nofollow attribute

P

Panos

Hello,

I want to add the nofollow attribute in all the external links of my
webpages, posting at a webmaster forum they gave me this code

<META NAME="ROBOTS" CONTENT="NOFOLLOW">

If i add a code fragment with this code at the top of every publisher page,
do you think it can cause any problem????

Thanks
Panos
 
D

DavidF

Panos,

I don't think this is going to work for several reasons. From what I
understand about the subject, what you are proposing to include will prevent
the search engines from indexing YOUR pages, not following external links,
and of course that is not what you want to happen. Secondly, this needs to
be in the head section, not the body of the page, so using the insert html
code fragment tool is not going to work. Alternatively you prepare a
robots.txt file and upload it to your root directory.

I am no expert in the subject, but I don't think this is designed to keep
the webbots from following external links. It is for telling the webbots
what sections of your site that you do not want indexed. Here is a source
that I bookmarked for the information I used to write a robots.txt file.:
http://www.outfront.net/tutorials_02/adv_tech/robots.htm

Just curious...why you would want to prevent the webbots from following the
external links in the first place?

DavidF
 
P

Panos

When i saw the code i think the same with you, that this code stop the
engines to index the whole page ( content ) so i post again in the forum and
they told me this is only for the external links and this not block the whole
page...i will search again about it to find more answers. Till now i use
robots.txt file to block a whole page, but i think i cannot block specified
links, i read your article about robots.txt and i didnt find any mention
about blocking links.

The reason that i want to block engines from the external links is because
in each page i have about 10 external affiliate links all going in the same
website, so if you imagine 150 pages x 10 links = 1500 links. I would like to
no give any PR value to this affiliate website because in the Greek google it
is the main competitor. If i remove all these links i believe i will be 1st
 
D

DavidF

Be careful about how you are interpreting the words of the person on the
forum. While that code would not prevent the webbots from indexing that
particular page of your site, when they say it will block "external links",
I am guessing that they mean that it blocks ALL links from that page,
whether they are external or internal, whether they lead to other sites or
other pages on YOUR site. And of course you do want the webbots to follow
the links to your other pages. I have never read anything about how you
could block some links from a page and not others. I think it is an all or
none proposition. I could be wrong. Perhaps repost to that forum and ask
them specifically if you can block the webbots from following some links,
and not others from a particular page.

Good luck.

DavidF
 
P

Panos

Yes definetely i am not gonna add this code...in another forum that i ask
about this code they wrote me " this code is the death of a website"
blocking as you said all the internal links...

I also found that is not possible robots.txt to block external links...maybe
i cant do anything about it.


Thanks a lot for your advices
Panos
 
M

Mike Koewler

David,

It takes some time and I don't know how to add the code in a
Pub-generated link but the coding is: [rel="nofollow'] - without the
brackets for each link one does not want followed. Wiki, Google and some
other major sites use it to avoid giving unfair SE advantages. An
example would be:
<a href="http://www.yourwebsite.com rel="nofollow">Your web site </a>"

Mike
 
D

DavidF

Hey Mike,

Thanks. I suspected that you might be able to do this. As always, you wisdom
is appreciated ;-).

By the way, are WP users having any issues with IE8 beta or RC1?

DavidF

Mike Koewler said:
David,

It takes some time and I don't know how to add the code in a Pub-generated
link but the coding is: [rel="nofollow'] - without the brackets for each
link one does not want followed. Wiki, Google and some other major sites
use it to avoid giving unfair SE advantages. An example would be:
<a href="http://www.yourwebsite.com rel="nofollow">Your web site </a>"

Mike
Be careful about how you are interpreting the words of the person on the
forum. While that code would not prevent the webbots from indexing that
particular page of your site, when they say it will block "external
links", I am guessing that they mean that it blocks ALL links from that
page, whether they are external or internal, whether they lead to other
sites or other pages on YOUR site. And of course you do want the webbots
to follow the links to your other pages. I have never read anything about
how you could block some links from a page and not others. I think it is
an all or none proposition. I could be wrong. Perhaps repost to that
forum and ask them specifically if you can block the webbots from
following some links, and not others from a particular page.

Good luck.

DavidF
 
M

Mike Koewler

David,

Some, but not a horde. But we probably have a far smaller percentage of
IE users those who use Pub or Expressions. FF (and its cousins) and
Opera have a good percentage of users - FF may outrank IE as the browser
of choice.

Mike
Hey Mike,

Thanks. I suspected that you might be able to do this. As always, you wisdom
is appreciated ;-).

By the way, are WP users having any issues with IE8 beta or RC1?

DavidF

Mike Koewler said:
David,

It takes some time and I don't know how to add the code in a Pub-generated
link but the coding is: [rel="nofollow'] - without the brackets for each
link one does not want followed. Wiki, Google and some other major sites
use it to avoid giving unfair SE advantages. An example would be:
<a href="http://www.yourwebsite.com rel="nofollow">Your web site </a>"

Mike
Be careful about how you are interpreting the words of the person on the
forum. While that code would not prevent the webbots from indexing that
particular page of your site, when they say it will block "external
links", I am guessing that they mean that it blocks ALL links from that
page, whether they are external or internal, whether they lead to other
sites or other pages on YOUR site. And of course you do want the webbots
to follow the links to your other pages. I have never read anything about
how you could block some links from a page and not others. I think it is
an all or none proposition. I could be wrong. Perhaps repost to that
forum and ask them specifically if you can block the webbots from
following some links, and not others from a particular page.

