Nofollow tag before href or after?

FlashDriveDT · 01-19-2010, 04:25 PM

This may be a dumb question and I guess it doesnt matter....but let's make sure. Does the rel="nofollow" tag need to be inserted at the beginning of href or at the end?

E.g: <a rel="nofollow" href="www-example-com">Example keyword</a> vs <a href="www-example-com" rel="nofollow" >Example keyword</a>.

The reason I'm asking is because my comments plugin automatically puts the "nofollow" attribute at the end as in the second example. And when I use my nofollow plugin for my page I notice that these links get highlighted as dofollow links. Strange, no?

pwnzor · 01-19-2010, 04:29 PM

I usually put it before.. seems to work better with plugins etc

FlashDriveDT · 01-22-2010, 03:58 PM

So does it make a difference, yes or no? In other words - does Google only acknowledge one over the other? I'd really like to know.

Adam H · 01-22-2010, 05:43 PM

Doesnt make any difference either way, it reads it exactly the same way, Google will read the <a> as a block so anything contained in that block will be read where ever it is.

Ive always preferred it after the links however.

Janet Sawyer · 01-22-2010, 05:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Riverwire

Doesnt make any difference either way, it reads it exactly the same way, Google will read the <a> as a block so anything contained in that block will be read where ever it is.

Ive always preferred it after the links however.

So sticking the "no follow" in the header tags is a waste of time then

Stick it where you like, but stick it in the wrong place and you are just wasting your time.

Just my 2c

"no index, no follow" works in the right place at the right time.

Do a google search for robots.txt.

Adam H · 01-22-2010, 05:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Janet Sawyer

So sticking the "no follow" in the header tags is a waste of time then

Stick it where you like, but stick it in the wrong place and you are just wasting your time.

Just my 2c

"no index, no follow" works in the right place at the right time.

Do a google search for robots.txt.

Who said put it anywhere ?

the OP stated that he was asking where to put it with in the <a> .

InternetMarketingIQ · 01-23-2010, 05:44 PM

Makes no difference where the attribute is placed within the code for the hyperlink.

Google's own example places it at the end.

About rel="nofollow" - Webmaster Tools Help

However placing the code in a header would cause all the links on the page to be nofollowed. May or may not be a good idea depending on what you are trying to accomplish.

sevamaster · 01-24-2010, 05:40 AM

It does not matter.
Place it where you want.

bgmacaw · 01-24-2010, 06:49 AM

It is likely that Google uses a form of regular expression matching to find it, most HTML parsers do, and it would not matter where it was located.

FlashDriveDT · 02-13-2010, 01:45 PM

Thanks for all the clarifications. So does anyone have a clue as to why my nofollow firefox add-on shows any links that have rel=nofollow at the end of the <a> block as dofollow (aka highlighted in purple)? Also, even though I have the nofollow-free Worpress plugin installed for comments, WP still inserts the nofollow attribute at the end of the links. Since I know for sure now that this still mean nofollow I need to find a way to fix this. Can anyone help make the plugin work its suppose to?

01-19-2010, 04:25 PM	#1
FlashDriveDT HyperActive Warrior Join Date: May 2009 Location: Germany Posts: 254 Thanks: 4 Thanked 10 Times in 9 Posts Social Networking	Nofollow tag before href or after? This may be a dumb question and I guess it doesnt matter....but let's make sure. Does the rel="nofollow" tag need to be inserted at the beginning of href or at the end? E.g: <a rel="nofollow" href="www-example-com">Example keyword</a> vs <a href="www-example-com" rel="nofollow" >Example keyword</a>. The reason I'm asking is because my comments plugin automatically puts the "nofollow" attribute at the end as in the second example. And when I use my nofollow plugin for my page I notice that these links get highlighted as dofollow links. Strange, no?
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02-13-2010, 01:45 PM	#10
FlashDriveDT HyperActive Warrior Join Date: May 2009 Location: Germany Posts: 254 Thanks: 4 Thanked 10 Times in 9 Posts Social Networking	Re: Nofollow tag before href or after? Thanks for all the clarifications. So does anyone have a clue as to why my nofollow firefox add-on shows any links that have rel=nofollow at the end of the <a> block as dofollow (aka highlighted in purple)? Also, even though I have the nofollow-free Worpress plugin installed for comments, WP still inserts the nofollow attribute at the end of the links. Since I know for sure now that this still mean nofollow I need to find a way to fix this. Can anyone help make the plugin work its suppose to?
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