Long time follower, Dana from Blogging Tips Blog chimes in with a nice tip for those of us who care about link juice.
As you may already aware, Do-follow link is surely important part of Search Engine Optimization (SEO) – specially for link building. Do-follow link is used by search engine as one of many factor to determine your blog rank. It is really important because higher rank will make search engine feature your blog for search activities relate to your blog topic. You can do link building trough so many ways such as exchange link, paid link, link directory submission, guest posting, commenting etc. But, you must know that no all of the link will be Do-follow so you do not get link juice for it and also is not counted by search engine. There are many links that use No-follow tag in their link properties so you should take it serious if your target is link building. Link buildingers should afraid of No-Follow tag in targeted blog link.
Therefore we need to check whether the link is Do-follow or No-follow before we put our link in that. We also need to check whether our link still Do-follow after live for certain time – especially for link exchange and paid link. Indeed, link checking is a must if you want to do link building for your blog/site. And no need to worry if you do not know how to check it. You surely will be able to check the Do-follow/No-follow things easily after finish this article. I am sharing the way to check Dofollow/Nofollow link in this article.
Here – find the ways:
Way#1 Check the html source code
You can check whether the link Do-follow or No-follow by use view source page facility in web browser. I do not know other web browser but FireFox and internet explorer (IE) have this facility. You can find this facility in menu bar – in View Tab exactly. It call as “page source” in FireFox and as “source” in IE. Here what I find when do checking in this blog source page:
<a href=”http://letupdate.com” onclick=”javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview(‘/outbound/commentauthor/letupdate.com’);” rel=’external ‘ class=’url’>Dana @ Blogging Update</a></span>
You can see that there is “ rel=’external’ “ code in the link source code. It mean that the link is Do-Follow. And you do not must look for that exactly code – but as long as there is no “ rel=’nofollow’ “ in it, it mean the link is Do-Follow link.
Way#2 Chek link properties
As far as I know, this way only can do in firefox web browser. We can easily check whether a link is Do-follow or No-follow – Just right click right in the link that you want to check and choose properties. You will see the relation information which determine whether the link No-follow or Do-follow. Here the example that I do in this blog:
You can see in above picture that the link to http://letupdate.com have “external” in relation tag. It mean that link to http://letupdate.com is Do-follow link which pass PR juice to targeted site In contrary, If there is no relation tag or relation tag value is No-Follow, it mean that the link is No-Follow link which do not pass the PR juice.
Way#3 Use no Do-follow FireFox plugin
This is the easiest way to check whether a link is Do-follow or No-Follow in my opinion. We just need to install and activate it in our FireFox web browser – and all link will be checked. This No/Dofollow firefox plugin will highlight in blue color the Do-follow link if you activate it. Find the example in below:
You can see that “Dana @ Blogging Update” in blue color – it mean that link in “Dana @ Blogging Update” is Do-Follow link. It will be red if the link is No-follow.
Conclusion
Link Building is important part of whole Search Engine Optimization (SEO). You can do Link Building with many ways such as exchange link, paid link, link directory submission, guest posting, commenting etc. In all of those ways, one important common things is that the link must Do-follow – if not, there are no meaning of it regarding to link building. Therefore the link checking is a must in link building – especially for link exchange and paid link. You can do it easily by use the three ways in this article so you will do not miss the Do-follow link.
That’s all update this time, wait for next update!
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Oh, my bad that i miss your point. I do not test it with 3.6 yet.
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yeah, it’s not working on FF 3.6… I found it when the latest FF version was released early this year…
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Hi, i just find in nodofollow review how to make it work with 3.6 firefox
1. unzip it with (for example with 7zip)
2. open “install.rdf” with editor
3. change “em:maxVersion” to Version “3.6.*”
4. save the file and zip it
5. rename the archive from .zip to .xpi
6. open it with firefox
7. have fun
I do not try it yet, hope it work.
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Thanks for this, Dana… I’ll try this when I get home later… I’m mobile now…
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Can you inform the plugin?
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Last time i check, it is do-follow.
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Thanks Dana…
so if we create a link in google profile it will be a Backlink from pagerank 10
Is it ????
yup but we never know wether google exclude it from backlink calculation.
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I use SEOQuake with Firefox and there is an option to put a line through all nofollow links.
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This is what I’m using now, Keith… I am still exploring it, but I really like the features. It has a lot of plugins on it including PR checker, alexa stats, etc. It’s indeed powerful…
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I might give SEOQuake a try. Glad you’ve found it helpful.
