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Title: Can no-follow link give backlink?
Post by: ellenwillss on 06-23-2011, 06:16:22
Hi Everybody...
Please tell me something about no-follow link. is it useful or not regarding seo?
Title: Re: Can no-follow link give backlink?
Post by: C.Rebecca on 06-27-2011, 23:39:00
Nofollow links can't give you backlinks... But there is other benefit of such backlinks, these backlinks can still get you referral traffic (if you are getting them from niche related high traffic websites)
Title: Re: Can no-follow link give backlink?
Post by: Hogward on 06-28-2011, 01:42:40
A no-follow link is an HTML attribute that tells search engine bots not to follow that particular link. It was introduced by Google in 2005 as a way to combat spammy link building practices.

From an SEO perspective, no-follow links do not directly contribute to the ranking of a website. In other words, they do not pass any "link juice" or authority from one site to another. However, that doesn't mean they are completely useless.

No-follow links still have some value for SEO. While they may not improve your website's rankings, they can still bring in referral traffic and potentially boost your online visibility. Additionally, having a natural mix of follow and no-follow links can appear more organic to search engines and help avoid penalties.

No-follow links are particularly relevant when it comes to user-generated content, such as blog comments or forum posts. By default, most platforms add the no-follow attribute to these types of links to prevent spammers from gaining search engine benefits.

more:
1. Link diversification: Having a mix of follow and no-follow links can help diversify your backlink profile, which search engines often consider as a positive signal. A natural link profile is typically composed of various link types, including both follow and no-follow links.

2. User experience and credibility: No-follow links can still drive traffic to your website if they are placed on reputable and high-traffic platforms. This referral traffic can be valuable in terms of exposure and potential conversions, even if it doesn't directly impact SEO rankings.

3. Webmaster guidelines: While Google does not directly reward websites for having no-follow links, adhering to their webmaster guidelines is still important. By using no-follow attributes appropriately, you can demonstrate your commitment to ethical SEO practices and avoid potential penalties.

4. Social media and brand awareness: Many social media platforms automatically add no-follow attributes to external links. However, sharing content on social media can still contribute to brand awareness, engagement, and potential traffic, which indirectly benefits SEO efforts.

It's important to note that while no-follow links may have their value, follow links are generally considered more beneficial for SEO purposes. Follow links pass link equity, authority, and relevance from one webpage to another, potentially improving the ranking and visibility of your website in search engine results.

It gives traffic to your site instead of backlink.. :)
Title: Re: Can no-follow link give backlink?
Post by: zoesmith01 on 06-29-2011, 15:51:55
It cannot give you backlink but, even though it is no follow, it is also important that people see your url or website, and you can get traffic from there.
Title: Re: Can no-follow link give backlink?
Post by: Hulbert Lee on 07-15-2011, 00:57:09
I've heard no-follow back links still count to give link juice which helps SEO; they just don't help with a website's page rank in Google.
Title: Re: Can no-follow link give backlink?
Post by: kailee on 07-15-2011, 09:22:58
Nofollow Links don't counts as backlink or vote to your site and also does not pass pr juice to link, but it helps to traffic to your site. They are good medium to get huge traffic and they helps to make our link building a natural link building.Google likes natural link building.So always create both do follow as well as no follow backlinks for your website.
Title: Re: Can no-follow link give backlink?
Post by: takeshiro on 07-16-2011, 07:25:03
a nofollow link is not useful.. it will not drive traffice to your website..
Title: Re: Can no-follow link give backlink?
Post by: Smith22 on 07-18-2011, 04:41:13
According to me No-follow links are good but not for your PR you can attract more traffic through it but not promote PR.
Title: Re: Can no-follow link give backlink?
Post by: C.Rebecca on 07-18-2011, 06:39:08
Quote from: takeshiro on 07-16-2011, 07:25:03
a nofollow link is not useful.. it will not drive traffice to your website..

Care to support it....??????

As far as i know and with my personal experience, I can say that nofollow links are equally capable to drive traffic as any other dofollow backlink.

I would really appreciate if you could provide some source to break the myth that nofollow brings traffic :)
Title: Can no-follow link give backlink?
Post by: albert on 07-19-2011, 06:43:43
hello every one,
Yes , we get backlink through no follow links but its not much suitable as comparatively do follow links.no follow terms are only follow by only google SE. So except google other search engine can crawl the no follow links.
Title: Re: Can no-follow link give backlink?
Post by: jennys on 07-20-2011, 12:46:21
Basically Google not crawled the link with nofollow tag but it can be useful for the site in visitor point of view. All links are important including no follow links they give you votes from these sites and can send traffic to your site depending on the anchor text you use. The more sites/links you have pointing back to your site the more likely your site will increase its ranking.
Title: Re: Can no-follow link give backlink?
Post by: mehboobtalukdar on 07-25-2011, 08:08:11
It gives traffic to your site instead of backlink..

