There are two types links, do follow and no follow. Basically Google gives too much priority to do follow links. But when you check Google webmaster account of any site, you will see "Links to your site" at Dashboard and also see "more.."(a hyper link). If you click on more..., you will see total links and some websites who links to your websites and also see some no follow websites. What do you say? Does Google consider back links from no follow website and do follow websites?
It's not that Google ignores nofollow links, it's just that it ignores it from their ranking scale.
"When Google sees a nofollow link we drop that link from the link graph we use in our web crawl: we don't use that link to discover new web pages, and we don't use the anchor text from that link in our scoring." - Googler Matt Cutts
Google consider both link dofollow and nofollow and you see both link details in webmaster tool but major deference is that dofollow count as backlinks and it increases your website ranking while nofollow doesn't count as a backlinks it just provides traffic as well as balance the natural link building.
Yes, I am totally agree with the above statement do-follow links is treated as backlinks to your website and it also helps in increasing the PR juice and finally increases the ranking of your website. At the same time, it also counts no-follow links but as backlinks and it does not influence the ranking of your website, such links becomes helpful in increasing the level of traffic and submitting only do-follow looks suspicious.
I also agree that no-follow links are not worthless. No-follow links helps our site to get good visitors and this makes it look like natural link building and that will help our site from being penalized by Google search engine. Other than that Google is the only search engine which differs links as two: No-follow & Do-follow, while other search engine don't do the same. For them, its one and the same...
I do trust both no follow and do follow links because I am getting traffic and leads even from no follow links so can't ignore but yes I do agree that do follow links helps more in getting ranking. When I want to link to a site I don't see whether it is do follow or no follow, see whether it is authority or not.
The answer to this question comes in two parts:
1. No, Google doesn't consider NoFollow links. These links won't help your SERP or give you an SEO boost, however these links can bring in traffic to your website...
2. Yes, Google doesn't like when some websites have only Follow links, it doesn't make sense to them. So a mixture could actually make your website look more authentic in Google's eye.
No Google does not consider nofollow backlink as your backlink, but don't worry here are some other search engine also and for traffic this kind of link very helpful.
i am agree with spinxwebdesign, google count only dofollow links as a backlinks and these links helps to improve the keyword ranking and sites pr on different search engine results pages
Quote from: Nichole Green on May 01, 2012, 02:19:49 AM
The answer to this question comes in two parts:
No, Google doesn't consider NoFollow links. These links won't help your SERP or give you an SEO boost,
I am not completely satisfied by your statement. Google consider both links (dofollow and nofollow). I have seen many times in webmaster account, google consider both links and nofollow link also boosts ranking. Both do follow and no follow links matters in google ranking.
Quote from: spinxwebdesign on April 24, 2012, 03:12:01 AM
Google consider both link dofollow and nofollow and you see both link details in webmaster tool but major deference is that dofollow count as backlinks and it increases your website ranking while nofollow doesn't count as a backlinks it just provides traffic as well as balance the natural link building.
Thank for sharing.I like your post.
I don't idea.
I think all links does matter in Google eyes. I know that Google has cleared in his statement that it does not provide any value to nofollow links but practically I realized that Google some time give importance to nofollow links that are coming from valuable place. But yes I have never seen that links in while I check for Back-links in Google. Even I don't understand why Google don't display all backlinks in search engine but display when I go with Google webmaster tool
Oh great tips shared thanks for the post.
Quote from: denniemark on May 03, 2012, 08:09:45 AM
Quote from: Nichole Green on May 01, 2012, 02:19:49 AM
The answer to this question comes in two parts:
No, Google doesn't consider NoFollow links. These links won't help your SERP or give you an SEO boost,
I am not completely satisfied by your statement. Google consider both links (dofollow and nofollow). I have seen many times in webmaster account, google consider both links and nofollow link also boosts ranking. Both do follow and no follow links matters in google ranking.
I would really love to see any blog and Google official announcement for particular news and updates. I just know one thing that Google don't follow to nofollow links but still unaware of Google algorithm :(
No According To Google ,Counts only do-follow links as vote to your website.But Excessive Do-follow back-links are may be harmful as not giving a look of Natural linking So No-follow link also have importance.
Quote from: hinbook on May 05, 2012, 06:30:58 AM
I think all links does matter in Google eyes. I know that Google has cleared in his statement that it does not provide any value to nofollow links but practically I realized that Google some time give importance to nofollow links that are coming from valuable place. But yes I have never seen that links in while I check for Back-links in Google. Even I don't understand why Google don't display all backlinks in search engine but display when I go with Google webmaster tool
I agree.
oogle locates all backlinks even if they are dofollow or nofollow . . The no follow backlinks can help your website and by sending you referral traffic and bey helping your rankings...
Google do not consider no follow as back links.
Does Google consider no follow links?
Yes, Google consider no follow links. Differences b/w do follow & no follow link is that Google Don't create backlink in no follow links