Last week, some bloggers received an email from Google stating that their blogs have unnatural links, here’s a copy the email received:
And because of unnatural links (which has been tagged as paid links/ sponsored links), Google has applied a manual spam action to their blogs.
What does Google manual spam action means? It has been observe that blogs that received this manual action got penalized with a PR0, this may also mean disappearing from search engine. YIKES! No blogger would want that!
As mentioned on the email, you can submit a reconsideration request provided that you add rel=”nofollow” to paid links.
EASY? yeah if your blog is relatively new and have 100 or less post.. 100 is still a lot no? The best way to do this is to install a NOFOLLOW plug in (if you’re in WordPress of course).
Here’s a tutorial if you’re using Blogger as a platform>> How to Make Nofollow All External Links Automatically in Blogger
The best NOFOLLOW plug in for me is Nofollow for external link. This plug in automatically adds rel=”nofollow” to all external links, while maintaining a dofollow attribute to all internal links.
External links> any links outside your blog (other blogs, website etc)
Internal links> any links inside your blog (old post, etc)
Out of all the NOFOLLOW plugins listed, this one seems to be the most effective. All plugs in have the same problem> it automatically nofollow all links, new and old. I choose this one because of the rating and user reviews.
If you’re creating a new blog post and requires dofollow links, just add rel=”dofollow” to the link.
No Follow vs Do Follow
(from techpehpot.com)
Do follow links are links that is followed. That’s easy. Followed by whom? and where? Example, if your link is here in my blog and if it is a do follow link, the search engines will follow that link and will associate your site to my website.
A no follow link is simply a way of saying that a link should not be associated to your site. This is best done for sites that you think have malicious contents. So if you don’t wanna share your page ranks and all, use rel=no follow on your links.
In human terms, do follow means we’re friends and you know what they say about friends, tell me who your friends are and I will tell you who you are. And with no follow it means you are not friends.
Advertisers will always ask for dofollow link since they want the PageRank juice from a blog, but this is against Google’s Webmaster Guideline, as PageRank manipulation is a part of search engine optimization (SEO).
Kelly Kimmell says
April 23, 2014 at 5:50 pmYes, disappearing from search engines would be very scary! Thanks for the info on this.
Mommy Pehpot says
April 25, 2014 at 6:39 amscary indeed! specially if you have adsense on your blog
Franc Ramon says
April 23, 2014 at 6:02 pmNo Follow links is a great way to avoid malicious site and contents.
Mommy Pehpot says
April 25, 2014 at 6:40 amyup, but if you’re on paid posting, most advertisers ask for a dofollow link
Janice / The Roller Coaster Ride says
April 23, 2014 at 6:45 pmOMG. That happened to me last year when I was still on Blogger! I ended up removing several posts that I thought contained unnatural links. But it was such a tedious task because these paid post links are not the only types of links that Google can deem “unnatural”. That time, I already had about 600+ posts. So, I gave up and instead transferred my blog to WordPress. Haven’t encountered anything like this again so far.
Mommy Pehpot says
April 23, 2014 at 8:47 pmargh!!! that’s a lot of post!!!
Ditas says
April 23, 2014 at 7:14 pmThank you for making me understand what the difference is between the 2. This is a really helpful post.
jay mee says
April 23, 2014 at 7:30 pmthat’s a very helpful post especially for beginners like me. thanks for the information. I;m also reading your past articles.. they are helpful!
Amanda says
April 23, 2014 at 8:55 pmIt’s great you posted this! So many people don’t know about no-following links.
Jessica says
April 23, 2014 at 9:10 pmI love how easy blogger makes it to do no follow links.
Austin says
April 23, 2014 at 9:32 pmVery nice summary of no-follow and do-follow links! Sharing this with my network of marketers because a quick refresher is always great! Please write more information like this and I will be happy to share!
Roch says
April 23, 2014 at 9:38 pmWhat if I do not specify whether the link is a do follow or a no follow? Would that easily translate to a no follow link by WP?
