Would You Buy a Link With a NoFollow Attribute?

May 27, 2008 - 5:55 am 8 by
Filed Under Link Building

A DigitalPoint Forums thread asks members if they would consider buying a link that has a nofollow attribute appended to it. For those who don't know what the nofollow attribute is a snippet of code added to the html of the link, so a search engine can easily detect if they should follow the link (in terms of link popularity and even actually following the link physically). It looks something like this:

<a href="http://www.site.com/page.html" rel="nofollow">Visit My Page</a>

In any event, the thread asks if you would buy such a link. I know people do, cause some of my advertisers buy them from me. But would you buy such a link? I know it depends, depends on if the link is on a high trafficked site, or in a prime location, and so on. But let's pretend the link is on a site like this or a site like Search Engine Land, would you buy a link from those types of sites, if it was nofollowed?

Here is the poll (try not to use the "other" option):

Forum discussion at DigitalPoint Forums.

 

Popular Categories

The Pulse of the search community

Search Video Recaps

 
- YouTube
Video Details More Videos Subscribe to Videos

Most Recent Articles

Google News

Google Ad Revenue Up 8.5%, Overall Revenue Up 12% & AI Overviews Served To 1.5B+ Users Monthly

Apr 24, 2025 - 4:34 pm
Search Forum Recap

Daily Search Forum Recap: April 24, 2025

Apr 24, 2025 - 10:00 am
Google Updates

Google Search Ranking Volatility Heats Up April 22-23

Apr 24, 2025 - 7:55 am
Google AdSense

Google AdSense Policy Center Adds 3 Policy Issues, Filters & Review Process

Apr 24, 2025 - 7:51 am
Google Search Engine Optimization

Google Merchant Center EnergyConsumptionDetails Replaced By certificationIdentification But Backwards Compatible

Apr 24, 2025 - 7:41 am
Google Maps

Google Business Profiles Video Interview On Verifications Must Knows

Apr 24, 2025 - 7:31 am
Previous Story: Verification of Google Webmaster Tools Fails At 12:22am?