I also have SEO Quake in my Firefox but rarely use it because of my limited bandwith.
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I totally agree with Keith, the SEOQuake is incredibly valuable. Not only does it have the option to automatically detect nofollow links, it also has keyword density and backlinks tools. Highly recommended for every SEO’er out there!
Me oh my…so many broken or misplaced links/code on this post!
I used the no follow plugin, but I now check the HTML.
It’s rare to find a website that is do follow since most blogs (and sites for that matter!) run on WordPress which has default no follow.
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True but many blogs that have been around for several months cut over to DoFollow.
Including mine…back do follow after I noticed no follow dramatically kills your commenter(s).
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Yes right, I using no Do-follow FireFox plugin and it’s very usefull. do you think link building just the most important to SEO besides onpage optimization Dana?
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Nice tip, I use FF extension to do this easily
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I’m using search status as well; just started since NoDoFolllow crapped out.
This plugin handles so much more then just do follow status!
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Social comments and analytics for this post…
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Yeah I am using SeoQuake but I like what is written in here very interesting and it adds to my SEObox.
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Thanks for useful tips and suggestions
Thanks for it… dofollow blog is a best way to get backlinks ….
Being a techie I prefer “View Source” i.e. the 1st option provided by you.
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Yup, I highly endorse the Firefox plugin, it has saved me a lot of time.
Nice info Dana. I’m currently using the Firefix plugin to check dofollow links.
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I didn’t know about the dofollow plugin. I usually right click and check properties. I reckon I’ll give that plugin a go. Thanks mate.
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I’m not too familiar with plugins, but I’ll give this one a shot.
I am just improving my knowledge about Do follow links.You have explained very well about checking Do follow links and I will definitely try for this.I like that you have provided such valuable information about Do follow links.
Now there’s a KW stuffed comment. LOL!
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Interesting info, thanks. Going to check mine out now!
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Great idea
Im using SEO Quake plugin to determine whether the link is dofollow or not.
It will line-through no-follow | no index.
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Hey great post, very informative, i have learn a new thing today in the world of backlinks, thanks a lot!
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Hi.
Thank you for sharing this. With so many website telling you that they give a dofollow link for free, know how to check the link yourself is much important then just giving a quality comment on other people blog. Thanks a lots for your help again. See you.
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I use SEOQuake with Firefox and there is an option to put a line through all nofollow links.
dofollow links which really adds towards the backlink and improves our site.
Great article and very informative.
I use the old fashioned way of just view the source code. I know it’s little troublesome, but at least I don’t do this too often.

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Hi thanks, i already use the firefox plugin and do find it very useful. Although it does change the way the results look, ie not quite as attractive. Still very useful when looking for dofollow links for my door handles business. Thanks
Nice info bos , thaks
I will try it
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yuo these are the most important that google only prefers do-follwlinks and but sometimes we fail to do this if the links are not recognised whther it is do-follow or no-follow. View source is the best option to check this factor or you may install seo tool mozilla firefox.
Excellent tips.
I wish there was something like this for Google Chrome.
I shifted away from Firefox a few months ago, I have to admit I love Chrome more but the plug-ins are what really make me want to move back to Firefox.
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Thanks is a good tip.
I use the firfox plugin quite a lot
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Cool information.
I was wondering about colors and there you go. I think thre’s a extension for Google Chrome now.
Cheers
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I think use of plugins is an easy way to know about the nofollow and dofollow attributes, well this is great to know more about the codes and other stuff of it, That’s really helpful.
thanks for giving a nice difference in between the dofollow and nofollow.
Thanks, have just installed the firefox plugin

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Thanks, just installed it and I liked it very much!
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thanks for the information your information going to be very useful for the SEO peoples.
thanks for posting.
Thanks, i already used the plugin, but always see fior the html source.
But still some people fake it for the google bot
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this is nice post.
thank you for the information your information going to be very useful for the SEO peoples.
thanks for nice info….
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blue highlight=dofollow
redhiglight=nofollow
very cool, thanks
This is a super handy tip that I have been using for a while now, because there are a lot of websites that are promoted as do-follow that really are not.
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I use SEO firepugin for firefox and does the job very well. I don’t know if there is a good plugin for chrome tghough?
I use SEOQuake with Firefox and there is an option to put a line through all nofollow links
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…a website that is do follow since most blogs (and sites for that matter!) run on WordPress which has default no follow. Brad @ Tech Bloggers last blog ..110 ……
Personally I am using “Quick Search Status” Tool, very helpful also check’s google pr and alexa and highlights No-Fo links, Meta Tags, Keywords and more…Try it.