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Yes absolutely they give you backlink but not PR.
Title: Re: Can no-follow link give backlink?
Post by: Ackb on 07-27-2011, 01:19:28
Yes get No Fallow link but it is not good for your site
Title: Re: Can no-follow link give backlink?
Post by: pearl003 on 07-27-2011, 04:40:29
sometimes yes no-follow link give backlink, If the page are crawling by google robot then you get backlink.
It doesn't increase your PR.
Title: Re: Can no-follow link give backlink?
Post by: lizatailor23 on 07-29-2011, 00:09:30
Generally nofollow links can not give backlinks. Only increase traffic through the nofollow links.
Title: Re: Can no-follow link give backlink?
Post by: heimannm on 07-29-2011, 06:56:05
The Google's never  crawled the nofollow tag therefore nofollow links are not helping to keyword optimization. otherwise nofollow links are only on used for traffic.
Title: Can no-follow link give backlink?
Post by: hillaryjohnson on 08-03-2011, 14:59:49
No follow link can generate traffic for any website but it can't give you bank links, for back links you have to make Submission in Do follow Sites.
Title: Re: Can no-follow link give backlink?
Post by: openxcell on 08-05-2011, 07:31:52
Google don't consider nofollow as backlinks but other search engine like yahoo is consider nofollow as backlinks.
Title: Re: Can no-follow link give backlink?
Post by: yourmobisite on 08-08-2011, 05:43:30
Hello..

To Generate the traffic no follow links are important but it would not provide back links..
Title: Re: Can no-follow link give backlink?
Post by: kevin66 on 03-01-2012, 01:11:25
No follow link provide high traffic than  give backlinks
Title: Re: Can no-follow link give backlink?
Post by: ipbforum on 03-01-2012, 02:26:49
Hi,

no-follow  can't gives the back links, but they are important for generating traffic on websites
Title: Re: Can no-follow link give backlink?
Post by: robinhood005 on 03-01-2012, 04:04:11
It cannot provide you with back-link but, even though it is no follow, it is also essential that individuals see your url or web page, and you can get visitors from there.
Title: Re: Can no-follow link give backlink?
Post by: juliarobbert on 03-01-2012, 04:20:01
Google does not consider no-follow link as a backlink. It some time increase your traffic no more. But No-follow links are important in backlink campaign because if your website has only do-follow links then Google will notice this as being suspicious and may well give you a penalty for it. No-follow links don't affect website PR or ranking.
Title: Re: Can no-follow link give backlink?
Post by: Ankan on 03-01-2012, 05:57:24
It gives only traffic..
Title: Re: Can no-follow link give backlink?
Post by: waton on 03-01-2012, 17:27:51
Google does count no follow link as backlinks but yahoo will definitely show no follow link on there site explorer also. No follow link just help you to improve your site SERP results.
Title: Re: Can no-follow link give backlink?
Post by: AnnaKovac on 03-07-2012, 03:28:27
hello freind !!
no follow link never gives a backlink it only gives you a traffic
A nofollow link is a link that is included on a webpage using standard html markup but includes an attribute to prevent passing link juice or reputation to the destination page. This type of link does not improve the link target search engine ranking.
thanks....
Title: Re: Can no-follow link give backlink?
Post by: Michigan on 03-19-2012, 06:01:54
Hi,

We can't get back links from no-follow links.But we can get some traffic for that website.

