Do you know the difference between a "no follow" link and a "follow" link ...?
If you don't ... listen up ... and I'll help you avoid getting scammed.
Google created a metric call PageRank to calculate the link points. Many SEO folks refer to link points as “link juice.” The link juice flows through sites and into new sites through hyperlinks. The more reputable the site, the bigger boost of link juice the linked-to site gets.
Now we can define a follow link – Follow links are links that count as points, pushing SEO link juice and boosting the page rank of the linked-to sites, helping them go higher in the SERPs as a result.
A no follow link (on the other hand) is a link that does not count as a point in the page’s favor, does not boost PageRank, and doesn’t help a page’s placement in the SERPs.
No follow links get no love.
A no follow link is created with the nofollow link HTML tag, which looks like this:
<a href="http://www.website.com/” rel=”nofollow”>Link Text</a>
The nofollow tag is basically a notice sign for search engines saying “don’t count this.”
I'll spare you the "why" site owners do this (main reason: deterring spammers) ... for now ... just know that a lot of site owners add this "no follow" attribute to all of their external links.
So ... if you hire someone on Fiverr (for example) ... to create some backlinks for you ... make sure they are expressly promising you "follow" links ... otherwise ... these "great high ranking" backlinks they are promising you ... are probably "no follow" links ... and are just about worthless.
My guess is that 99% of the folks ordering these type of SEO services have no clue about this distinction ... which is why people keep getting scammed.
In fact ... I would not have known about this distinction ... but for my having recently stumbled upon an article on this topic recently ... after I ordered some back links on Fiverr.
The link to the original article appears above ("link").
Anyway ... I figured I'd pass it along ... so no one (else) gets scammed.
Fooled me once. Gave em hell. I'll probably will get my money back. Not happy.
But the second guy I hired on Fiverr ... expressly promised "follow" links ... and the links he delivered ... all checked out. And sure enough ... my site got a nice boost in the rankings.
To investigate ... just right click the link in issue ... click inspect element ... and check for the "no follow" language above.
That's it. Carry on.
If you don't ... listen up ... and I'll help you avoid getting scammed.
Google created a metric call PageRank to calculate the link points. Many SEO folks refer to link points as “link juice.” The link juice flows through sites and into new sites through hyperlinks. The more reputable the site, the bigger boost of link juice the linked-to site gets.
Now we can define a follow link – Follow links are links that count as points, pushing SEO link juice and boosting the page rank of the linked-to sites, helping them go higher in the SERPs as a result.
A no follow link (on the other hand) is a link that does not count as a point in the page’s favor, does not boost PageRank, and doesn’t help a page’s placement in the SERPs.
No follow links get no love.
A no follow link is created with the nofollow link HTML tag, which looks like this:
<a href="http://www.website.com/” rel=”nofollow”>Link Text</a>
The nofollow tag is basically a notice sign for search engines saying “don’t count this.”
I'll spare you the "why" site owners do this (main reason: deterring spammers) ... for now ... just know that a lot of site owners add this "no follow" attribute to all of their external links.
So ... if you hire someone on Fiverr (for example) ... to create some backlinks for you ... make sure they are expressly promising you "follow" links ... otherwise ... these "great high ranking" backlinks they are promising you ... are probably "no follow" links ... and are just about worthless.
My guess is that 99% of the folks ordering these type of SEO services have no clue about this distinction ... which is why people keep getting scammed.
In fact ... I would not have known about this distinction ... but for my having recently stumbled upon an article on this topic recently ... after I ordered some back links on Fiverr.
The link to the original article appears above ("link").
Anyway ... I figured I'd pass it along ... so no one (else) gets scammed.
Fooled me once. Gave em hell. I'll probably will get my money back. Not happy.
But the second guy I hired on Fiverr ... expressly promised "follow" links ... and the links he delivered ... all checked out. And sure enough ... my site got a nice boost in the rankings.
To investigate ... just right click the link in issue ... click inspect element ... and check for the "no follow" language above.
That's it. Carry on.
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