“Interesting to see that most SEO pros use traffic to determine the quality of a link. That’s actually the metric I find myself increasingly using as well. Third party metrics (like Domain Rating) have their place. But organic traffic gives you insight into how Google themselves value the site. In …

“I totally agree with the point that nofollow links are valuable, bring authority and recognition. The biggest outlets out there stick with Google’s agenda on links and almost all of their links are nofollow, no matter how they got them. But, having a backlink on their websites is still worth …