Does The Nofollow Attribute In Links Kill Your Link Popularity?

Writing by Nick Stamoulis

There is a tendency to think that the nofollow attribute in links is a link popularity and search engine optimization killer. It isn't. While there are valid reasons for including the nofollow attribute in your links, it isn't always necessary. Though if you feel like it is necessary then at least you should know that you'll still get link juice from those links. Google is the only search engine that recognizes the nofollow attribute. Yahoo! ignores it completely. We've seen nofollow links get counted by Yahoo! left and right. If you check your link popularity you'll find that the Yahoo! count is almost always higher than the Google count. That's because Yahoo! is a lot less strict on links than Google. So how does this apply CLICK HERE TO READ MORE...

January 2, 2009
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Google Slipped In A PageRank Update On New Year’s Eve

Writing by Nick Stamoulis

If you were tied up or hung over on New Year's Eve and weren't watching your toolbar (we weren't) then you might not have noticed that Google updated its toolbar PageRank. Matt Cutts actually Twittered it. If you've got questions about how Google figures its PageRank, Matt's the guy to ask. It's rather complicated and he's actually on the record for saying he doesn't understand every little nuance either. In a cool little Q&A format, Matt Cutts answers some of those niggling questions we all have about PageRank and its importance. I like one user's attitude: viggen says: “Do i need to know that? What does it tell me when i know it? Why would i care? Meaning, what purpose has the CLICK HERE TO READ MORE...