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to nofollow

to nofollow

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To mark a link so search engines do not follow it or give it ranking credit
  • verb
  • Texting
: marcar como nofollow
  • Please note, this actual link is nofollowed, and because of SEOmoz's overall authority, isn't doing us any harm.

Examples

  • To prevent spammy sites from benefiting, it's important to use nofollow on comments containing links.

  • Do people need to run around and nofollow all that?

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  • This does apply to your use case. So you could nofollow the links to your login page.

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  • I thought it would be helpful to give people some context and go the extra mile (actually disavow a link instead of stopping one step short), but that particular link is nofollowed and not something we would ever worry about at this point.

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  • We always ask for the posts to nofollow any links, but we view using high-traffic blogs as a viable way to get traction on something that requires a big impact at the start to spread, while staying within the parameters of play.

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  • When building our website, we decided to nofollow the external links to avoid passing our SEO authority.

  • The developer added a nofollow tag to the hyperlink so search engines wouldn't follow it.

Surface Forms

nofollow infinitive
nofollowed past
nofollowed past participle
nofollowing present participle
nofollows third person singular

Morphology

nofollow = follow (semi-transparent) = no + follow

The verb is transparently 'no' + 'follow' (to make something not be followed), but its application to hyperlinks and search-engine behavior is technical.

Etymology

Nofollow as a verb means to mark a link with no ('not') + follow ('go after'), like putting a 'do not follow' sign on a path. That's why when you nofollow a link, search engines will not follow it or give it value in search results.