Title: Re: Can no-follow link give backlink?
Post by: remmi on 03-21-2012, 05:37:33
Previously other search engine used to crawl no-follow links except Google. But now Google has also started crawling no-follow links.
Title: Re: Can no-follow link give backlink?
Post by: 12dian04 on 03-22-2012, 03:40:34
In summary, Only links from the authority of the important pages of the site can take some results
Title: Re: Can no-follow link give backlink?
Post by: sam1216 on 03-22-2012, 09:09:22
no follow does not count as a backlink
Title: Re: Can no-follow link give backlink?
Post by: jackycony on 03-22-2012, 12:46:45
Follow the link does not count as back links to your site can vote for and do not pass link juice, but to promote traffic to your site will help you. They are a good medium to get huge traffic, they building.Google natural link building natural links building.So our link to your website is always performed on both as well as the writing and then back to do would like to help.
Title: Re: Can no-follow link give backlink?
Post by: globalseo on 04-03-2012, 04:39:53
Hello, friends Do follow and NO follow links both are beneficial. Nofollow links are referring to targetting the website turn traffic to the site. And Dofollow sites generating backlinks for the pagerank.
Title: Re: Can no-follow link give backlink?
Post by: Atcomaart on 04-04-2012, 03:27:37
No, No-follow links will never give you back links but ya it is true that it will give you lots of traffic to your site. So, consider no-follow sites as well for submission of any off page activity.
Title: Re: Can no-follow link give backlink?
Post by: stevensmith on 04-25-2012, 03:03:08
no dear Google does not count your link as a back link if you submit your link on the no follow site but if you submit your link on the high pr no follow sites then it will give traffic for the site.
Title: Re: Can no-follow link give backlink?
Post by: 12dian04 on 04-26-2012, 04:00:22
Follow the link does not count as back links to your site can vote for and do not pass link juice, No-follow links will never give you back links but ya it is true that it will give you lots of traffic to your site. So, consider no-follow sites as well for submission of any off page activity.
Title: Re: Can no-follow link give backlink?
Post by: aamyasharma on 04-27-2012, 06:37:49
Hii
No Nofollow not Gives us Backlink.For Backlink use Dofollow Only....
Title: Re: Can no-follow link give backlink?
Post by: isoconsultantgmg on 05-04-2012, 05:21:51
yes no follow can give backlinks but it is not a valuable links.
Title: Re: Can no-follow link give backlink?
Post by: simialone on 05-05-2012, 06:14:53
Yes ! only dofollow can provide link to our site .
Title: Re: Can no-follow link give backlink?
Post by: seolinkcreation on 05-09-2012, 12:06:19
Follow the link does not count as back links to your site can vote for and do not pass link juice, but to promote traffic to your site will help you. They are a good medium to get huge traffic, they building.Google natural link building natural links building.So our link to your website is always performed on both as well as the writing and then back to do would like to help.
Title: Re: Can no-follow link give backlink?
Post by: john515 on 05-15-2012, 01:47:34
Quote from: ellenwillss on 06-23-2011, 06:16:22
Hi Everybody...
Please tell me something about no-follow link. is it useful or not regarding seo?

No-follow link will not give you a back link, as it is not readable to search engine bot. But, no-follow links are readable to human and they can click on that link. It gives you a referral traffic on your site and also improve keywords ranking.
Title: Re: Can no-follow link give backlink?
Post by: bedrik on 05-15-2012, 01:54:04
It is not useful according to Google.
Title: Re: Can no-follow link give backlink?
Post by: onlinemotorcycle on 05-17-2012, 01:13:16
Google count it as a no-follow backlinks according to webmaster but doesn't pass link juice...
Title: Re: Can no-follow link give backlink?
Post by: stevensmith on 05-17-2012, 02:40:53
Google just crawl the do follow link and count just do follow link as a back links.so no follow link cannot give back links to your site.you can get traffic from the no follow link.but you need to work on high pr sites to get traffic by no follow link.if you want to get quality back links to your sites then work on do follow or quality sites.
Title: Re: Can no-follow link give backlink?
Post by: Ryan on 05-22-2012, 06:38:19
Hi,

Nofollow links are of no use from the seo  view because Google does not transfer any PR  juice across these links. So they send traffic to your site but don't get any page rank juice to your web page.
Title: Re: Can no-follow link give backlink?
Post by: Kate Evans on 04-14-2016, 03:32:23
A no-follow link refers to backlinks that tell the search engines to not go any further. Also, I wish you to know that no-follow backlinks helps to increase the traffic to the website, but it is not able to increase the page rank in search engine!
Title: Re: Can no-follow link give backlink?
Post by: lincy on 09-15-2019, 03:45:14
Nope, nofollow link will not give you a backlink instead it helps to increase the traffic of your website.
Title: Re: Can no-follow link give backlink?
Post by: ritesh3592 on 09-15-2019, 23:07:31
Having good number of nofollow backlinks can helps you increase your authority.Your site gets extra refferal traffic from nofollow backlinks and you also get new subscribers, your links on big websites can help your site gain trust
Title: Re: Can no-follow link give backlink?
Post by: John - Smith on 09-17-2019, 00:37:23
I think now this thread should be closed.
Too old thread and too many replies, just for links!!!
OP, kindly close the thread to stop spamming here.
Title: Re: Can no-follow link give backlink?
Post by: amayajace on 09-19-2019, 02:37:47
A No Follow tag (new conduct since Sept 2019) is a way that enables website admins to tell web indexes "Don't pursue connects on this page or Don't pursue this particular connection. A connection can have at least one rel characteristics, where "rel" is another way to say "relationship".
Title: Re: Can no-follow link give backlink?
Post by: ifixservices on 10-14-2019, 06:13:39
Nofollow links don't allow search engine bots to follow your links. These links don't pass on link juice. Only people can follow these links. They don't help you to boost Page Rank, website rankings and have no SEO value
Title: Re: Can no-follow link give backlink?
Post by: pishtons on 11-14-2020, 06:19:33
People say its not important but I can bet that if we have the same website and we have the same number of dofollow links, but you have more nofollowlinks you will rank higher. So despite nofollow links not giving you the same power they still give you some power.
Title: Re: Can no-follow link give backlink?
Post by: Neel Patel on 11-25-2020, 00:38:07
Yes, the no-follow link gives backlink!
Title: Re: Can no-follow link give backlink?
Post by: danielbora123 on 12-01-2020, 02:26:57
Do follow and no follow links?

