What does the no follow tag do?

[Insane!]

Honestly isnt it just like [noparse]Lol[/noparse]

 

[duyen]

no no no.

If you typed in a URL, like www.maphelp.co.nr, users would automatically be able to click it and go to that website.

However with no follow tags it would do this:

[nofollow=www.maphelp.co.nr]Map Help[/nofollow]

Unparsed:

[noparse][nofollow=www.maphelp.co.nr]Map Help[/nofollow][/noparse]

 

[Insane!]

Ok the example link is broken

EDIT
whats with the diggs?

 

[PurgeandFire]

Lol, the example link isn't broken, that is what it does.

Example:

[noparse][nofollow=thehelper.net]TheHelper[/nofollow][/noparse]

[nofollow=thehelper.net]TheHelper[/nofollow]

It just means you can't follow the link... :\

Exceptions to actual links after the forums backslash, such as index.php.

The nofollow puts the entered value after thehelper.net/forums/, so say if you put index.php:
[noparse][nofollow=index.php]Forum Index[/nofollow][/noparse]

Then it will actually lead to the index of this site...
[nofollow=index.php]Forum Index[/nofollow]

 

[SFilip]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nofollow

At least that's what it's supposed to do. However, it appears vB has a special use for that thing so I guess you can use it for local things like someone's profile without having to type [noparse]http://www.thehelper.net/forums/[/noparse] every time. Or, better yet, ignore it.

 

[The Helper]

The rel="nofollow" tag tells Google not to assign page rank to that link. When the Google Spider comes to your site it is supposed to disallow any links tagged with a nofollow as far as giving Page Rank to.

 

[Insane!]

ohhh ok.