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[Job Site Watch] nofollow is an HTML attribute value used to instruct some search engines that a hyperlink should not influence the link target’s ranking in the search engine’s index. According to SEO Philippines consultants, it is intended to reduce the effectiveness of certain types of search engine spam, thereby improving the quality of search engine results and preventing spamdexing from occurring.

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[NamePros.com] DoFollow VS NoFollow - Whats the Difference? - NamePros.com: The dofollow link on a website means that it thinks that a link is credible enough to be listed on their website and they would recommend other users and search engine robots to follow this link. This is great for the link which is followed because this would increase its traffic and page rank in Google, on the other hand no harm would be done to the one who mentions this link.The NoFollow attributes state that the link would be mentioned on the webpage, but the owner does not think its credible enough to be followed.

[Fact & Gossip] How to Hyperlink a webpage and photo: So asa definition  Nofollow is an HTML attribute value used to instruct some search engines that a hyperlink should not influence the link target’s ranking in the search engine’s index. It is intended to reduce the effectiveness of certain types of search engine spam, thereby improving the quality of search engine results and preventing spamdexing from occurring in the first place.

[Azah's Blog] This Blog is Now doFollow Because noFollow is Suck | Azah's Blog: noFollow is an HTML attribute value used to instruct some search engines that a hyperlink should not influence the link target’s ranking in the search engine’s index. It is intended to reduce the effectiveness of certain types of search engine spam, thereby improving the quality of search engine results and preventing spamdexing from occurring.

[Black Hat Forum Black Hat SEO] Nofollow - The Great Debate - Black Hat Forum Black Hat SEO: Google has therefore created a situation in which everyone except link-spammers seem to win: Webmasters benefit from decreased spam and not linking out to bad neighbourhoods, and Google users benefit from an enhanced search experience. Ultimately, Google benefits by retaining and expanding its market share and advertising profits.

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[Webmaster Forum] Value is nofollow or dofollow - Webmaster Forum: nofollow is an HTML attribute value used to instruct some search engines that a hyperlink should not influence the link target's ranking in the search engine's index. It is intended to reduce the effectiveness of certain types of search engine spam, thereby improving the quality of search engine results and preventing spamdexing from occurring.

[admin jobs] The nofollow Tag In Blogs: The Yahoo and MSN search engines also respect this tag. Using rel=”nofollow” is a much easier solution that makes the spamdexing techniques irrelevant to Google ranks.

[Blogger Tips | SEO Optimization Google | PC Troubleshooting Tips] Difference Between Dofollow and Nofollow Links | Page Rank: Nofollow is an HTML attribute value used to instruct some search engines that a hyperlink should not influence the link target’s ranking in the search engine’s index. It is intended to reduce the effectiveness of certain types of search engine spam, thereby improving the quality of search engine results and preventing spamdexing from occurring in the first place.

[War Games Miniatures] The Power Of The nofollow Tag: To counter spamdexing, search engines have used several ways to reduce the effect of spamdexing. One way that Google used is the “nofollow” tag. nofollow is an HTML attribute value used to instruct some search engines that a hyperlink ...

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