To the average website user, do-follow and no-follow links look exactly the same. However, no-follow links include a small piece of code, called an attribute, that lets search engine bots know not to follow the link. ... According to Google, no-follow links don't pass any PageRank to the website being linked.
Title: Re: Can no-follow link give backlink?
Post by: sophiawils59 on 12-05-2020, 03:16:06
Yes, it gives a backlink! it just doesn't pass the link juice.
Title: Re: Can no-follow link give backlink?
Post by: brookeroberts7 on 12-08-2020, 02:40:15
In that sense, these links are "normal" backlinks. Nofollow links, on the other hand, happen when the person doing the linking plays with the HTML to intentionally tell Google not to give the linked-to website any additional link juice. However, the link still works like a normal hyperlink.
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Title: Re: Can no-follow link give backlink?
Post by: John-S on 12-08-2020, 03:51:26
They need to trust your brand before they will allow you to rank at the top of their search results. This is mostly accomplished by your homepage SEO, or in other words the backlink profile of your homepage.
Title: Re: Can no-follow link give backlink?
Post by: Ensafeindia on 12-09-2020, 01:58:23
Nofollow links can't give you backlinks... But there is other benefit of such backlinks, these backlinks can still get you referral traffic (if you are getting them from niche related high traffic websites)
Title: Re: Can no-follow link give backlink?
Post by: Yuga on 12-29-2020, 06:51:15
In other words, they need to trust your brand before they will allow you to rank at the top of their search results. This is mostly accomplished by your homepage SEO, or in other words the backlink profile of your homepage.Dec 29, 2017
Title: Re: Can no-follow link give backlink?
Post by: mariajonas on 12-30-2020, 04:02:30
Yes, I strongly believe that even no-follow links also give backlinks!
Title: Re: Can no-follow link give backlink?
Post by: John-S on 01-14-2021, 23:31:13
Nofollow links, then again, happen when the individual doing the connecting plays with the HTML to deliberately reveal to Google not to give the connected to site any extra link juice. In any case, the connection actually works like a typical hyperlink.
Title: Re: Can no-follow link give backlink?
Post by: marksmith112 on 01-20-2021, 06:10:26
In that sense, these links are "normal" backlinks. Nofollow links, on the other hand, happen when the person doing the linking plays with the HTML to intentionally tell Google not to give the linked-to website any additional link juice. However, the link still works like a normal hyperlink.
Title: Re: Can no-follow link give backlink?
Post by: John-S on 02-16-2021, 02:45:42
In that sense, these links are "normal" backlinks. Nofollow links, on the other hand, happen when the person doing the linking plays with the HTML to intentionally tell Google not to give the linked-to website any additional link juice. However, the link still works like a normal hyperlink.
Title: Re: Can no-follow link give backlink?
Post by: dark404 on 09-30-2022, 06:06:05
According to me No-follow links are good but not for your PR you can attract more traffic through it but not promote PR.
Title: Re: Can no-follow link give backlink?
Post by: chris123 on 10-07-2022, 04:43:21
No! Acquiring nofollow links is not a bad thing. Although you do not get the full SEO benefits of a dofollow link, nofollow links can generate traffic to your website, as well as diversify your backlink portfolio. A natural backlink profile consists of a distribution of both dofollow and nofollow backlinks.
Title: Re: Can no-follow link give backlink?
Post by: f1dark on 10-07-2022, 06:59:14
Nice post! Good tips for of-page seo. to get backlinks of page seo is only way to get backlinks. forums and article directories are best. If we do some bookmarking of the article it would give you great result.
Title: Re: Can no-follow link give backlink?
Post by: firstdigiadd on 10-10-2022, 02:47:52
A no follow link, often known as a backlink, is a link that doesn't give the website it's pointing to any authority. To Move ahead, these links are useless. When linking to a website, add rel="nofollow" to the code so that the link is negative.
Title: Re: Can no-follow link give backlink?
Post by: JanviArora on 10-10-2022, 06:52:20
