Where to place "nofollow" meta tag?

Discussion in 'Search Engine Optimization' started by odls, Apr 11, 2008.

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    On one of my pages on my sites I decided I don`t want any of the links to be followed, since most of them are to an affiliate site. I`d already placed rel="nofollow" on a few of the links, but decided I`d prefer to have all my links "nofollow."

    So, I placed the tag after the Title tag for that page, but, when I came to look at `properties` in Firefox the links didn`t show up as `nofollow.` I then moved that tag and placed it immediately below <head> but still the same. Am I placing it in the wrong position?
     
    odls, Apr 11, 2008 IP
  2. astup1didiot

    astup1didiot Notable Member

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    #2
    What is the web page.
     
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    EricBruggema Well-Known Member

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  4. odls

    odls Active Member

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    Unfortunately I can`t show the link-

     
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  5. SubmitShop

    SubmitShop Banned

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    #5
    You can place it below title tag it will work
     
    SubmitShop, Apr 11, 2008 IP
  6. odls

    odls Active Member

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    That`s what I can`t understand.

    I placed it in that position but as I wrote not all links are showing as "nofollow" only those I made that way individually through the links in HTML (rel="nofollow").
     
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  7. wrttnwrd

    wrttnwrd Peon

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    The NOFOLLOW tag doesn't nofollow the individual links. It tells the search engine to ignore every link on that page. So they won't show up as nofollow. Same result though.
     
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  8. vijayam

    vijayam Banned

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    #8
    even i have the same question.
     
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  9. vijayam

    vijayam Banned

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    #9
    thanks for your reply.
     
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    vijayam Banned

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    #10
    yes i too unable to find that.
     
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  11. odls

    odls Active Member

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    Ah. Now that I didn`t know. Interesting, I wonder why? Anyway, if that`s the case it`s done what I wanted. Thanks for your answer. :)

    The only thing is, how come individual links on some blogs, like Wordpress, all immediately show up as "nofollow" as soon as a post is made, same with some forums?
     
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  12. wrttnwrd

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    That's usually because those systems use a plugin that adds the nofollow attribute to each link in comments and trackbacks. You can do the same in the posts but that's not always a good idea as folks won't reciprocate with links from their sites if you nofollow.
     
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    #13
    well well well
    if you dont want your whole page to be indexed just put the "nofollow" tag in the meta tag of that particular page::

    <html>
    <head>
    <Title></title>
    <META NAME="Description" Content="">
    <META NAME="Keyword" Content="">
    <meta name="ROBOTS" content="no index,no follow">
    <meta name="GOOGLEBOT" content="NO INDEX,NO FOLLOW">

    got it!!
     
    Loy Maben, Apr 14, 2008 IP
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    anjan2010 Well-Known Member

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    Thanks for your information.I will use above html to my site thanks a lot.
     
    anjan2010, Apr 14, 2008 IP