All SEO articles I've read on this subject claim that reddit links are nofollow. I am not questioning that information, but I would like to know how these folks are able to verify that reddit links are in fact nofollow.
Using the "inspect element" function in Chrome while logged into reddit, I have clicked on a reddit link and found the following:
<a class="title may-blank loggedin " href=
"/r/SEO/comments/2kg0mn/do_reddit_links_count_as_backlinks_or_are_they/" tabindex="1">
Do Reddit links count as backlinks? Or are they no-follow?</a>
Inspecting the same element while logged out, I see the following:
<a class="title may-blank " href=
"/r/SEO/comments/2kg0mn/do_reddit_links_count_as_backlinks_or_are_they/" tabindex="1">
Do Reddit links count as backlinks? Or are they no-follow?</a>
I don't see the nofollow
atribute in either case. Is it hidden in the CSS somewhere? If so, where exactly?
nofollow
attribute isn't necessarily the only thing that can determine whether a link is effectively nofollow or not. It could simply be blocked by robots.txt – MrWhite Aug 12 '15 at 8:19