What is the difference between dofollow and nofollow?

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Comparison between Dofollow and Nofollow Links:

1. Definition
- Dofollow Links: It instructs the bot to crawl the linked page and the link juice is passed.
- Nofollow Links: It instructs the bot not to crawl the linked page and the link juice is not passed.

2. Application in instances
- Dofollow Links: Referring to the site having a related content; High quality websites; Link to the original source for the referred content
- Nofollow Links: Any spam vulnerable sections; Unrelated sites in terms of content; Gambling and casino sites; Affiliate links/ Paid links

3. Advantages
- Dofollow Links: Website gets more comments; Attracts more visitors; Popularity of the website is enhanced
- Nofollow Links: Spammers are unable to spam on your website; Less time is spent in the moderation of comments; Genuine visitors will only post comments

4. Disadvantages
- Dofollow Links: Lot of Spam related comments may be encountered; A lot of time might be spent to moderate all of the comments.
- Nofollow Links: Few visitors would only comment as the link is defined as NoFollow link.