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2008-08-22, 08:32 AM | #1 |
Formerly known as TekAngel
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no follow - when and how?
I have seen a few mentions of using "no follow"; what exactly does it do and when should it be used? Also how do you use it? (I mean the code)
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2008-08-22, 09:05 AM | #2 |
I want to set the record straight - I thought the cop was a prostitute
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Basically, whack this into your link tag -
rel="nofollow" so like <a href="link" rel="nofollow">Wibble</a> or whatever. It stops spiders from following the link, basically the more links out of have, the more leaks you have, using this plugs up leaks, I would recommend only adding it to affiliate links as that is one way traffic - it would be really wankerish to do it on link exchanges etc. |
2008-08-22, 09:09 AM | #3 | ||
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It's a way of telling the SEs about your relation to the site/page you are linking to. In my minor experience, it seems most often used to not leak PR to a sponsor or hosted gallery. Of course, if you nofollow all of your sponsor links, you are probably less likely to have the luck of getting hosted galleries with your affiliate ID cached by Google. (Not certain about that part.) Sites that sell advertising blocks usually nofollow the links in those sold ads. Quote:
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2008-08-25, 06:14 AM | #5 |
Internet! Is that thing still around?
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Nofollow = nothing. A link with nofollow is totally useless in SE.
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2008-08-25, 11:28 PM | #6 |
The Original Greenguy (Est'd 1996) & AVN HOF Member - I Crop Pics For Thumbs In My Sleep
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Isn't that the point?
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2008-09-08, 06:14 AM | #8 |
I don't have to be careful. I got a gun
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rel="nofollow" actually tells to almost all search engine ‘don't value/score this link’ rather than ‘don't follow this link’ ... For G it means what UW said: it is used to not leak PR though link still can be 'followed' and crawled but it will not get any points from Your page.
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2008-09-09, 03:39 AM | #9 |
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in a layman's language, a no follow tag in the HTML stops search engine spider to crawl into that link!
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2008-09-09, 06:03 AM | #10 |
That which does not kill us, will try, try again.
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No, as has been explained... whether in "a layman's language" or any other tongue, the nofollow *attribute* added to a link/anchor *tag* is simply a piece of information which the crawling spiders, and the search engines for which they work, add to their data about the site being crawled and the link which contains the nofollow attribute. At the moment the data is being used by Google to control/tweak PR leaking, though what they actually choose to do with that data could change at any time, but it definitely does not prevent spiders from actually following those links.
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