Are no follow link worth less..?

[Boss Content]

Nofollow links certainly help with SEO.

[deepsand]

When I check backlinks to my site, there are some nofollow links that get indexed. I tried different link checking tools, and have the same results, with nofollow links included.

The nofollow attribute speaks only to the passing of authority with relation to link weight.

It does not mean noindex. In this respect, how such is treated varies by Search Engine.

[seoasia]

hi
no-follow links only helps for visitors to visit your site.
but might not track search engine spiders....

[innominds]

It will definitely carry some weightage atleast in Yahoo.
Moreover it gives traffic that's surely the best value for any link.

[mjtaylor]

Nofollow links certainly help with SEO.

Nofollow links certainly do not help with SEO in Google my experience. I don't know about Yahoo.

[santhosh4]

It will drive traffic to the site.

[janestewart]

NoFollow links are not less worthy, I have seen some nofollows links get more traffic. Nofolow links also counted but it does not pass link juice

[psellc]

For me, they are not "totally" worthless, maybe they are when it comes to how Google indexes it, but does it still bring in traffic? Yes it does. Even if the links are no-follow, as long as they can bring lots of traffic to your website, for me, they are better than do follow links that don't bring in any traffic.

[JosephZ]

The reason to build good backlinks is to drive your site to the top of SERPs. Why? Because if you are at the top of Google or Yahoo, your website traffic will increase.

So if you have a "no follow" link on a site that is relevant and gets a lot of traffic and that traffic sometimes goes to your site, then I'm confused why some people say it's a waste of time?

The end goal is to get traffic, so whether it's through Google, or directly from another site (non-search engine), you are still helping to achieve your goal. Yes, from a SEO perspective, it doesn't carry the same weight, but I still believe that Google looks at how many times it finds your site and gives it a "credibility" factor.

[nickoran]

worth less, not worthless! a link is never a bad thing, but you would choose a follow over a no-follow - simple.
websites change thier follow and no follow attributes all the time, that no-follow link could easilly turn into a follow in the future