Good luck.

DavidF

When i saw the code i think the same with you, that this code stop the
engines to index the whole page ( content ) so i post again in the forum
and
they told me this is only for the external links and this not block the
whole
page...i will search again about it to find more answers. Till now i use
robots.txt file to block a whole page, but i think i cannot block
specified
links, i read your article about robots.txt and i didnt find any mention
about blocking links.

The reason that i want to block engines from the external links is
because
in each page i have about 10 external affiliate links all going in the
same
website, so if you imagine 150 pages x 10 links = 1500 links. I would
like to
no give any PR value to this affiliate website because in the Greek
google it
is the main competitor. If i remove all these links i believe i will be
1st

:

Panos,

I don't think this is going to work for several reasons. From what I
understand about the subject, what you are proposing to include will
prevent
the search engines from indexing YOUR pages, not following external
links,
and of course that is not what you want to happen. Secondly, this needs
to
be in the head section, not the body of the page, so using the insert
html
code fragment tool is not going to work. Alternatively you prepare a
robots.txt file and upload it to your root directory.

I am no expert in the subject, but I don't think this is designed to
keep
the webbots from following external links. It is for telling the
webbots
what sections of your site that you do not want indexed. Here is a
source
that I bookmarked for the information I used to write a robots.txt
file.:
http://www.outfront.net/tutorials_02/adv_tech/robots.htm

Just curious...why you would want to prevent the webbots from following
the
external links in the first place?

DavidF

Hello,

I want to add the nofollow attribute in all the external links of my
webpages, posting at a webmaster forum they gave me this code

<META NAME="ROBOTS" CONTENT="NOFOLLOW">

If i add a code fragment with this code at the top of every publisher
page,
do you think it can cause any problem????

Thanks
Panos
 
D

DavidF

Mike,

"Internet Explorer now has 67.55 percent of global browser market share, a
drop of over seven percentage points in a year, according to figures from
Web metrics company Net Applications, released Monday. Mozilla's Firefox
browser, meanwhile, has gained market share in the same time frame, climbing
over three percentage points to 21.53 percent. "

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10154447-93.html

DavidF

Mike Koewler said:
David,

Some, but not a horde. But we probably have a far smaller percentage of IE
users those who use Pub or Expressions. FF (and its cousins) and Opera
have a good percentage of users - FF may outrank IE as the browser of
choice.

Mike
Hey Mike,

Thanks. I suspected that you might be able to do this. As always, you
wisdom is appreciated ;-).

By the way, are WP users having any issues with IE8 beta or RC1?

DavidF

Mike Koewler said:
David,

It takes some time and I don't know how to add the code in a
Pub-generated link but the coding is: [rel="nofollow'] - without the
brackets for each link one does not want followed. Wiki, Google and some
other major sites use it to avoid giving unfair SE advantages. An
example would be:
<a href="http://www.yourwebsite.com rel="nofollow">Your web site </a>"

Mike

DavidF wrote:
Be careful about how you are interpreting the words of the person on
the forum. While that code would not prevent the webbots from indexing
that particular page of your site, when they say it will block
"external links", I am guessing that they mean that it blocks ALL links
from that page, whether they are external or internal, whether they
lead to other sites or other pages on YOUR site. And of course you do
want the webbots to follow the links to your other pages. I have never
read anything about how you could block some links from a page and not
others. I think it is an all or none proposition. I could be wrong.
Perhaps repost to that forum and ask them specifically if you can block
the webbots from following some links, and not others from a particular
page.

Good luck.

DavidF

When i saw the code i think the same with you, that this code stop the
engines to index the whole page ( content ) so i post again in the
forum and
they told me this is only for the external links and this not block
the whole
page...i will search again about it to find more answers. Till now i
use
robots.txt file to block a whole page, but i think i cannot block
specified
links, i read your article about robots.txt and i didnt find any
mention
about blocking links.

The reason that i want to block engines from the external links is
because
in each page i have about 10 external affiliate links all going in the
same
website, so if you imagine 150 pages x 10 links = 1500 links. I would
like to
no give any PR value to this affiliate website because in the Greek
google it
is the main competitor. If i remove all these links i believe i will
be 1st

:

Panos,

I don't think this is going to work for several reasons. From what I
understand about the subject, what you are proposing to include will
prevent
the search engines from indexing YOUR pages, not following external
links,
and of course that is not what you want to happen. Secondly, this
needs to
be in the head section, not the body of the page, so using the insert
html
code fragment tool is not going to work. Alternatively you prepare a
robots.txt file and upload it to your root directory.

I am no expert in the subject, but I don't think this is designed to
keep
the webbots from following external links. It is for telling the
webbots
what sections of your site that you do not want indexed. Here is a
source
that I bookmarked for the information I used to write a robots.txt
file.:
http://www.outfront.net/tutorials_02/adv_tech/robots.htm

Just curious...why you would want to prevent the webbots from
following the
external links in the first place?

DavidF

Hello,

I want to add the nofollow attribute in all the external links of my
webpages, posting at a webmaster forum they gave me this code

<META NAME="ROBOTS" CONTENT="NOFOLLOW">

If i add a code fragment with this code at the top of every
publisher
page,
do you think it can cause any problem????

Thanks
Panos
 

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