Nofollow Link Checker & Highlighter
The DirJournal Nofollow Link Checker is an SEO utility that automatically scans and highlights the `rel` attributes of all outbound links on a given URL.
Why Use a No-Follow Checker?
Outbound links pass authority to the destination. A page that forwards equity to low-quality or unrelated domains weakens its own ranking signal, so periodic audits keep that distribution intentional.
Google's spam policies also require rel="sponsored" on paid placements and rel="ugc" on user-generated comments. Affiliate and ad links that are not marked correctly are a documented manual-action trigger.
How the Highlighter Works
- 1Fetch server-side HTML. The target URL is requested from our backend so the scan sees the same response Googlebot sees on its first pass.
- 2Extract
<a>tags. Every anchor in the HTML is parsed, with its href resolved against the page URL so relative paths classify correctly as internal or external. - 3Highlight nofollow, sponsored, UGC, and security flags. Each link is colour-coded by its
relattribute so you can spot equity leaks, missing sponsored tags, and bare external links missingnoopenerat a glance.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is a no-follow link highlighter?
A no-follow link highlighter is a tool that scans a web page and visually marks every outbound link based on its rel attribute. Followed, nofollow, sponsored, and UGC links each get a distinct colour, so you can audit how a page distributes link equity without reading the HTML by hand.
How do I check if a link is nofollow or dofollow?
Paste the page URL into the checker above and click Scan. Each link is classified by its rel attribute: rel="nofollow" appears as nofollow, rel="sponsored" as sponsored, rel="ugc" as user-generated, and links with no rel attribute (or a rel that omits those tokens) are treated as followed. The summary tiles at the top break the counts down by type.
Does this no-follow checker run on JavaScript?
No, it scans server-rendered HTML for faster, more accurate tag extraction up to 1,000 links. The scan sees the same initial HTML Googlebot's first pass sees, so client-side-rendered content (links injected after hydration) is not crawled.
How do I check affiliate link attributes?
This tool automatically extracts the 'rel' attributes from outbound links, identifying rel='sponsored' tags to ensure your affiliate and paid placements comply with Google's spam policies.
How do I find dofollow links on a page?
The tool treats any outbound link lacking a nofollow, sponsored, or UGC attribute as a 'dofollow' link and highlights it accordingly, making it easy to spot where link equity is being passed.
What is an outbound link checker?
An outbound link checker is an SEO utility that audits external links leaving a webpage, verifying their destination, anchor text, and rel attributes to prevent equity leaks to low-quality domains.