Nofollowing affect on resource page question?

**divengrabber** · 08-17-2009, 09:24 AM

If you have a legit, resource page on your site that links out to (and reviews) 50 quality sites in your niche; with all things being equal, do you think it's rankings will be affected if you nofollow everything vs. not doing so.

The resource page isn't a reciprocal deal.

Personally, I don't use "nofollow" in these situations, but curious to hear other views.

thanks

**chrishirst** · 08-17-2009, 11:02 AM

If you TRUST the links on the page why would you be setting a rel="nofollow" on them?

**moneymaker1008** · 08-22-2009, 01:35 PM

I don't think it will really affect your rankings. However, it won't help the rankings of the other sites either. I would think you would want to help them in hopes of them linking back to you.

-Danielle

**stephen186** · 08-24-2009, 07:48 AM

Recently i read article my Matt Cutts where he is encouraging use of nofollow. So i guess it should affect if you are linking to your niche sites only.

**shanlee** · 08-24-2009, 09:57 AM

if you are linking to high quality site which really means to your user will not effect the ranking of your site.

**moneymaker1008** · 08-24-2009, 01:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by stephen186

Recently i read article my Matt Cutts where he is encouraging use of nofollow. So i guess it should affect if you are linking to your niche sites only.

I'm sure he's not encouraging it for a resources page, though. He's probably only encouraging it for forums or blog comments.

-Danielle

**WebTraffic** · 08-25-2009, 07:43 PM

If the page is ranking well in search engines, I don't see why you wouldn't use nofollow's. Otherwise, I would stick with links that give your website credit.

**sanesh1989** · 09-02-2009, 04:55 PM

TI have seen your resouce page , basic composition and intrests. he resource page isn't a reciprocal deal.
With no techical flaws your source , to be a good one really .