: "nofollow" or "follow" backlinks in 2016 I've started to realise that our website has no external links, despite there being some good opportunities for them. I've have a blog within the website

@Radia820

too many follow links, indeed, not good. I would do the same what matt cuts said about rel=nofollow. As long as it has no relevant content, I would let it with follow link. For me, the content is everything (and learn always how to write effectively and useful for others) and from the best content, we have high possibility to earn backlink like others do.

As you know that with no relevant niche, the links have small effect in PR.

UPDATED:
understanding your point that Rel=nofollow is not a huge problem like you see. There are lots of things in PR aspects; e.g. authority, backlink, inbound links, content-structure and many more. I suggest: just focus on high quality content that's what user need.

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@Lee4591628

If you trust the page don't use nofollow. How did you earn PR from external sites? Because they trust your site or the webmaster didn't care/know about using rel=nofollow. So why not return the favor?
Personally I use it almost only on links to big sites like facebook & co. For small pages that I trust I use rel=follow.

The recommendations from google maybe help to make a decision: support.google.com/webmasters/answer/96569?hl=en

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