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    • GastonRiera
      GastonRiera last edited by

      Hi!

      I've seen that the Moz bar recognizes some links as NoFollowed, even when technically are followed.
      One example of that is this page:

      https://wiki.python.org/moin/PythonTraining

      I've attached an image to clarify.
      The link is just: <a class="https"  <span="">href="https://rmotr.com"> there is no evidence of no following tag (such as external, nofollow, etc).

      Thanks!
      GR.</a>

      <a class="https"  <span=""></a>2e3b9c02fe.png 1513d1b95d.png

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      • KristinaKeyser
        KristinaKeyser last edited by

        Hi Gaston! Kristina from Moz's Help Team here.

        I had a chance to peek at this site and it looks like the entire page is tagged as "no follow" which is why MozBar would be reporting all the links on the page as such, as well. Here's a screenshot of where in the MozBar we were able to confirm this: http://screencast.com/t/5L0w6AQl

        As always, you can reach out to our team with any question of this type in the future by shooting us an email at help@moz.com!

        I hope this helps, but certainly let me know if there's anything else I'm able to assist with.
        Thank you,
        -Kristina

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        • GastonRiera
          GastonRiera @KristinaKeyser last edited by

          Ha! I've never imagined that.
          Thanks for the reply!

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          • KristinaKeyser
            KristinaKeyser last edited by

            Anytime!! Have a great weekend! 🙂

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