Nofollow is an attribute added to links when you DO NOT vouch for the quality of the link (because it is an advertisement, or it is within user-generated content such as a commenting system where anyone can link to whatever they wish and you have no control over it).
Dofollow has turned into an industry term used to describe when links do not have the nofollow attribute.
Don't use nofollow when you vouch for links, such as linking to other pages within your site, or external links to quality sites you mean to link to. Use nofollow within blog commenting systems or for text-based advertisements.
The original concept is that supposedly links with the nofollow attribute don't pass PageRank, but I personally don't believe that.
cscgal
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hi,
no-follow attributes tells search engines don't follow the link, this help you to get traffic, but not for link juice.no-follow would be better when you have a site that has out going links.
follow attributes tells search to follow the link as well as help you to get link juice.This would be better when you getting backlinks.
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hi,
no-follow attributes tells search engines don't follow the link, this help you to get traffic, but not for link juice.no-follow would be better when you have a site that has out going links.
follow attributes tells search to follow the link as well as help you to get link juice.This would be better when you getting backlinks.
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The clear concept is dofollow gives backlinks but no backlinks are provided in case of nofollow.
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