Mommy Pehpot says
April 25, 2014 at 7:58 amIf you’re using this plug in, all external link is nofollow but if not, all links inside a blog post a do follow and links from comment section is no follow 🙂
Deborah says
April 23, 2014 at 9:41 pmGood tips. And love the look of your blog. It’s very clean and easy to read!
Mommy Pehpot says
April 25, 2014 at 6:38 amThanks Deborah!
Deb says
April 23, 2014 at 9:42 pmNowadays google penalizing those blogs which are providing huge amount of dofollow external link so in this regard such plugins are really helpful to avoid such penalty.
Roch says
April 23, 2014 at 9:44 pmWould you know how much usually a blogger charges for advertisers for having to post the do follow link?
Mommy Pehpot says
April 25, 2014 at 6:38 amhmm around $50, sometimes less, actually some would accept as low as $5, it all depends to the PageRank of the blog 🙂
Jenna Parsons says
April 23, 2014 at 10:16 pmI heard about this happening to quite a few bloggers! Not good! I added a “No follow” plug in a while ago, in hopes that I don’t get penalized.
Michelle F. says
April 23, 2014 at 10:40 pmI have been hearing about that and about people losing their PR. A plug in does sound so much easier than doing it manually.
Kath Rivera says
April 24, 2014 at 12:06 amHello Mommy 🙂 I just have few questions, for example I add the no follow to the sponsored links will they detect it? How about my blog post with links to facebook pages of brands, do I have to add the no follow attribute sa links na yun? I have more than 600 posts sa blogger and most of the old links inalis ko na, better ba pag konti lang yung outbound links? Thank you so much!
Mommy Pehpot says
April 25, 2014 at 6:37 amhmm I don’t think they can detect it that easily, but if they do and ask you to remove the no follow rel, just add dofollow 🙂
as for the FB page links, better if it is a no follow link
and yes, mas OK pag kaunti ang outbound links mo 🙂
Franc Ramon says
April 24, 2014 at 12:09 amGoogle is becoming stricter on links. Good thing, I am not that PR conscious with my site.
Debbie Jean says
April 24, 2014 at 1:47 amwow, thanks for the info! my new posts all have nofollow but definitely not older ones – I will check out the plugins for sure!
kungphoo says
April 24, 2014 at 2:09 amThanks for the heads up.. we have no received anything from the Google team. I will be on the lookout if we do get it.
krystal says
April 24, 2014 at 3:54 amThank you for the tips! I’m working on making all my links no follow.
Misty Battle says
April 24, 2014 at 6:29 amI am so glad you posted this. I had been blogging for a year before I caught on to this. Thank you!
jane says
April 24, 2014 at 7:37 amamazing! i should totally do this. My blog is safe from Mr.G do we never know right. I will get this plug in asap
RUSS says
April 24, 2014 at 8:23 amThis is really helpful, thank you for sharing.
Irish says
April 24, 2014 at 8:34 amThis is a good tutorial for those who just started accepting sponsored posts. I used to do this but I grew tired of writing sponsored posts.
mary says
April 24, 2014 at 9:34 amI think I finally get it now! 6 years of blogging and I never understood the difference. lol
Claire Rafols says
April 24, 2014 at 10:08 amI think this is a good plug in. As it concentrates on the external links. Thanks!
Mommy Pehpot says
April 25, 2014 at 6:32 amyup, now worries with our internal links 🙂
Fabulous Perks says
April 24, 2014 at 10:42 amThis is all so new to me, thank you for sharing such valuable information. Bookmarking this for future reference.
John Kenneth O Acibedo says
April 24, 2014 at 11:41 amGreat info every blogger web marketer must read this article, Specially for newbie .
Mecheel says
April 24, 2014 at 11:51 amThank you sis for posting this kind of tutorial. This is a new lesson for a newbie blogger like me.
Franc Ramon says
April 24, 2014 at 1:42 pmWe should really choose the links that can be associated with our sites.
andrew says
April 24, 2014 at 4:08 pmdont have any idea about this..well at least now i do. thanks for sharing!