A no-follow link is a link that points back to the page from which it was placed but does not include any clickable anchor text. This can be useful for certain types of SEO work, as it helps to improve your website's CTR (click-through rate). However, because they are less likely to be clicked on by visitors, no-follow links may not always be the best choice if you are looking to increase traffic numbers because Googlebot does not crawl no-follow links and instead ignores them. As a result, traffic from these links will be counted against your site's metrics and could lead to decreased visibility within the search engine results pages.
Title: Re: Can no-follow link give backlink?
Post by: chris123 on 10-17-2022, 02:16:55
A no follow link, or backlink is a link that does not pass authority on to the website it is linking to. These links do not help in terms of SEO. To make a link nofollow, add rel="nofollow" to the code when linking to a website.
Title: Re: Can no-follow link give backlink?
Post by: Jinesh sethia on 10-21-2022, 05:45:38
Google does count no follow links as backlinks but yahoo will definitely show no follow links on their site explorer also. No-follow links just help you to improve your site SERP results.
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Title: Re: Can no-follow link give backlink?
Post by: firstdigiadd on 10-30-2022, 23:43:43
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Title: Re: Can no-follow link give backlink?
Post by: furpo22 on 11-09-2022, 06:27:54
If it's a no-follow link, it means you can get only traffic. There's no backlink :)
Title: Re: Can no-follow link give backlink?
Post by: Technobase Solutions on 11-10-2022, 00:45:31
Yes, no-follow links give backlinks, and both no-follow and do-follow links are important for SEO.
Title: Re: Can no-follow link give backlink?
Post by: Divya165 on 11-11-2022, 00:24:12
It cannot provide you with backlinks, but even though it is no follow, it is still crucial that people see your website's url so you can obtain visitors from there.
Title: Re: Can no-follow link give backlink?
Post by: bavya on 11-11-2022, 04:30:46
Link which does not pass authority on to the website it is linking to
Title: Re: Can no-follow link give backlink?
Post by: sudeepkhana on 11-14-2022, 02:00:10
Yes we can get backlinks from no-follow links it will give traffic to the website but it will not increase keyword ranking. 
Title: Re: Can no-follow link give backlink?
Post by: recof on 11-19-2022, 06:24:33
No follow links still provide valuable referral traffic. A well-placed blog comment or a relevant forum post, no follow or not, can send a huge amount of traffic to your site, which then can funnel down to leads and conversions
Title: Re: Can no-follow link give backlink?
Post by: Chris_Tax on 11-20-2022, 13:10:00
I focus on do follow back links
Title: Re: Can no-follow link give backlink?
Post by: Technobase Solutions on 11-21-2022, 00:30:01
Quote from: Chris_Tax on 11-20-2022, 13:10:00
I focus on do follow back links

Do-follow backlinks are really good for our website because they pass link juice, but no-follow links are also important because we can get good traffic and sales through them.
Title: Re: Can no-follow link give backlink?
Post by: anilkh7058 on 05-19-2023, 05:19:54
No follow links are designed with nofollow html tag, these links do not create backlinks, and do not allow to rank the page.
Title: Re: Can no-follow link give backlink?
Post by: rabindra on 07-26-2024, 04:40:11
A no-follow link is a type of hyperlink that tells search engines not to pass any "link juice" or authority from the linking page to the linked page. This was created to fight spam and manipulative practices in SEO, where some website owners would try to artificially inflate their rankings by acquiring backlinks. When a link is marked as no-follow, it means that the search engines should ignore it when determining the linked page's authority.

Regarding whether no-follow links are useful for SEO, the answer is a bit complex. While these links do not directly contribute to a site's authority in the way that do-follow links do, they can still provide value. For instance, no-follow links can drive traffic to your website, especially if they come from popular sites or social media platforms. Additionally, they can help in improving visibility and brand awareness.
Having a mix of both no-follow and do-follow links in a backlink profile can actually look more natural to search engines, which can be beneficial in the long run. So, while no-follow links may not boost your page rank directly, they still play a role in a well-rounded SEO strategy.