Adam Sherk

NOVEMBER 21, 2011

It also creates links back to your site: At the moment the attribution links do not have the nofollow attribute, which means they have SEO value as well. And even nofollow links have indirect SEO benefits since users who come across them may choose to link or share the content elsewhere. 10 Practical Twitter Tips for Publishers.

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Adam Sherk

JUNE 5, 2009

It can be done by redirecting the sponsored links to an intermediate page that is blocked via robots.txt, or by applying the nofollow attribute to the JavaScript links (see the Vanessa Fox writeup as well as the second half of this article in SEL for more detail). Related posts: Does Google News Sitemaps New Format Help Publishers?

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Adam Sherk

AUGUST 21, 2012

Bing has stronger relationships with Facebook and Twitter so it is in a better position to utilize their data. Unfortunately many social media sites add a “nofollow” attribute to any links within user generated content. A link from a quality, trusted site has considerably greater weight than a like, tweet or +1.

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