Comments on: Why nofollow is useful http://vrypan.net/log/2005/02/01/why-nofollow-is-useful/ panayotis' notes about the web and everything else. Sat, 22 Nov 2008 12:27:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: ziandra http://vrypan.net/log/2005/02/01/why-nofollow-is-useful/#comment-2133 ziandra Sun, 03 Apr 2005 17:35:25 +0000 /?p=73#comment-2133 I personally find nofollow useful in some situations. It is very useful for conserving bandwidth if you are linking to pages that are marked "noindex". While the use of "nofollow" won't solve the worlds problems, there are some situations where it makes life a little easier. I personally find nofollow useful in some situations. It is very useful for conserving bandwidth if you are linking to pages that are marked “noindex”.

While the use of “nofollow” won’t solve the worlds problems, there are some situations where it makes life a little easier.

]]> By: Aaron Wormus http://vrypan.net/log/2005/02/01/why-nofollow-is-useful/#comment-490 Aaron Wormus Wed, 02 Feb 2005 20:30:05 +0000 /?p=73#comment-490 I'll admit that you're scenario can cause problems with the PR system. But the problem with the nofollow solution is that it will cause more problems than it will solve. PR is calculated by how many links go off your site. For instance, if I am PR5 and I link to 3 sites, my PR will add to their PR. If I have 10 sites each of the sites get less PR. If I have 100 links and but all but 1 have nofollow on them, what if that one site is a Pr0n site totally irrelavant, but nicely hiddend and funneling ALL my PR away? This is already being used (not abused, because this is what it was made for), and it will totally breaking what the PR algorithm was good at. I’ll admit that you’re scenario can cause problems with the PR system. But the problem with the nofollow solution is that it will cause more problems than it will solve.

PR is calculated by how many links go off your site. For instance, if I am PR5 and I link to 3 sites, my PR will add to their PR. If I have 10 sites each of the sites get less PR. If I have 100 links and but all but 1 have nofollow on them, what if that one site is a Pr0n site totally irrelavant, but nicely hiddend and funneling ALL my PR away?

This is already being used (not abused, because this is what it was made for), and it will totally breaking what the PR algorithm was good at.

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