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Hi friends!
What tool should I use to find out no-dofollow? Though I have installed seo quake. But I am thinking it's enough to appreciate the sites?
Thanks!

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A short, practical checklist that clarifies the thread (thanks to suggestions from , , , , , and ) and gives exact steps to confirm whether a link is truly marked nofollow and how search engines treat that mark today.

Browser check (fast): open DevTools' Elements panel (not just View Source) and locate the anchor. A nofollow looks like this in the live DOM:

<a href="https://example.com" rel="nofollow">Example</a>

Multiple rel values are allowed (space- or comma-separated) and token matching is case-insensitive; treat the rel attribute as a list of tokens when reading it. MDN: rel attribute. Also note that extensions are convenient for quick spotting (as several replies noted) but they read the rendered DOM the browser shows and can miss links injected later by JavaScript.

What Google actually sees: use Google Search Console’s URL Inspection -> View Crawled Page (or run a live test) to check rendered HTML, screenshots and HTTP headers — this reveals links that were added client-side and any header-level directives. . Google now treats rel="nofollow" (and the newer rel="sponsored" / rel="ugc") as hints rather than absolute commands, so choose the right tag to express intent. Qualify outbound links (Google Search Central).

Header and meta checks: nofollow can appear as a robots meta tag or as an X-Robots-Tag HTTP header (useful for PDFs/images). To inspect headers:

curl -I https://example.com/page
# check for: X-Robots-Tag: noindex, nofollow

Robots meta tag and X-Robots-Tag (Google).

Quick pitfalls to watch for: links inside iframes, javascript: URLs, links added only after user interaction, or pages where a noindex in source prevents rendering — these can cause extensions or a simple view-source check to be misleading (see Google guidance on rendering and dynamic content). Dynamic rendering / rendering notes (Google).

Summary checklist: inspect Elements for rel tokens (live DOM), confirm with Search Console’s rendered HTML/screenshots when possible, check headers for X‑Robots‑Tag/meta robots, and remember that rel values now describe intent to Google rather than acting as an absolute block.

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Member Avatar for Kelly Burby

Well, can't understand actually what you are tring to talk over there no-dofollow ?? Are you trying to find out nofollow and do follow links for your site ?? If you are then you can try using ahrefs its a good tool for such information.

Member Avatar for gyles

@Kelly Burby thanks for your suggestions. I tried to find outno-dofollow using no-dofollow finder (seo quake). But still I am not clear about this.

Member Avatar for sinelogix

You can install NoDoFollow :: Add-ons for Firefox and NoFollow - Chrome extension,

Member Avatar for gyles

Nice to hear greet suggestion from all of them. I'll definitely follow your direction and tools fo find out no-dollow in order to get better services.

Member Avatar for shapna.patel.5

Remember, Always don't believe in tools to find the link which is nofollow or dofollow. Try to do it in manual by checking whether the link has no follow tag or not?

Member Avatar for gyles

@shapna.patel fantastic idea! You logic has caught my attention.

Member Avatar for OtisGross

I am using the nofollow extension in Chrome and it tells me exactly the nofollow links. But if you want to be sure, you can check the tag manually.

Member Avatar for advent_geek

how about mozbar extensions

Member Avatar for gyles

Thaks but I use Mozile Firefox not Chrome.

Member Avatar for OtisGross

There is also an extension in Firefox. Just download it.

Member Avatar for Valencia_1

the best way is to just go back to the code. like on flickr i noticed when u put a link its no follow. but no follow links are still useful u know

Member Avatar for gyles

I didn't use mozbar extension ever. So, no idea at all.

Member Avatar for OtisGross

Yea, I am also using mozbar extension aside from nofollow extension and it tells exactly the nofollow links. You can try those extensions so you can figure it out what's best for you.

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Member Avatar for Valencia_1

There are two ways to find if the link is diffollow or nofollow which are

  1. Using nofollow adon /extension

    1. Using source code.
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