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Nofollow "ReadMore" - Yes or No?

by Thumoney
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Im currently wondering if I should "nofollow" the read-more links on my site, since the link is already above the read-more link once with perfect anchor text.

I read once that this would be helpful. Then I read from Matt Cutts, that you shouldn't nofollow internal links at all. This would be supported by the fact that No-Follow links remove their part from internal page-rank flow (source: PageRank sculpting ).

But then again I see that on his own blog Matt Cutts uses "nofollow" for his links to the comment-part below the post-excerpt, right on his homepage. This is kinda the same as "nofollowing" the read-more links.

So is it good to use "nofollow" on read-more? Reason: Anchor text (from the Headline above) is already there perfectly with keywords.

Or is it bad? Reason: the nofollow links substract from the internal parerank flow.
#blogging #links #mattcutts #nofollow #pagerank #readmore
  • Profile picture of the author Mantasmo
    No. Don't nofollow any internal links.
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    • Profile picture of the author Thumoney
      Any idea why Matt Cutts is doing it himself then?

      (On www.mattcutts.com/blog/ look at the link to the comment-section below the post excerpt)
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  • Profile picture of the author Mantasmo
    No idea. Perhaps Thesis does that by default and he never bothered to change it?
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    • Profile picture of the author paulgl
      I doubt if Matt Cutts codes his own blog,
      or even cares.

      It sounds as if this "link," is not a regular link, buy
      a link to a target on the same page.

      Links to comments would be a completely useless
      link for any SEO, and you would be muddling up
      the content of your page       Actually a brilliant idea.

      Even so, I doubt Matt Cutts codes own blog, nor
      does he care what he nofollows.

      If that's what the theme does, sounds like a great theme.

      Paul
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      If you were disappointed in your results today, lower your standards tomorrow.

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  • Profile picture of the author retsek
    Avoid adding nofollow toyour internal links. You're essentially telling Google you don't trust yourself.

    I think Cutt's reasoning behind that use of nofollow is to not waste Googlebot's time following a link it already followed. But surely Googlebot is smart enough to figure that out on its own.
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