SEO Tycoon

**mpw45233** · 05-03-2011, 09:59 PM

I'm just curious, and I can't find the answer anywhere. Does anybody know?

Btw, this is for Wordpress sites. And by outbound link, I mean a "do-follow" outbound link.

Thanks.

**chrishirst** · 05-04-2011, 12:20 PM

Why does it matter???

And there is no such thing as dofollow!!!

**mpw45233** · 05-04-2011, 01:50 PM

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Originally Posted by chrishirst

Why does it matter???

And there is no such thing as dofollow!!!

Lol...hi Chris. I knew you were going to say that. I know you don't think that inbound and outbound links can affect rankings, but I do. So humor me...I thought you'd know the answer to a question like this.

As for the "do follow" reference, true, it's not in Murriam-Webster yet. But the term "do follow" is commonly used and people know what it means. It's all over Google--do follow blogs, do-follow forums (which this site is listed on), the no-do follow firefox plugin....

What would be a better way to refer to this kind of link? "Not no follow"...."A link without the no-follow attribute"? You can call it just a "link," but that doesn't get the point across.

Isn't a permalink just a link? But it has it's own name because it's referred to in a certain context.

I like embedding other people's You Tube vids on my sites, and I think it's a fair trade off to let them promote their site in the vid. But I don't want too many outbound links.

**PaulW** · 05-04-2011, 02:13 PM

For the major search engines Youtube links are meaningless as they have no way of judging their relevance to the containing page. Accompanying text is relevant, but to the page, not to the link.

As to "Wordpress site" - "wordpress" is irrelevant and it's the page, not the site, that matters.

**mpw45233** · 05-04-2011, 02:37 PM

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Originally Posted by PaulW

For the major search engines Youtube links are meaningless as they have no way of judging their relevance to the containing page. Accompanying text is relevant, but to the page, not to the link.

As to "Wordpress site" - "wordpress" is irrelevant and it's the page, not the site, that matters.

I just put them on my sites so people can watch them, not for seo purposes.

I just want to know if they count as an outbound link (from my website). And if it is, is it no-followed. I want to limit the amount of outbound links that I have.

**chrishirst** · 05-04-2011, 03:18 PM

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What would be a better way to refer to this kind of link? "Not no follow"...."A link without the no-follow attribute"? You can call it just a "link," but that doesn't get the point across.

"unrestricted" would be a FAR more appropriate term. "dofollow" creates the impression that without a nofollow rel attribute the link WILL be used by search engines, nothing could be further from the truth. The links could be blocked by a robots meta "nofollow" or the page blocked by robots.txt, yet it could still be described (and sold) as "dofollow".

Maybe "trusted links" would work better as the nofollow value was developed by the search engines to indicate to their systems whether the page owner "trusts" or vouches for the links placed on the pages.

By saying "trusted links" it removes the ambiguity of whether the link will pass value or not.

But on the whole if people sought links for the right reason the point would be moot, as visitors can follow the links regardless of restrictions placed on search engines.

**PaulW** · 05-05-2011, 06:18 PM

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Originally Posted by mpw45233

I just put them on my sites so people can watch them, not for seo purposes.

I just want to know if they count as an outbound link (from my website). And if it is, is it no-followed. I want to limit the amount of outbound links that I have.

It will be no-follow if you specify on the page that it's no-follow - it's up to you to decide.

**mpw45233** · 05-05-2011, 10:26 PM

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Originally Posted by PaulW

It will be no-follow if you specify on the page that it's no-follow - it's up to you to decide.

Thanks for the response Paul.

I know how put the no follow attribute (rel=”nofollow”) in a normal link, but where would I put this in the You Tube embed code?

I can't find the answer anywhere.

**chrishirst** · 05-06-2011, 09:30 AM

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I want to limit the amount of outbound links that I have.

Just as an additional to this:

EVERY LINK on any given URI that points to a resource that is not on the same URI is an "outbound link".

AND:
The only way to "reduce outbound links" (though why you would want to is a mystery) is to have less links on the page including links to pages on the same site.

**TweetCrick** · 05-06-2011, 12:39 PM

well if you dont want then you can install no-follow plugin and you can choose which link you want to allow follow or no-follow