What Is Do Follow and No Follow Mean?

DOCUMENT - Webmasters and web authors alike still seem to have some uncertainty about what Do Follow and No Follow really mean and how does it affect their webpages. Back in 2004, this wasn't even an issue. Every hyperlink in a web page was Do Follow, which means that search engine spiders looked at the links and said "Okay lets see where this goes, and since it is a link, lets give merit and Sharing is sexy