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Frankxc

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Feb 25, 2009, 04:06:48 PM

One of my wordpress blog now shows a link from wikipedia and I was wondering are they follow links? Also are they good for SEO? Do they help you out with se's?

It has no anchor text just a link in the reference on an article

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jeffm

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Feb 26, 2009, 11:09:53 AM

unfortunately, they are nofollow links so they don't help you for seo. the only way in which they would help you, besides for maybe bringing some traffic, is if other websites copy the links from wikipedia and remove the nofollow.

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Feb 26, 2009, 11:57:40 AM

Quote from: jeffm on Feb 26, 2009, 11:09:53 AM

is if other websites copy the links from wikipedia and remove the nofollow.

good point. I never thought of this before.

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Apr 04, 2009, 12:37:27 AM

Yes, Wikipedia links very helpful for seo but make sure which links you put on your website are Do follow.

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Apr 07, 2009, 01:53:10 AM

I`ve heard rumors that some new sites with just links from Wikipedia actually accumulated some pagerank. SEO legend I guess. tails

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May 08, 2009, 08:18:03 AM

Wikipedia is NOFOLLOW so no juicy will be given to you but it will still be indexed and probably will generate more traffic.

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May 31, 2009, 02:00:49 PM

Wikipedia links do have value even if they are nofollow. If Google is serious about authority pages passing juice, then by logic a Wikipedia link must carry some weight in their algorithm. Google treats Wikipedia differently than any other site.

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Jun 03, 2009, 03:49:48 AM

is there any way by which we can find that particular link is nofollow or dofollow please share

Vishenda

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Jun 30, 2009, 07:01:05 AM

they are not good for SEO since they are nofollow links. But they can drive traffic to your site.

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