the search engine suggested nofollow attribute, which Google in particular pushes to be used for paid links. Today's search podcast covers Googler execs selling stock but not...
I dug into the source code to discover the blogroll is not using the search engine suggested nofollow attribute, which Google in particular pushes to be used for paid links. I started a thread on this at our forums named Do Washington Post Blogroll...
Things to note: (1) The links do not carry the nofollow attribute (2) It seems like anyone can buy the links. Nathan Weinberg linked to a post by Emad Fanous who notes that the W3C is selling PageRank 9 and PR7 links.
Things to note: (1) The links do not carry the nofollow attribute (2) It seems like anyone can buy the links. Aaron Wall discusses how the use of the nofollow in this sense "muddies their credibility," by saying, we have links on our web site...
Things to note: (1) The links do not carry the nofollow attribute (2) It seems like anyone can buy the links. Threadwatch reports that Business.com has added the nofollow attribute, a method of telling search engines not to count particular...
The links do not carry the nofollow attribute Nathan Weinberg linked to a post by Emad Fanous who notes that the W3C is selling PageRank 9 and PR7 links. Is there a difference between having links to "supporters" and selling links to anyone?
In the above entry by Matt, he recommends the use of the "nofollow" link attribute to safely purchase links purely for traffic purposes. One solution is to make outbound links from quality sites that sell links worth nothing towards building...
