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title: "State the difference between ‘nofollow’ and ‘dofollow’ link"  
description: "State the difference between ‘nofollow’ and ‘dofollow’ link"  
author: "Anonymous User"  
published: 2020-11-26  
updated: 2025-02-22  
canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/forum/156091/state-the-difference-between-nofollow-and-dofollow-link  
category: "negative seo"  
tags: ["seo"]  
reading_time: 2 minutes  

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# State the difference between ‘nofollow’ and ‘dofollow’ link

[State the difference](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/93988/state-the-difference-between-a-blog-and-an-article) between ‘[nofollow](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/334372/noindex-nofollow-disallow-the-differences)’ and ‘dofollow’ [link](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/23633/link-builder)

## Replies

### Reply by Khushi Singh

The search engine ranking of websites benefits strongly from backlinks in SEO. Different links gather unequal value in the SEO process. The search engine optimization field uses two different types of backlinks which include the 'dofollow' and 'nofollow' formats.

## 1. Dofollow Links

- A dofollow link functions as an ordinary hyperlink for search engines to both track and disseminate link equity to the target site.
- The transfer of website authority through the linking process enables dofollow links to enhance domain authority and search engine rankings for the site.
- The usage of following links appears in blog posts together with guest articles and website endorsement content.

## 2. Nofollow Links

- Search engines receive instructions from nofollow links through the rel="nofollow" attribute to prevent link equity from being transmitted to target websites.
- SEOs can benefit from this type of linking because it generates website traffic while improving brand recognition.
- Website owners implement nofollow links through blog comments and paid advertisements and forums as a spam prevention mechanism to escape link juice flow.

**Conclusion**\
A proper backlink profile contains essential elements of both dofollow and nofollow links. A combined use of dofollow links for ranking and nofollow links for credibility prevention results in strong SEO performance.


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