Too many "nofollow" outgoing links are Okay?

[vtmoz]

Hi all,

Our forum have so many discussions and topics where our users leave their websites and oter URLs which will be marked "nofollow" by default. Beside spammy websites, is that Okay to have so many "nofollow" outgoing links?

Thanks

[GastonRiera]

Well having too much spammy content is a really difficult battle to fight.

Google will eventually tackle the bad, the spammy, the duplicate and the keywords stuffed content out of their rankings.
As your website is a forum, i'd advise to make more strict rules to the community and sanction the spammy content. Also educate the community in order to do not violate content google guidelines.

Hope it helps.
Best luck.
GR.

[vtmoz]

Hi GR,

I agree with too many nofollow outgoing spammy links. But how about having so much spammy content in-terms of text, keywords and hyperlinks?

Thanks

[GastonRiera]

Hello vtmoz,

No, there is no harm in having tons or thousands of outgoing links as nofollow.

I havent found yet a reason not to have the necessary nofollow tags.
There is no limit to the protection about the spammy and many outgoing links you are having.

Take also into consideration that, the message you are sending is to the robots not no follow that link because you think it doesnt carry out any valuable information. You might even be helping google, as you prevent the bot from analyzing spammy websites.

Hope it helps.
Best luck.
GR