Date: 11/28/05 (Java Web)    Keywords: google

I have observed this for sometime, so I thought I would bring this to light and see if you have observed it too. Apparently nofollow directive is ignored by search engines including Google, despite their claims. They still follow the links. I have found backwards links to site which were tagged with nofollow in Google, [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/is-nofollow-directive-not-being-followed/