I just checked google webmaster tools for my external links to my site and saw a whole list of links incoming from thread posts on realestatewebmasters forums. I thought it was strange becuase I know that forum users here must contribute more than 300 posts before the NOFOLLOW rule is removed and I only have about 40 posts so far. Next, I checked the source code on the threads that showed up as incoming links in G webmaster tools and saw the Nofollow rule was in place everywhere my website was mentioned. So, my question is this? Does google webmasters tool ignore the nofollow rule and post your links regardless of the setting. I thought nofollow meant google ignored your link completely. If this incoming link list has nothing to do with the links that affect your PR or SERPs, why should i bother checking it?

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Michael Reilly, Owner/Broker
Great Austin Properties, LLC
Austin Texas Real Estate Brokerage

Austin Homes for Sale | Bee Cave Homes For Sale | Spanish Oaks Austin

Google Webmaster Tools reports all of the links it finds for your site, not just links that pass juice.

searchenginejournal.com/google-webmaster-tools-nofollow-links/5449/

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John Allen
Realtor®/Broker
Allen Real Estate Services, Inc.
Sarasota, Florida
Representing buyers and sellers of fine Sarasota real estate.

Thanks for the link to the SE journal. Since we know google can recognize the Nofollow links because they show up in webmaster tools, is there any thoeries that Google results might still be influenced by those nofollow links. I mean, they are links and Google found them.

Also, are there any online tools that list only your DOfollow links from external sites? it would be nice to keep track of those links if they are the only ones that affect search ranking.

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Michael Reilly, Owner/Broker
Great Austin Properties, LLC
Austin Texas Real Estate Brokerage

Austin Homes for Sale | Bee Cave Homes For Sale | Spanish Oaks Austin

Excellent questions, also on the forum here is it only the links above 300 that are loose the no follow or do they all lose the no follow?

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Rob Muller
ReMax Town & Country
Canton, GA 30114
770-363-4528

Specializing in Cherokee County Real Estate, East Cobb homes for sale, and West Cobb homes for sale.

I think I read in another post that all 300 will have the nofollow taken off. So it made a big difference for them.

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Cleo Shahateet
Paphos, Cyprus Property
Paphos, Cyprus real estate
Cyprus News & Information

Gosh I need to get to my 300 and keep putting it off. I as well heard that all 300 hundred will contribute.

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Bellingham MLS
Bellingham Houses For Sale

Yes, you really have to make a commitment to this forum if you want some links. I suspect that by the time you hit that magical 300 number you've probably learned a lot and hopefully contributed as well.

Unless of course, you posted 300 in one night, but nobody would try that would they?

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Michael Reilly, Owner/Broker
Great Austin Properties, LLC
Austin Texas Real Estate Brokerage

Austin Homes for Sale | Bee Cave Homes For Sale | Spanish Oaks Austin

By the time you get to a hundred, (if you actually read 100 good threads and not introductions ), you won't put too much into forum signature links.

While it helps, there are other things that you can do with your time that help much more if your only intention is to just get 300 posts to remove the no-follows from your signature links.

50 blog posts on the REW blog is going to have much better long term results for one...Adding more content to your own site, Setting up a Facebook account, LinkedIn profile and putting some time into it, etc.. etc..

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I agree paul , but it would be nice to have the link from REW.

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