Rel=dofollow and rel=nofollow
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Hi,
I found a link pointing to my client's site that looks like this:
<a <span="" class="html-tag">href</a><a <span="" class="html-tag">="</a>http://www.clientsite.com" rel="dofollow" target="_blank" rel='nofollow'>Anchor text
Could someone tell me if this links acts as a dofollow or as a nofollow? It's the first time I see such a link and I don't know how to handle it.
Best regards,
Edimar
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Hi Tim,
Thank you very much for taking the time to explain this.
Best regards,
Ed
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Haha, I've already had three
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hah you're right, what what I get for reading before my morning coffee!
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The code is definately a bit of a mess.
Due to the second rel being rel='nofollow' this link will likely be a no follow.
Secondly in order for it to be accurately used as a follow it should be rel="follow" not rel="dofollow" as this does not exist. For a link to be a naturally followed link you do not even need to use the rel="" tag.
anchor text - FOLLOW
anchor text - NO FOLLOWHere is a bit more on use of nofollow
Hope this helps.
Tim
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It should be a follow link though the code it completely pointless
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