Link Building - Nofollow

[eder.machado]

Hello It's worth getting links nofollow? It will count for google? For example links from Yahoo! Answers.

[PeterM22]

I think they do personally, some disagree though. Only google knows for sure.

[anjonr]

I'm not sure about Yahoo Answers specifically but building no-follow links makes your site look more natural. So it is definitely worth it.

[Sebes]

Nofollow links usually don't contribute to your ranking, although getting a few links from wikipedia certainly helps.

The thing about nofollow links is that they belong to a "natural" linkprofile. If all your links are followed and from very good sources, google might consider these links unatural (aka. bought). if all your links are nofollowed this might be considered spammy (not for new websites, though).

So get a natural mix of followed and nofollowed links. Also get some pages with you websites URL but not as link, just as text. Best thing would be to analyze the linkprofile of the sites in your industrie, erspectively your keywords. You will probably find a low percentage (5-25%) nofollowed. This would be a good target ratio to begin with. A new website usually starts very slow in link growth and usually starts with a higher percentage of nofollowed ones.

EDIT: Best source for natural nofollowed links are blogs / comments in your industriy