Should I use nofollow on social links?

If you are giving someone a link because you want to, you think it’s a good resource, and you haven’t been given anything or paid for it, you don’t need to nofollow it. If you don’t see that it in any way can be considered a link that is designed to manipulate PageRank, you don’t need to nofollow it.

Are twitter links nofollow?

Links that come from Twitter have the rel=”nofollow” tag. Since the major algorithm updates, however, these links are just as valuable as followed links in creating a well-rounded back-link portfolio and avoiding penalization.

Which links should be nofollow?

But in general, inbound links from these sources tend to be nofollow:

• Blog comments.
• Social media (for example, links in Facebook posts or YouTube video descriptions)
• Links in forum posts or other forms of user generated content.
• Certain blogs and news sites (like the Huffington Post)
• Links from “widgets”

Does Google crawl Twitter links?

In the new deal, Google will receive data from Twitter in real time via a data feed. Google will not need to do any crawling at all to obtain the information they are looking for. As a result, Google will suddenly get tens, or hundreds, of times more access to the tweet stream, and with potentially less effort.

Do Twitter links help SEO?

Contrary to popular belief, most SEO experts agree that the number of social shares referring to a link increases its value and influences higher ranking on Google. Simply put, the more shares you get on Twitter and Facebook, the more likely it will be to increase your website search rankings.

Why do I have nofollow links?

The nofollow tag is a way publishers can tell search engines not to count some of their links to other pages as “votes” in favor of that content. Doing so can help them avoid problems with search engines believing they are selling influence or are somehow involved in schemes deemed as unacceptable SEO practices.