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"Please add rel=nofollow to your external links" why?

by quickcashstrategy Banned
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hey!
in my blog I'm using a SEO tool called seo pressor and when I try to add some external links in my articles, it doesn't accept them?
Can I know why and the role of this in SEO:
Please add rel=nofollow to your external links
  • Profile picture of the author HunterSnake
    That's not the role of nofollow in SEO. That's the role of nofollow in dumb-dumb land.

    Read this:

    About rel="nofollow" - Webmaster Tools Help
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  • Profile picture of the author quickcashstrategy
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    so, is it good to put it in article, like related link to wikipedia or facebook, or not?
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  • Profile picture of the author PalatnkFactor
    straight from the horses mouth for ya: YouTube - GoogleWebmasterHelp's Channel
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    • Profile picture of the author millerb7
      don't need to "nofollow" with internal links.

      External links is a different story. Lots of good uses for "nofollow"

      Most sites, like the ones you mentioned, "nofollow" comments to keep the spam down.
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    • Profile picture of the author millerb7
      Originally Posted by cignusweb View Post

      nofollow link not effective in Google search engine but yahoo, bing and others search engine evaluate its.
      This statement is 100% false.

      Sorry.
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  • Profile picture of the author smallbusinessguy
    Originally Posted by quickcashstrategy View Post

    hey!
    in my blog I'm using a SEO tool called seo pressor and when I try to add some external links in my articles, it doesn't accept them?
    Can I know why and the role of this in SEO:
    Please add rel=nofollow to your external links
    The reason why this happens is very simple. The tool thinks that it will save your link juice from leaking if you apply no follow to outbound links.

    The truth is that page rank sculpting works no more and the only solution to NOT LEAK PR is to not link out to other sites.

    You can no follow links when you suspect the target web site is not very good and may be using spammy techniques which will result in you being penalized for linking to them. You may also want to put no follow to paid links.

    Hope that helps
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  • Profile picture of the author Karan Goel
    Originally Posted by quickcashstrategy View Post

    hey!
    in my blog I'm using a SEO tool called seo pressor and when I try to add some external links in my articles, it doesn't accept them?
    Can I know why and the role of this in SEO:
    Please add rel=nofollow to your external links
    rel="nofollow" is the HTML tag used by webmasters to control Pagerank flow. If you want to stop passing on your PR to other external pages, you should use this tag.

    Ideally, you should add rel="nofollow" to less significant, download pages, less reputable pages.

    Karan
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    • Profile picture of the author 4morereferrals
      Google is not to fond of outbound affiliate links that are NOT ... rel=nofollow
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  • Profile picture of the author denisjor
    So, if I have an Amazon review site and have a link that directs to the Amazon product that I am promoting I shouldn't or should have the rel=nofollow?
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    • Profile picture of the author Ken Durham
      Originally Posted by denisjor View Post

      So, if I have an Amazon review site and have a link that directs to the Amazon product that I am promoting I shouldn't or should have the rel=nofollow?

      you should
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      yes, I am....

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    • Profile picture of the author Robster0880
      Originally Posted by denisjor View Post

      So, if I have an Amazon review site and have a link that directs to the Amazon product that I am promoting I shouldn't or should have the rel=nofollow?
      Add the nofollow. Besides big sites like amazon are nofollow anyways. There is aplug in I think is called noreciprocity that makes nofollow links to big names like amazon,wikipedia etc...
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  • Profile picture of the author denisjor
    Ok, not really sure how to put in the no follow in WP. Can someone direct me in the right direction.
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    • Profile picture of the author Tyrone3340
      Originally Posted by denisjor View Post

      Ok, not really sure how to put in the no follow in WP. Can someone direct me in the right direction.
      In your wordpress editor for your post or page you have 2 tabs in the upper right hand corner that say visual and text. Click the tab that say text and find the link that you want to add no follow to and change it to look like this:

      <a href "http://www.website.com"rel="nofollow">your link text</a>
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