How many nofollow links should we build to have a natural link profile
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Hi guys,
As with many link builders we have been building lots of dofollow links for our site, so many that mainly our incoming links are dofollow. Some pages have 99.5% dofollow external links which I know is not very natural.
In your experience in terms of percentage how much should you have in terms of nofollow external links in your link profile.
I noticed SEOMoz has about 12-13% nofollow external links, shall I go with this figure?
Thanks guys.
David
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i know not everyone will agree with this, but we really don't monitor how many links are follow/nofollow.
The key is to get links pointed to your site that are topical. Just by that tactic alone, you will get a typical blend of both kinds of links.
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I like around 20%, but probably best look at the niche average. Or look at the most natural link profile in that niche.
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