Is google counting no follow links

[karmadir]

Hi,

Recently I visited a forum that has a discussion that google has started counting no follow links, most of the people were confirming it.

But, there is no official claim about it.

I would like to know is that true?

Is Google really counting no follow links. I would like to get or share your opinion about that.

If anybody knew about this, then please share the link with us.

[jacky]

Google is really cool,helps in all the things.

[sbanks]

I don't know if anyone can 'know' this, but I'm sure lots have their opinions.

I don't think they do follow them, at least they don't pass any PR or weight for the anchor text.

[ebusinesscorporate]

If google started counting them what is the purpose of do follow links?

[goodpeoplegives]

I'm not pretty sure with that one.

[YooHee]

yes,.... i think as long as the link is posted to a quality relevant site SE esp Google will crawl it,

[surreypcsupport]

Yes, Google count no-follow links. I have seen no-follow links appear in my backlink list in Google Webmaster tools.

[Arleigh]

As far as I know, Google only counts links as backlinks if these links are in dofollow.

When I check my backlinks manually using this command: link:sitename.com , the backlinks that are counted by google are only those links that came from dofollow links.

[surreypcsupport]

But if you look in Google Webmaster Tools | Links | Pages with external links you will see backlinks that were nofollow.

The link:sitename command only shows tiny proportion of the total number of links Google has found.

[karmadir]

But if you look in Google Webmaster Tools | Links | Pages with external links you will see backlinks that were nofollow.

The link:sitename command only shows tiny proportion of the total number of links Google has found.

Was Googe webmaster tools showing no follow links earlier or it has just started showing recently.

If it is showing recently, then there is a strong chance that google is considering no follow links.