Apr 08 2009

Visualize Any Page Nofollow Attribute Usage

“Nofollow” attribute is being used by more and more people now. It is a good idea to spot other people’s tactics on how they are using it on their web pages.

There are a few FireFox plugins that allow you to instantly see ‘nofollowed’ links as you browse. I am sure, most of you are well aware of those addons but I found it necessary to remind you of them:

1. Search Status highlights links using ‘nofollow’ (Right-link the tool icon in the status bar and choose ‘Highlight Nofollow Links‘). What I like about the tool is that you don’t have to reload the page once the plugin is activated:

2. SEOQuake shows ‘nofollow’ and ‘noindex’ links:


And do you use similar tools to see ‘nofollow’ links as you browse? Share them!

33 Responses to “Visualize Any Page Nofollow Attribute Usage”

  1. Sznq (Suzan Gray) says:
    December 31, 1969 at 11:59 pm

    Quirk’s Search Status is one of the 2 tools suggested to highlight nofollow links => http://tinyurl.com/c4rcgz

  2. Barry Welford says:
    April 8, 2009 at 6:50 pm

    This is not something that I do, since I am philosophically against the principle of this nofollow tag. The only place where this comes into play is that I am more inclined to comment on blogs where the commenter’s URL is without a nofollow tag. Otherwise it takes a lot to drag a comment out of me. :)

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  3. Jaamit says:
    April 8, 2009 at 7:58 pm

    I use the SEOmoz toolbar. Used to use SearchStatus but the dotted line around the highlighting is a bit messy and the extra pixel can mess up some page layouts, esp for images. MozBar’s one is much neater, plus i use the mozrank / moztrust metrics all the time.

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    Mercy Livi Reply:
    April 9th, 2009 at 4:54 am

    I use the same.

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  4. Ruud Kok says:
    April 8, 2009 at 8:19 pm

    How about Aaron Wall’s SEO For Firefox!

    IrishWonder Reply:
    April 16th, 2009 at 9:14 am

    yes SEO4FF has the same functionality

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  5. AndyW says:
    April 8, 2009 at 9:33 pm

    Don’t forget NoDoFollow: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/5687

    Together with my Web Developer Toolbar I must use this Firefox extension more than any other

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    Fabio Ricotta Reply:
    April 9th, 2009 at 3:54 am

    I use same as you.

  6. Vlad says:
    April 9, 2009 at 12:33 am

    I remember using SeoQuake, but dropping it for being overly annoying in promoting their paid version. Has anything changed since last year?

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    Ann Smarty Reply:
    April 9th, 2009 at 12:12 pm

    I guess they still promote it but I am so used to them that never notice that :) So that wasn’t annoying to me.

  7. B. Moore says:
    April 9, 2009 at 1:08 am

    I am very surprised that none of the links in you comment section are nofollow.

    thanks!

    Ann Smarty Reply:
    April 9th, 2009 at 12:09 pm

    Yeah, we follow all comments ;)

  8. Henri says:
    April 9, 2009 at 7:28 am

    I’ve tried a few programs but never really got into it, I might have to try again, thanks for the reminder!

    Oh and a post about how and why to use no follow would be awesome!

  9. Fusion Unlimited says:
    April 9, 2009 at 8:09 am

    I use Greasemonkey and the nofollow script, similar to “search status” that you’ve mentioned here.

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  10. Reena Malhotra says:
    April 9, 2009 at 10:34 am

    I love to use SEO4Firefox which you can download from SEO Book.com.

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  11. Jim says:
    April 9, 2009 at 10:56 am

    I use search status although my distrust of automated tools leads me to checking the source quite a bit

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  12. seobag says:
    April 9, 2009 at 1:42 pm

    I use a Stylish ext. for Firefox and style Highlight Nofollow Links and Images for this.

  13. ptamaro says:
    April 11, 2009 at 3:47 pm

    Great tip(s) and information, great blog… I’ll have to try some of these. Thanks!

    :-)

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  14. madaerodog says:
    April 11, 2009 at 3:54 pm

    10x for sharing this, will use it alot

  15. Missy (from Twitter Tshirt Blog) says:
    April 11, 2009 at 4:16 pm

    Thanxs to @AndyW for the rec to the NoDoFollow FF plugin. Pretty cool.

    P.S. After hitting the “submit comment” button – i’m getting an error page stating javascript and cookies not enabled. But they are – so not sure if this comment is getting through. I think i’ve tried to leave comments here before and they don’t go through, because of that error page. Please look into it. Thx!

    Ann Smarty Reply:
    April 11th, 2009 at 6:20 pm

    Thanks, Missy, we’ll look into that.

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  16. luke says:
    April 29, 2009 at 12:00 pm

    this is a great tool especially for when you are link building!

    the search status bar also has some other pretty handy tools which mean you don’t have to remember long search operators!

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  17. Zafar Majid says:
    May 30, 2009 at 1:14 pm

    I use nofollow in my internal linking.

    I use it for links between pages that aren’t landing pages….

    Started to do it after reading one of Rand Fishkin’s posts over at SEOmoz.

    I read their posts… but I understand yours.

    thanks for making it easy.

  18. Steve says:
    June 3, 2009 at 2:24 pm

    I’ve used Quirk SearchStatus for a while now – it’s great! Easy to use and highlights NoFollow links well. Occasionally I’ve found it misses some for some reason, but most of the time it’s spot on!

  19. wow power leveling says:
    July 27, 2009 at 6:42 am

    The text you add, is the same type of text that appears as a description for the bookmarks on browsers and on bookmarks on social bookmarking sites.

  20. used computers says:
    August 12, 2009 at 1:39 pm

    I am really pleased to be here because this blog allow us to share the ideas without any moderation

  21. Stuart Noton says:
    August 28, 2009 at 10:02 am

    Thanks for the post – new tools for me. Would be useful to check a new website design before sign-off.

  22. Andrew Long says:
    August 28, 2009 at 10:03 am

    Now I understand! Thanks!

  23. Louis Vuitton says:
    October 4, 2009 at 7:04 am

    Thanks for the post – new tools for me. Would be useful to check a new website design before sign-off.

  24. Health Insurance St Petersburg says:
    October 8, 2009 at 10:02 am

    Good firefox add on show nofollow links, alexa rank and back links etc,. I’ll download it.

  25. Chiropractic Care St Petersburg says:
    November 17, 2009 at 12:40 pm

    I have no idea about seoquake and searchstatus tools. I’ll use this tool and thanks for information.

  26. Immigration Lawyer in Arizona says:
    February 11, 2011 at 2:59 am

    I can’t get over these tips. I came across this post, and another, about these add ons to view nofollow links without having to view source. This will save me so much time. Thanks!

  27. Anita says:
    April 16, 2011 at 5:06 am

    is there any benefit with nofollow attribute in long term or it is harmful for SEO campaigning ???