Are you guys finding more No Follows being counted as links?
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Wonding if anyone is finding more and more no follows actually being counted as links.
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Wondering if anyone is finding more and more no follows actually being counted as links.
How exactly do you mean "counted as"? Are you using a specific tool?
If you are referring to an onpage link analysis, then all links are counted by design, regardless or whether they are marked nofollow or not.
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Remember that a "nofollow" command only keeps links on the page from being followed. You need the "noindex" robot command to keep the page out of search results.
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