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Google was reported in 2005 as not using anchor text from rel=nofollow links to determine the target page’s relevance.
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- Google, Yahoo, MSN Unite On Support For Nofollow Attribute For Links
Search Engine Watch (Danny Sullivan) · primary source · retrieved 2026-08-20
“NOT count the anchor text in determining what terms the page being linked to is relevant for” — Bulleted list of Google's nofollow handling
- PageRank sculpting
Matt Cutts · primary source · retrieved 2026-08-20
“In Google, nofollow links don’t pass PageRank and don’t pass anchortext.” — line 23
- Google adds new options to NOFOLLOW (thread quoting Jan 2005 Google blog and SEW)
WebmasterWorld · retrieved 2026-08-20
“those links won't get any credit when we rank websites in our search results” — Quoted January 18, 2005 Google blog text
- What About Nofollow Links?
Web Page Mistakes · retrieved 2026-08-20
“Google does not transfer PageRank or anchor text across these links” — Quoted Google Webmaster Tools Help text
- Google, Yahoo, MSN Unite On Support For Nofollow Attribute For Links
Search Engine Watch · retrieved 2026-08-20
“NOT count the anchor text in determining what terms the page being linked to is relevant for.” — lines 171-180
Release: seo-geo-product-v0.3 · Phase Two freeze: P2-CORE300-FINAL-v1.0 · Generated: 2026-08-23T08:01:40Z