Does it possible to add no follow tag in robots.txt

Discussion in 'SEO' started by Mariaseo, May 24, 2011.

  1. #1
    Hi,

    I have some external links on my site i would like to use no follow tag on them but i need some simple way to use instead giving no follow on each links.please share your thought

    Regards
     
    Mariaseo, May 24, 2011 IP
  2. makeit easy

    makeit easy Active Member

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    #2
    You can't add nofollow to robots.txt
    Use a plugin if it's a wp or similar cms
     
    makeit easy, May 24, 2011 IP
  3. Mariaseo

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    #3
    Thanks for your comment
     
    Mariaseo, May 24, 2011 IP
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    #4
    You could specify urls to restrict, using webmasters tools.
     
    saurabhisbc, May 24, 2011 IP
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    #5
    Yeah that's right. you can not no follow in robots.txt.. But you can add it in meta tag. Like < meta name="Robot" Content="nofollow"> Thanks
     
    bellsimth, May 24, 2011 IP
  6. Mariaseo

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    #6
    it will not crawl the content right?
     
    Mariaseo, May 25, 2011 IP
  7. makeit easy

    makeit easy Active Member

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    It will crawl but not follow any links on the page including the internal links. So, you can't use it unless all of the external links are at the same page like "links" or "friends" page.
    You have only 2 options:
    1- Add nofollow to all of the external links
    2- Find a plugin to automate that work.
     
    makeit easy, May 25, 2011 IP
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    allemay123 Active Member

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    #8
    must add teks nofollow to head code your website
     
    allemay123, May 25, 2011 IP
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    #9
    You can use nofollow tag at specific links or for a page robots tag.You can't use nofolow tag in robots.txt
     
    joesmith1608, May 26, 2011 IP
  10. Mariaseo

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    Thanks for all your comments
     
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