What is dofollow link, how to check and build dofollow backlinks | seo | softwaresetups.com

The term do-follow link is introduced in 2005 by Google, to reduce the search engine spam indexing to improve the search engine results. Only Do-follow links pass link juice to the linked webpage and influence the target’s Page Rank.

What is dofollow link, how to check and build dofollow backlinks | seo | softwaresetups.com

How to identify dofollow link?

For identifying it, you don’t require any advanced coding knowledge. Simple basic HTML can help you regarding the same. Link ‘rel attribute‘ defines the type of link and by checking this attribute you can very well judge whether it’s a dofollow link or nofollow link.
<a href="http://softwaresetups.com" rel="dofollow">Example 1</a>
OR
<a href="http://softwaresetups.com">Example 2</a>
OR
<a href="http://softwaresetups.com" rel="external">Example 3</a>

Rel Do follow – All three above links are dofollow, which means if a link doesn't have a rel attribute then it’s a dofollow link. On the other hand, a nofollow link must have been marked as REL No follow tag.

<a href="http://softwaresetups.com" rel="nofollow">Example 4</a>
OR
<a href="http://softwaresetups.com" rel="external nofollow" >Example 5</a>

Both the above links are nofollow. For them the Rel tag should be set as “no follow”.

What is dofollow link, how to check and build dofollow backlinks | seo | softwaresetups.com

Benefits of Dofollow link

To improve Google page rank, you must get quality back-link. If you are a newbie you may wonder to know that a nofollow link doesn't pass link juice thereby it doesn't influence your Google page rank. So in order to get Good page rank you must build dofollow back link (instructs spiders/bot to follow this link).


  • » Improves Page rank.
  • » Improves blog authority in Google eyes.
  • » Content ranks higher for multiple keywords.
  • » Higher page rank attracts advertisers.


Multiple Dofollow links from same webpage

If multiple links are pointing to the same webpage then Google bot considers the first link and ignore others. So if a webpage has two links pointing to same page of other website and out of 2 links, first is nofollow and 2nd one is dofollow then Google bot consider the first link and ignores second one, so in such scenario dofollow link gets ignored by bot and no link juice passed. The same rule applies for internal links too.

How rel attribute controls flow of page rank “PageRank sculpting”

Let me explain this with an example- Suppose one of my webpage has 10 links pointing to other websites and out of these 10 links, two links are  nofollow (rel=”nofollow”). In this case 20% of link juice is of no use and remaining 80% link juice will get divided among 8 dofollow backlinks. Hope I made it clear :).

How website ranking can be improved by using dofollow internal link

As per Google web spam team head Matt Cutts, we should use rel=”dofollow” for internal page linking as it lets flow the page rank to other webpages and improves the overall website ranking. However post panda and penguin update varying anchor text are important while interlinking. Do not use the same anchor text while linking to your specific post.

What is dofollow link, how to check and build dofollow backlinks | seo | softwaresetups.com

How to build dofollow backlinks

After reading above points, you must be thinking to build dofollow backlinks. There are many ways to get such links. one of the way is commenting on comment luv enabled blogs. Comment Lu v enabled blogs generally offer free do follow backlinks. Many such blogs still gives nofollow backlink, which is of no use. There is still a method by which you can identify whether the backlink is dofollow or nofollow. It is good if your site is getting a dofollow link from a high PR website as it will pass more link juice compared to low PR website.

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