PR-7 Domain - NoFollow Links
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Will the NoFollow link in this article help my rankings in Google?
http://www.inc.com/articles/201109/business-intelligence-software-for-small-business_pagen_2.html
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You might not get a boost in rankings but if it is a popular article that leads to a steady stream of free referral traffic, that can be almost as sweet.
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Yea pretty sure the nofollow won't give you any "juice," but being mentioned on that domain can't hurt.
I wonder why that was setup as nofollow?
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Will the NoFollow link in this article help my rankings in Google?
A nofollow link will definitely not directly offer any ranking benefit in Google. If such a link offered even the slightest benefit, you would see spam on the internet increase 1000%.
The link could indirectly offer benefits which can translate into a ranking benefit. A few examples:
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readers could follow the link to your site which generates traffic. The reader can use social sharing to talk about your site and the social sharing activity can improve your ranking.
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readers could follow the link to your site and then bookmark, e-mail a site link, or create a link to your site and these activities can directly benefit your site's ranking.
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a reader could visit your site by using the link and then later use a search to locate your site and visit your site via the search result. The metrics from that search result can benefit your site.
In these ways nofollow links help sites with great content where visitors desire to talk about your pages or visit them in the future.
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This topic has been debated for a long time. In general NoFollows will not help you rank in the Search Engines. However, the second hand exposure for link opportunities is quite high, the page has had quite a lot of social shares and is on an authoritative site.
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