Backlinks Policy

Backlinks Policy

Artland manages link attributes on profile pages and badges based on account status.

Link Attributes

Entity Status	Link Attribute	Rationale
Subscriber / Sponsored	rel="dofollow"	Paid relationship, trusted
Claimed (non-subscriber)	rel="nofollow ugc"	Not verified as paying
Auto-generated (crawler)	rel="nofollow ugc"	Unverified source

How It Works

When someone links to your Artland profile or embeds your verified badge:

• Subscriber accounts get dofollow links, which pass SEO value
• Non-subscriber accounts get nofollow ugc links, which don’t pass SEO value

Profile Pages

All outbound links from your Artland profile page follow this policy:

<!-- Subscriber profile -->
<a href="https://your-gallery.com" rel="dofollow">your-gallery.com</a>

<!-- Claimed (non-subscriber) profile -->
<a href="https://your-gallery.com" rel="nofollow ugc">your-gallery.com</a>

Verified Badge

The embeddable badge follows the same policy:

<!-- Subscriber badge -->
<a href="https://artland.com/your-gallery" rel="dofollow">
  <img src="https://artland.com/badge/your-gallery.svg" alt="Verified on Artland" />
</a>

<!-- Non-subscriber badge -->
<a href="https://artland.com/your-gallery" rel="nofollow ugc">
  <img src="https://artland.com/badge/your-gallery.svg" alt="Verified on Artland" />
</a>

Upgrading to Dofollow

To get dofollow links from Artland:

1. Subscribe — Upgrade to a subscriber account at /account/co-op
2. Or get sponsored — Sponsored accounts also receive dofollow links

Tip

Subscriber accounts also get higher rate limits (100/min vs 30/min) and write access to the API.

SEO Impact

• dofollow links pass PageRank and contribute to your domain authority
• nofollow ugc links are still crawlable but don’t pass SEO value
• Google treats ugc (user-generated content) as a hint, not a directive

Questions

For questions about the backlinks policy, contact hi@artland.com.