Jenny Esplana says
April 24, 2014 at 4:15 pmif that so, its a great info. It will be a very helpful info for me as a beginner in blogging. Thanks 🙂
Leelo R says
April 24, 2014 at 5:39 pmI have been looking for a good no-follow plugin for my WP blog, because adding manually no-follow to all outbound links is just so annoying. Thanks for sharing!
Michele says
April 24, 2014 at 8:19 pmI went through this a while back–now my blog is a no follow blog AND I add rel=”nofollow” to every single link as well–paid or unpaid–I do not trust Google!!
Rebel Sweetheart says
April 24, 2014 at 8:36 pmMy blog was penalized by Google last year. From PR2, I was demoted to PR0. After a lot of cleaning up and an appeal, I finally got my PR back – after six long months. Google is god. o.O
Mommy Pehpot says
April 25, 2014 at 6:31 amgod indeed LOL
Janine says
April 24, 2014 at 8:36 pmOOh. thanks for this heads up and thank God too for not receiving this kind of email
Jessica Cassidy says
April 24, 2014 at 9:49 pmYes! I do this when an advertiser asks me to unfollow their links 🙂 Thank you for the tips 🙂
Savannah miller says
April 24, 2014 at 10:00 pmI try to always do no-follow links, but I have a feeling once in awhile I forget! With over 612 posts I can see how that would be a huge pain to go back through and no-follow everything 🙁 That plug in would be a HUGE help!!
Lisa says
April 24, 2014 at 11:51 pmAll of my links are automatically No-Follow so that all my bases are covered no matter what.
Pam Rote says
April 25, 2014 at 12:20 amvery useful information THANKS!
Paula - Buenos Aires says
April 25, 2014 at 1:26 amI didn´t even know this existed! And I´ve been blogging for 8 years. It would be aweful to have to go through almost 1500 posts. *sigh*
Mommy Pehpot says
April 25, 2014 at 6:30 amawful indeed!
Leira Pagaspas says
April 25, 2014 at 6:00 amThanks for this plug in I downloaded thie and I’m starting to remove all the unnatural links even if I’m not doing Google Adsense
Mommy Pehpot says
April 25, 2014 at 6:29 amyes even if you’re not on adsense, advisable din na i no follow mo ung links para hindi ka ma penalized ni Google at mawala sa search engine 🙂
Joanna Sormunen says
April 25, 2014 at 12:54 pmI had no idea about any of this. I’m still such a beginner in so many things about blogging. THank you for this information!
Sumi Go | The Purple Doll says
April 27, 2014 at 3:00 pmI always use the nofollow tag for my blog posts (blogger). I’ve always been scared to get penalized. >.< I think I have a few link which are dofollow, but hopefully I haven't been penalized yet for those. Or hope the Big G sees them as natural.
thereyoujho says
April 28, 2014 at 4:16 pmThanks for the info. Will hookmark this as Im jut learni the loop as a blogger hehe
Emiliana says
April 28, 2014 at 5:28 pmThanks for sharing this no follow pluggin. This is very helpful heads up. being non-techie, I wouldn’t want to be caught in such awful situation.
Que Gavan says
April 29, 2014 at 1:21 amUseful tips! Thank you for sharing!
Kirsten Allysandra San Juan says
April 29, 2014 at 2:16 pmNOTED. Thanks for the helpful tips that you always have.
Mitchryan says
April 29, 2014 at 5:02 pmIf for exmaple I will download this no- follow plug in, what will happen to those sponsored links that wants a do follow link?
Mommy Pehpot says
May 13, 2014 at 8:32 amyou have to add a do follow tag on it 🙂
Chinky Magtibay says
April 29, 2014 at 6:13 pmThese plugins are just crazy! so much things to learn!
Mommy Peachy says
April 30, 2014 at 7:00 amThank you so much for sharing! Thank God for plug-ins like this, hindi mo na kailangan isa-isahin ang posts mo.
Marie San Luis says
May 1, 2014 at 12:06 amThank you for this post Pehpot, you always know what a blogger user needs!
Mommy Pehpot says
May 1, 2014 at 10:13 amawww that’s so nice of you to say that!