Does google count no follow links?

[mazdakiaa]

Hi There,

Is it true that recently google go about counting no follow links?

Thank you

[minstrel]

No. The Googlebot spider will follow no-follow links to see if there are any do-follow links at the destination but Google does not include no-follow links in its ranking algorithms.

[Daniel Wilson]

I believe that some links even no-follow much count for somethings. Example: Wikipedia links? Do they count for nothing?

[bigcat1967]

Your much better off just adding a lot of unique content to your website then networking w/ other ppl.

[Ungifted Marketer]

Whether they offically count we will never know but they are spidered and it makes sense to have a good combination of do follow and no follow links to make your linking look natural ........

[AaronSmick]

Even a "no-follow" link can be quite valuable if it's in located somewhere that will actually attract interest from real people who are interested in what you have to offer. Links that have a genuine chance of driving traffic to your site are more important than simply having followed links.

[Rob Colorado]

Thanks for making this clear minstrel. I do see the no follow links in google analytics, so I could tell google was following them, but was pretty sure google wasn't giving them any weight.

Good point Aaron. Matt Cutts addressed this question sometime last year or so about the value of blog commenting in a blog with no follow tags. He said that if you're going out and spamming blogs with content that is of no value, you're wasting your time. The value comes in the fact that you may generate traffic to your site simply by someone interested in your informative post.

[jcorkern]

Even though the no follow does not pass any authority, they are still a vital part of the total link profile. Google knows exactly what % range of your links will be no follow and do follow based on statistics they gather across the web. So, if you go on a quest for nothing but do follow links, your never gonna get to the top and stay there.

Just sayin...

[minstrel]

Not sure about that. Other than some navigation links, I refuse to use nofollow.

[lets4410]

I create 2 or 3 no follows for every 10 do follows just to keep it natural, not sure if this makes a difference but it's no hassle either