Research any topic before you write.

Find related topics. | Discover entities. | See connections. | Build a topical map.

Nofollow: Applications, Concept and specification & Use by websites

Nofollow is a setting on a web page hyperlink that directs search engines not to use the link for page ranking calculations. It is specified in the page as a type of link relation; that is: <a rel="nofollow" ...>. Because search engines often calculate a site's importance according to the number of hyperlinks from other sites, the nofollow setting allows…

Language: English [EN]
Use the mouse wheel or two fingers (on touchscreens) to zoom in and out of the map.
100%
More settings
100% 100% 100% 100% 100%

Nofollow topic overview

The analysis highlights Applications, Concept and specification and Use by websites as prominent areas in the source structure around Nofollow.

Related topics
32
Source areas
8
Connected nodes
40
Extracted relationships
59
Concept neighborhoods
15
Bridge connections
40

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Concept and specification · 10 topics
Use by websites · 8 topics
Overview · 5 topics
Interpretation by the individual search engines · 3 topics
Blocking and excluding content from search engines · 2 topics
Repurpose · 2 topics
Introduction and support · 1 topics
Qualified outbound links · 1 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.

Overview

Concept and specification

Introduction and support

Interpretation by the individual search engines

Use by websites

Repurpose

Qualified outbound links

Blocking and excluding content from search engines

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

How Nofollow connects Entity context

The extracted context around Nofollow shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Nofollow → As, Bing, Cutts, Google, GoogleBot, However, In, March, Matt Cutts, On June, PageRank, Prior, The, Yahoo Another extracted example is Nofollow → Believing, Blogger's Jason Shellen, Google's Matt Cutts, IETF, Lock-gray-alt-2, Lock-green, Lock-red-alt-2, RFC, The, Thenofollowvalue, W3C Patent Policy, Wikisource-logo. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Nofollow

Top relations

related to Introduction and support · 14
Nofollow → As, Bing, Cutts, Google, GoogleBot, However, In, March, Matt Cutts, On June, PageRank, Prior, The, Yahoo
related to Concept and specification · 12
Nofollow → Believing, Blogger's Jason Shellen, Google's Matt Cutts, IETF, Lock-gray-alt-2, Lock-green, Lock-red-alt-2, RFC, The, Thenofollowvalue, W3C Patent Policy, Wikisource-logo
related to Control internal PageRank flow · 12
Nofollow → About Us, Contact Us, Google, However, Matt Cutts, PageRank, Privacy Policy, Search, Service, Several SEOs, Terms, This
related to Qualified outbound links · 8
Nofollow → Additionally, Google, In, On September, The, These, User-generated, WordPress
related to Interpretation by the individual search engines · 5
Nofollow → Ask, Bing, Google, While, Yahoo
related to Use by websites · 3
Nofollow → Many, More, Some
see also · 2
Nofollow → Link, Search
is a · 1
Nofollow → setting on a web page hyperlink that directs search engines not to use the link for page ranking calculations

Important terminology

Use these terms to understand the vocabulary surrounding the topic, not as a checklist for keyword stuffing.

Important terminology

links pagerank link google search engines page internal use cutts webmasters matt engine may ranking website also comment spam announced

Nofollow relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 59 structured relationships around Nofollow. Examples in this analysis include Nofollow → is a → setting on a web page hyperlink that directs search engines not to use the link for page ranking calculations and user-contributed comments → instance of → may be used to denote content. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Nofollowis asetting on a web page hyperlink that directs search engines not to use the link for page ranking calculations0.90text
user-contributed commentsinstance ofmay be used to denote content0.80text
forum postsinstance ofmay be used to denote content0.80text
Nofollowrelated to Concept and specificationThenofollowvalue0.60section
Nofollowrelated to Concept and specificationBelieving0.60section
Nofollowrelated to Concept and specificationGoogle's Matt Cutts0.60section
Nofollowrelated to Concept and specificationBlogger's Jason Shellen0.60section
Nofollowrelated to Concept and specificationThe0.60section
Nofollowrelated to Concept and specificationW3C Patent Policy0.60section
Nofollowrelated to Concept and specificationIETF0.60section
Nofollowrelated to Concept and specificationLock-green0.60section
Nofollowrelated to Concept and specificationLock-gray-alt-20.60section

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around Nofollow bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Page, Link and Links. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • Nofollow
    • Page
    • Link
    • Links
    • Google
    • Pagerank
    • Outgoing
    • Normal
    • Rank
    • Software
    • Engine
    • Search
    • Follow
  • nofollow
    • Page
    • Link
    • Links
    • Google
    • Pagerank
    • Outgoing
    • Normal
    • Rank
    • Software
    • Engine
    • Search
    • Follow
  • search engines
    • Search
    • Engine
    • Use
    • Also
    • Ranking
    • Internal
    • Control
    • Flow
    • Suggested
    • Web
    • Attribute
    • Spam
  • link relation
    • Nofollow
    • Engine
    • Search
    • Google
    • Page
    • Hyperlinks
    • Web
    • Attribute
    • Spam
    • Website
    • Pagerank
    • Control
  • pagerank
    • Google
    • Webmasters
    • Flow
    • Links
    • Search
    • Suggested
    • Using
    • Also
    • Announced
    • Pages
    • Spam
    • Website
  • interpretation by the individual search engines
    • Search
    • Engine
    • Use
    • Also
    • Ranking
    • Internal
    • Control
    • Flow
    • Suggested
    • Web
    • Attribute
    • Spam
  • qualified outbound links
    • Spam
    • Nofollow
    • Webmasters
    • Outgoing
    • Pages
    • Software
    • Suggested
    • Use
    • Pagerank
    • Also
    • Announced
    • Comment
  • blocking and excluding content from search engines
    • Search
    • Engine
    • Use
    • Also
    • Ranking
    • Internal
    • Control
    • Flow
    • Suggested
    • Web
    • Attribute
    • Spam

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Nofollow, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Nofollow with Concept and specification. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
Nofollow — Concept and specification · splits 30 ⟂ 11
Nofollow — Use by websites · splits 32 ⟂ 9
Nofollow — Overview · splits 35 ⟂ 6
Nofollow — Interpretation by the individual search engines · splits 37 ⟂ 4
Nofollow — Repurpose · splits 38 ⟂ 3
Nofollow — Blocking and excluding content from search engines · splits 38 ⟂ 3

Map overview Semantic statistics

Nofollow

Nodes41
Edges40
Triples59
Avg. degree1.95
Density0.04878
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Nofollow to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Applications, Concept and specification & Use by websites, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Nofollow · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

For writers, content strategists, SEOs, marketers and creators — from quick topic research to advanced semantic analysis.