How to check whether link is dofollow or nofollow ?

There are many ways to check whether the link is dofollow or nofollow links, however, I prefer method 2 to identify the type of link

Method1:

Let me explain this with an example. Suppose you commented on a blog and you want to check whether the link is dofollow or nofollow. You can follow the steps below to find out:

Step 1: Right-click on the webpage and click on ‘view page source’ as shown in the below screenshot

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Step 2: Search for the link you left in the source code, press Ctrl+F and search for your website name or your comment as shown in the screenshot below

You will find out the source code of the backlink you made, that's it now you can see whether the comment you dropped has a dofollow link or nofollow link, similarly, you can also prepare the list of the blogs which awards you with Nofollow link when you comment.

Did you notice that the comment I left on my own blog is nofollow?

Note: When this post has been published first, the blog name was different, it has been changed to beginnersbook.com couple of years back

Method2: Right-click on the link and click on ‘inspect element’ and it will show you the HTML code for your backlink. You can easily check rel attribute and determine the link type

Even there are many other alternative methods :

In Chrome, go to the navigation bar and click View>>Developer>>View Source. Alternatively, you can just right-click on a page and hit Inspect Element. For Firefox, do Right-Click>>View Page Source.

From there, do an Edit>>Find and search for “nofollow” in the search box. All instances of the nofollow tag will be highlighted.

For the SEO pros who want to keep careful and easy track of no follow links, there are many extensions available to download for Chrome and Firefox that automatically highlight no follow or do follow links on the pages you visit.

A few for Firefox are:

For Chrome: