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by Splinter
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I was reading a SEO ebook and came across some items I wanted to discuss with others... Please comment on these items below based on your experience.

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ON PAGE SEO

1. It mentions to use the rel=nofollow for pages such as contact us where you do not want to share your websites authroity on a page which are not really relivant to your user.

2. Internal linking amongst web pages helps with indexing... Now would you do this from your main website content to your articles / blog in order to spread the authority or link only the real websites pages (ie about us, services, etc) and leave the 'SEO pages' such as articles out of this interlinking process?

3. Use the robots.txt file to control all the pages and and directories that you do not want indxexed. When would you use this? What pages on a website would you not want indexed and why?
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  • Profile picture of the author bbrian017
    Google doesn't listen to the no follow attribute anymore and hasn't for more than 14 weeks!
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  • Profile picture of the author bgmacaw
    Originally Posted by Splinter View Post

    1. It mentions to use the rel=nofollow for pages such as contact us where you do not want to share your websites authroity on a page which are not really relivant to your user.
    This is known as PageRank Sculpting. No longer accurate information and perhaps a bit dubious previously.


    Originally Posted by Splinter View Post

    3. Use the robots.txt file to control all the pages and and directories that you do not want indxexed. When would you use this? What pages on a website would you not want indexed and why?
    You wouldn't want 'thank you/download' pages indexed. You wouldn't want admin pages indexed. In general, stuff you want to keep from public view.
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    • Profile picture of the author Splinter
      Originally Posted by bbrian017 View Post

      Google doesn't listen to the no follow attribute anymore and hasn't for more than 14 weeks!
      Cool, thanks for the tip there

      Originally Posted by bgmacaw View Post

      You wouldn't want 'thank you/download' pages indexed. You wouldn't want admin pages indexed. In general, stuff you want to keep from public view.
      I already have .htaccess setup which prevents users from viewing folders where certain files/info is stored so is the robots.txt still required?

      Is the reasoning because you do not want to share some of your website juice amongst those pages or is that only done with internal linking?
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      • Profile picture of the author bgmacaw
        Originally Posted by Splinter View Post

        I already have .htaccess setup which prevents users from viewing folders where certain files/info is stored so is the robots.txt still required?

        Is the reasoning because you do not want to share some of your website juice amongst those pages or is that only done with internal linking?
        If you want people to be able to still access the page then htaccess may not always be the right solution. Robots.txt is just another way to control access to areas you want to protect. You have to decide which method is best for your specific situation.

        I don't really worry about internal sculpting between pages, I concentrate primarily on external factors.
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  • Profile picture of the author Kevin Lam
    Originally Posted by Splinter View Post

    1. It mentions to use the rel=nofollow for pages such as contact us where you do not want to share your websites authroity on a page which are not really relivant to your user.

    2. Internal linking amongst web pages helps with indexing... Now would you do this from your main website content to your articles / blog in order to spread the authority or link only the real websites pages (ie about us, services, etc) and leave the 'SEO pages' such as articles out of this interlinking process?

    3. Use the robots.txt file to control all the pages and and directories that you do not want indxexed. When would you use this? What pages on a website would you not want indexed and why?
    Hey Robby,

    Listen to what bgmacaw is saying. He's saying exactly what I would have told you. Stay away from page rank sculpting. Even Matt Cutts recommend that you not do it: PageRank sculpting

    Work on having pure content and backlinking.
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