Hi
Is site point signature a dofollow link? is that count as a backlink in google or other search engines ?
No they’re not backlinks!
You have to be logged in to see the sig links on Sitepoint and search engines can’t log in. It’s done on purpose to prevent link drop spam.
Sitepoint is a NOFOLLOW forum
Sitepoint is a NOFOLLOW forum
every forums are No-follow ?
no, some of them are do follow
Even where they do the sign links are only worth about 0.000000001 of what a regular relevant link would be worth.
there you go, making up stats again
if i tole you oncet, i tole you a hunnert times, please don’t exaggerate
The signature links are backlinks. They can be followed by humans (logged in members) - the purpose and intent of backlinks. Too many seo-kiddie forum members couldn’t get it, thinking that they would help SERPs, so they continued to make fluff posts and link SPAM. Now the sig links are not visible to bots.
Sorry to call you out, are you certain it was a hunnert times and not less?
Technically yes, but in the context of his question “is that count as a backlink in google or other search engines” then they’re not.
Since we don’t want to encourage spammers, maybe a better way to phrase it might be that the sig links ‘can be followed by humans but not search engines’ but not call them backlinks.
I got your point. thanks for having it explained here.
maybe some days later, you will find some of your post can bring you some backlinks. It need some time, also depends on the quality of your post