dynamic outgoing links blocked from spiders

Discussion in 'Search Engine Optimization' started by zaya24, Sep 23, 2006.

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    When a site links to other sites via a php-file, so that the links look like "links.php?link=1", and blocks the links.php file from spiders in robots.txt, will it raise red flags or result in penalties by the SEs?
     
    zaya24, Sep 23, 2006 IP
  2. zaya24

    zaya24 Peon

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    Anyone? Does anybody have any experience with or information about this or similar situations?
     
    zaya24, Sep 24, 2006 IP
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    I don't think it will lead to any penalities. Its just that the links on those pages will not be spiderable, and hence wont be of benefit to the link partners. Also, I think the page that was blocked won't have any PR passed to it.
     
    rosiee007, Sep 25, 2006 IP
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    Thanks Rosie. I'm thinking of using this for my affiliate links, so the loss of PR and 'spiderability' doesn't matter.
     
    zaya24, Sep 25, 2006 IP
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    This is very similar to links with rel="nofollow" added to them - search engine spiders won't follow them or pass on PageRank.
     
    Cryogenius, Sep 25, 2006 IP