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Cool, thanks for the tip buddy. I am from Berlin, I like to eat sausage und trinken das beer. And you? Only surf Koogle and look cool? I will try your tool, I like it very much already because you are cool.
I’m using search status as well; just started since NoDoFolllow crapped out…
You can also install a plugin called seo for firefox it will highligt no-follow links.
Thanks that will really help a lot to identify the difference between do follow and no follow..
I used SearchStatus pluin to highlight the no-follow links, it also worked well!
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Please don’t spam here, everyone who want to know where is “dofolow” “nofolow” blogs are will personally seek, and find himself a good one. But I think that leaving a link on someone’s blog don’t give that much profit as everybody think. It gives only PR, you can have PR4 or 5 but your site will never appear on the first pages by google if you will not optimize your site the right way.
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Link building is the most important thing regarding ranking, but when your site content is wrong or a copy ofanother pages you will never get listing on the 1st page of Google.
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Every single site is ranked 1st in just two days after starting a site just by the Title keywords, so linkbuilding just gives you Google PR and that’s all, but site rankings is other aspect of SEO.
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I LOVE reading this
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I definitely need this to check the do follow sites. Because it is difficult to do SEO if the sites that you are checking are not do follow links. I am new at this kind of stuff so this post is definitely very helpful.
Hey thank you, I never knew that you could right click a link and examine the properties, nor did I know what the relation part meant. This was so helpful!
Looking for something to blog about? I saw this post about dofollow and thought you would like to know about a new site, Wiki Dofollow. It is a community compiled list of high ranking dofollow sites. That way, the list stays current.
wikidofollow.org
If you want, be one of the first to blog about it. I am sure you know how difficult it is getting visitors to a new site. Your help spreading the word would be greatly appreciated!
thanks.
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I use a Firefox extension to check dofollow links. Works great!
Great tips. I used to use your method to check do follow blog, but now i use firefox extension. it’s faster than manual check through source code.

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i also use Firefox Plus its best and easy to use

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Quick search status – helps a lot, firefox plugins always at the top!
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I block spams by installing Verification Code for Comments. The do-follow switch doesn’t seem to have any effect on my blog, neither positive nor negative.
Agreed. I do the same way as you mentioned here.Thanks for sharing this for lots of users including me.
Great work done buddy! I have seen huge benefits of do-follow blog over no-folllow ones. Yes, this is true as comments in blog posts do get indexed and they help you to get some traffic as well.
Even with comments you can get huge number of conversations and this is how you get traffic through references as well.
I love your blog and its design and do have read many posts in your blog and even bookmarked your blog in my delicious account so that i can read more posts in future!
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That nodofollow Firefox plug-in is terrific. I’ve spent the last few hours searching for other dentist blogs with Do Follow opportunities. Not many of us out there!
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I use a Firefox extension to check dofollow links. Works great!
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This is really very helpful for a newbie like me. I am only going to sites without checking if they are really helpful to my website. I do not like Firefox. But I got no choice. I might like it in the future if everything is doing great for me.
I really appreciate the information.
It’s really great post. I would like to appreciate your work and would like to tell to my friends.
Thanks for sharing
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Thanks for this useful Firefox Plugin, I really like thankful to use this plugin on my firefox. It will help me alot to judge dofollow and nofollow links.
Thanks
great tutorial, I just installed firefox nodofollow plugin, but unfortunatelly it´s not working.
Thank you Dana. You’ve been of great help to me and to those of who don’t know how to differentiate a do follow link and no follow link. From now on I will be using it in my blog comments to enable my blogs have back links.
thanks dana for share this article how to check dofollow links.
Great article. Very well-written. I am always interested in learning something new with SEO. Seems like you know the ins and outs of link building.
The DoNofollow plugin for firefox i find is definately efficient! You can right click to turn off at anytime which is great because sometimes the highlighted links can change the appearance of the webpage.
I used to go into the view source code and did control F to find the nofollow link but this took way tooi much time, now i just use the nofollow plugin and it is a matter of a simple right click and selecting the show nofollow links option. Thanks for the great blog post!
Yeah this doesnt really save time for me because i think dofollow holds nearly as much weight as nofollow links because i have don an experiment
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I would like to see your experiment on this because matt cutts is adimate that dofollow works! by the way, thanks for the info on the dofollow plugin, this saves me alot of time! I just downloweded it rhough the download plugins tab in firefox rather than through the website.