How can I tell if a website is a 'NoFollow'?

[Paul_Tovey]

I've been link building for a long time but have recently discovered that most of my links are from NoFollow links, such as twitter and Youtube.

How can I tell if a website is a 'NoFollow'?

[LCNetwork]

Either by looking at the source on the page (right click in most browsers) or right-click an example of the link you want and "Inspect element." In the <a>tag, you will see "rel=nofollow."</a>

<a>Inspect element is great for looking at the source code of only the section of a page you want (instead of scrolling and scanning forever). It is helpful with de-bugging code (for on-page SEO).

If you are prospecting links en masse (like through OSE or another backlink research tool) there is usually a field to tell you what links are nofollowed.

Does that make sense?</a>

[timhatton]

There's also various plugins for Chrome / Firefox which will highlight nofollowed links on a page - including SEOMoz's Mozbar (http://www.seomoz.org/seo-toolbar)

[Paul_Tovey]

Thanks to both of you, I've now downloaded the toolbar which is making things so much easier.

Much appreciated guys

• Paul