Comments on: Why Google & Twitter Need to Ditch “Nofollow” for All Our Sakes!

By: press

press — Tue, 19 May 2009 21:16:32 +0000

It seems that google does follow these links but not sure if they are counted towards page rank. Certainly appear on webmaster tools.

By: Or Hillel

Or Hillel — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 15:47:10 +0000

You right! twitter need to place “nofollow” only for people that in the site less than 60 days, al the other without…

By: basmin

basmin — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 21:53:16 +0000

confusing but very informative. I agree with Tina Langely, this must seem to learn more about the nofollow and dofollow basmin's last blog post..Tukang Nggame

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By: Helen Palmer

Helen Palmer — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 16:53:22 +0000

Great post and discussion! I think that Google are going to have quite a task keeping up with all the twittering.

By: ~e~

~e~ — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 15:54:14 +0000

You made one critical mistake: Google will FOLLOW NOFOLLOW links in order to find the content and index. What it wont do is give that link credit for search engine rankings.

By: PChieng

PChieng — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 06:45:27 +0000

It would help out so much if Twitter removed the nofollow tags on links in both the profiles and through the twitterstreams. To help increase one's PR on their profile they would could look at the number of followers vs followees, as well as factor in the number of updates. As far as links in the updates, it makes sense that if a link is popular, people will retweet it and Google will see those links, making the page more relevant. And if you look at this post about Google needing SEO, you will see that they need to read this post and follow your advice to "breaking down the walled gardens".

By: Joost | Internetguerillas

Joost | Internetguerillas — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 06:19:41 +0000

I have some experience and it is true that pagerank isn’t leaked… but other factors like relevancy do get passed on…

By: Robyn McMaster

Robyn McMaster — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 19:48:34 +0000

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By: David Bayer

David Bayer — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 18:20:13 +0000

Andy – interesting post but not technically accurate. GOOGLE’S SPIDERS DO FOLLOW THE NOFOLLOW LIKS ON THE PAGE AND WILL IDNEX THE CONTENT ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE LINK. You are correct in noting the fact that the nofollow doesn’t allow the passing of page rank.

By: Marc

Marc — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 15:44:40 +0000

GREAT FREAKING POST!!! I agree fully and wish i could have chimed in sooner. These freaking retards are destroying the fabric of the internet by screwing with links. Marc's last blog post..Omar al-Bashir Defies Arrest Warrant Issued by International Criminal Court (ICC)

By: Pipe fittings

Pipe fittings — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 02:17:13 +0000

If you’ve seen a Google statement that contradicts the above, I’d love to see it.

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By: Jimmy

Jimmy — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 18:38:52 +0000

Well, I think it’s twitter who needs to remove the nofollow tags from their site, If they are trying to fight spam they should be using some other methods.
Great blog!

By: Brent Nau

Brent Nau — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 17:24:52 +0000

Andy,

m.twitter.com – all DoFollow links
search.twitter.com – all DoFollow links
RSS feed – all DoFollow links

I think someone referenced it above, majority of third-party API sites use DoFollow links.

So I would say that Twitter is NOT a Black Hole like Wikipedia.

Brent Nau’s last blog post..Twitoria – Find Inactive Twitter Friends

By: Dana Lookadoo

Dana Lookadoo — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 16:00:13 +0000

Great post and discussion! Wish Google had a Community Manager who listened and joined the conversation by monitoring and responding to industry-leading blogs, especially discussions like this. Their Help pages don't always demonstrate what we see spit out into the SERPs. What @Neyne said is often true: The closest to the truth you can get is by saying “in large number of cases Google will do X”. Dana Lookadoo's last blog post..Hyphens vs. Underscores - Who Wins “Best Keyword Separator?”

By: Neyne

Neyne — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 15:26:07 +0000

It is a mistake to make a statement that "google will do this" or "google will not do that". The closest to the truth you can get is by saying "in large number of cases google will do X". I have had pages ranked for a keyword that appeared only in the anchor text of a single, nofollowed link. The story is more complicated than Google's laconic statement. Neyne's last blog post..My Thoughts on Google’s Webmaster Tools 404 Report

By: jhon

jhon — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 15:08:31 +0000

hi!Nice article I like it .I appreciate this and agreed this.

By: Jack Humphrey

Jack Humphrey — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 15:07:19 +0000

Google not follow a link? I think their statement you quoted above is just a ruse to put off the spammers, which I’m sure it has to a degree. But I’ve always had serious doubt, to put it mildly, about them not following (literally) nofollow links.