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    • KeriMorgret
      KeriMorgret @thealika last edited by

      We still get plenty of people trying to make link drops in here, and not everyone has a nofollow highlight on their browser or looks at the source code.

      Sorry, I've asked for a copy of the algorithm so that I could know for sure, but nobody's given that to me yet, and I haven't done enough independent testing to know what the search engines think.

      As a moderator, I will sometimes still remove hyperlinks even if it is nofollow, just because it looks spammy to users and distracts from the flow of the discussion in Q&A or the blog.

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      • thealika
        thealika @KeriMorgret last edited by

        The reason I ask, is because I open Open Site Explorer and it has a nofollow link there from wikipedia.

        So If it has it, it is registered, but yet it is a nofollow link.

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        • thealika
          thealika @WhoWuddaThunk last edited by

          I can provide a domain, and share the Analytics with anyone if you would like to try.

          I have quite a few parked not used, not doing anything, just laying around.

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          • thealika
            thealika @whiteboardanimator last edited by

            I see you figured it out.

            Not all text blog editors allow HTML code, so you have to figure it out.

            Also maybe get a chrome op firefox extension to see if the link is nofollow.

            And Also - Dont forget to vary your Anchor text, as if it is all the same word over and over, google will get suspicious...

            so in your case you can have something like:
            SEO
            SEO SERVICE
            i5 Digital
            Hertfordshire
            SEO Service in Hertfordshire
            etc.

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              Hermski @thealika last edited by

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              • thealika
                thealika @Hermski last edited by

                I've checked out the link, and it seems like a good resource, but form 2010.
                Things changed since then.

                From the Comments I read, I found this interesting:

                "I prefer to combine do and no follow links... it looks natural for google, and a link pointing to my site is never worthless."

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