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Links on the ~~internet by default~~ are [[Glossary/DoFollow|DoFollow]] or followed, ~~which means that they pass~~ [[Glossary/PageRank|PageRank]] or [[Glossary/Link-juice|link juice]] on to the ~~linked to~~ web page.

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Links on the Internet are [[Glossary/DoFollow|DoFollow]] or followed by default. A DoFollow link lacks the [[Glossary/NoFollow|NoFollow]] attribute, and so passes [[Glossary/PageRank|PageRank]] or [[Glossary/Link-juice|link juice]] to the target web page - that is, the page it links to.

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The NoFollow attribute was introduced so that website owners could selectively tell search engine [[Glossary/Spider|spiders]] to ignore specific links when it comes to determining the search engine ranking or PageRank of the ~~linked to~~ web page.

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The NoFollow attribute was introduced so that website owners could selectively tell search engine [[Glossary/Spider|spiders]] to ignore specific links when it comes to determining the search engine ranking or PageRank of the target web page.

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~~Technically speaking, a link is designated as such with an attribute.~~ This is what the HTML code for a NoFollow links looks like:

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This is what the HTML code for a NoFollow links looks like:

<nowiki><a href="http://example.com" rel="nofollow">anchor text</a></nowiki>

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NoFollow links are now commonplace in certain types of websites. For example, most blogs are configured ~~to automatically make~~ all ~~the~~ links in the comments section NoFollow to ~~help~~ deter ~~the common practice of blog comment spamming~~. Also, many popular social networks -~~- like~~ Facebook and Twitter -~~- make~~ all ~~of the~~ links people ~~can post in them~~ NoFollow.

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NoFollow links are now commonplace in certain types of websites. For example, most blogs are configured so that all links in the comments section are NoFollow to deter people from filling up comments with spammy links. Also, many popular social networks - such as Facebook and Twitter - set all links in people's posts as NoFollow by default. Again, this is to prevent spam.

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On the Web, ~~linking matters and~~ a link to a website is essentially a vote for that site. You may not want search engines to think you're endorsing or connected with some of the websites you link to, ~~and making~~ the ~~links to iffy sites~~ NoFollow is one way to show ~~Google that~~ you're not ~~buddy buddy with a particular website~~.

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On the Web, a link to a website is essentially a vote for that site. You may not want search engines to think you're endorsing or connected with some of the websites you link to. If that's the case, marking the link with the NoFollow attribute is one way to show search engines you're not recommending that they add the site to their indexes.

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For more detailed guidance on deciding which links to mark NoFollow, read [[Learn/No-Follow-Links-Don't-Help-PageRank-or-SEO|No Follow Links Don't Help PageRank or SEO]].

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''Here on AboutUs.org -- the world's largest website directory -- we link to ~~each~~ website ~~on our page about them, but we make those~~ links NoFollow by default because we know ~~not all of the websites~~ on the Web ~~are~~ great or worthy of ~~endorsing~~. We do choose to ~~selectively make~~ the links to a ~~website DoFollow (removing the NoFollow attribute)~~ once we ~~review~~ it. See AboutUs' [[DoFollow|DoFollow links policy]] for more details.''

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''Here on AboutUs.org - the world's largest editable website directory - we link to every listed website. These links are NoFollow by default because we know that every site on the Web isn't great, nor necessarily worthy of our endorsement. We choose to follow the links on a Website Profile once we have reviewed the site and the page about it. See the AboutUs [[DoFollow|DoFollow links policy]] for more details.''

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-Links on the internet by default are [[Glossary/DoFollow|DoFollow]] or followed, which means that they pass [[Glossary/PageRank|PageRank]] or [[Glossary/Link-juice|link juice]] on to the linked to web page.
+Links on the Internet are [[Glossary/DoFollow|DoFollow]] or followed by default. A DoFollow link lacks the [[Glossary/NoFollow|NoFollow]] attribute, and so passes [[Glossary/PageRank|PageRank]] or [[Glossary/Link-juice|link juice]] to the target web page - that is, the page it links to.
-The NoFollow attribute was introduced so that website owners could selectively tell search engine [[Glossary/Spider|spiders]] to ignore specific links when it comes to determining the search engine ranking or PageRank of the linked to web page.
+The NoFollow attribute was introduced so that website owners could selectively tell search engine [[Glossary/Spider|spiders]] to ignore specific links when it comes to determining the search engine ranking or PageRank of the target web page.
-Technically speaking, a link is designated as such with an attribute. This is what the HTML code for a NoFollow links looks like:
+This is what the HTML code for a NoFollow links looks like:
 <nowiki><a href="http://example.com" rel="nofollow">anchor text</a></nowiki>
-NoFollow links are now commonplace in certain types of websites.  For example, most blogs are configured to automatically make all the links in the comments section NoFollow to help deter the common practice of blog comment spamming.  Also, many popular social networks -- like Facebook and Twitter -- make all of the links people can post in them NoFollow.
+NoFollow links are now commonplace in certain types of websites.  For example, most blogs are configured so that all links in the comments section are NoFollow to deter people from filling up comments with spammy links. Also, many popular social networks - such as Facebook and Twitter - set all links in people's posts as NoFollow by default. Again, this is to prevent spam.
-On the Web, linking matters and a link to a website is essentially a vote for that site.  You may not want search engines to think you're endorsing or connected with some of the websites you link to, and making the links to iffy sites NoFollow is one way to show Google that you're not buddy buddy with a particular website.
+On the Web, a link to a website is essentially a vote for that site.  You may not want search engines to think you're endorsing or connected with some of the websites you link to. If that's the case, marking the link with the NoFollow attribute is one way to show search engines you're not recommending that they add the site to their indexes.
+For more detailed guidance on deciding which links to mark NoFollow, read [[Learn/No-Follow-Links-Don't-Help-PageRank-or-SEO|No Follow Links Don't Help PageRank or SEO]].
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-''Here on AboutUs.org -- the world's largest website directory -- we link to each website on our page about them, but we make those links NoFollow by default because we know not all of the websites on the Web are great or worthy of endorsing.  We do choose to selectively make the links to a website DoFollow (removing the NoFollow attribute) once we review it.  See AboutUs' [[DoFollow|DoFollow links policy]] for more details.''
+''Here on AboutUs.org - the world's largest editable website directory - we link to every listed website. These links are NoFollow by default because we know that every site on the Web isn't great, nor necessarily worthy of our endorsement.  We choose to follow the links on a Website Profile once we have reviewed the site and the page about it. See the AboutUs [[DoFollow|DoFollow links policy]] for more details.''