Comments on: To nofollow or not to nofollow?

By: Nicki

Nicki — Mon, 18 May 2009 14:16:17 +0000

Yes, you can change them to nofollow links in the HTML by adding rel=”nofollow” before the href link location, as in Google Maps.

I don’t think there’s any one good proportion as far as incoming/outgoing links. The more incoming links, the better; and you wouldn’t want to have an overwhelming number of outgoing links on the page – ask yourself what are the best/most helpful for your readers.

By: Lazy Kiwi bird

Lazy Kiwi bird — Sun, 17 May 2009 16:50:47 +0000

Very good explanation, thank you.

Can I edit html at my page and change some dofollow to nofollow?
If yes, what I have to do?

Also, is there some proportion between incoming links and outging links? What proportion is the best?

By: Nicki

Nicki — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 13:23:08 +0000

Joost,

You’re absolutely right. For example, I did not nofollow the folks over at eVisibility for the picture they designed.

However, I do think there’s a delicate balance between linking to credit authors and linking to Google Maps..Google really doesn’t need that link love!

By: Joost | Internetguerillas

Joost | Internetguerillas — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 06:55:18 +0000

Well… I do understand that you want to keep some internal pages not getting spidered (isn’t it better to use Javascript?)…

and from a SEO perspective I understand that you don’t want to leak PageRank…

but from the perspective of what is ‘just’… I think you do want to give the credits to the author of the page you are linking to, right?

By: Miguel Salcido

Miguel Salcido — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 17:14:10 +0000

Nicki, great post and we are glad that you liked our buckets.
I think that they are a great and simple visual that helps explain the nofollow strategy. We also agree that testing and experimentation are key when developing new SEO strategies. We have seen the nofollow work very well before. But you need to make sure that you do not overdue it, like with anything, use in moderation. We typically only use it on the homepage and you need to make sure that you leave a funnel open for the spiders to get to all of your pages.