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effects of the rel="external" tag?

Discussion in 'Link Development' started by fsmedia, Feb 26, 2006.

  1. careertargetph

    careertargetph Peon

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    #41
    Thanks for information regarding this matter.
     
    careertargetph, Oct 6, 2009 IP
  2. davidjohnson2009

    davidjohnson2009 Guest

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    #42
    Is rel='external' is nofollow or it is dofollow.
     
    davidjohnson2009, Oct 14, 2009 IP
  3. Taranfx

    Taranfx Peon

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    #43
    Its' a dofollow with open in new window
     
    Taranfx, Feb 6, 2010 IP
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    smsinhindi Peon

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    #44
    Thanks
    I was worried as I was commenting on a PR5 blog and found link has rel=external

    ...now its clear.
     
    smsinhindi, Mar 31, 2010 IP
  5. gothic love

    gothic love Peon

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    #45
    it is just like: target="_blank"
    just open it in a new window, nothing special.
     
    gothic love, Mar 31, 2010 IP
  6. link4uguys

    link4uguys Member

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    #46
    Some where i had seen if we have a nofollow link on pr8 it will not have any use it is have same quality as pr0 nofollow link. but i think it is not right if we we have a nofollow link on pr8 then it's have better quality then pr0 nofollow link. because crawler will crawl pr8 page more then pr0 page and we have more chance to index our site.
     
    link4uguys, Apr 20, 2010 IP
  7. lost305

    lost305 Peon

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    #47
    Ok. So to my understanding from this post rel="external" still counts as a dofollow link unless it's written like this: rel="external nofollow"
     
    lost305, May 10, 2010 IP
  8. bratwurst99

    bratwurst99 Peon

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    #48
    I didn't even know rel="external" existed. Good to know!
     
    bratwurst99, May 10, 2010 IP
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    #49
    May I have nofollow and external in the same tag (rel="nofollow external")? or should I use it in separate tags (rel="nofollow" rel="external")?
     
    juankvillegas, May 25, 2010 IP
  10. sumitsaurabhmca

    sumitsaurabhmca Greenhorn

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    #50
    It is just like rel='no follow'. Only the difference is that it opens in new window. so whenever you see rel='external' on link in blog do not be exited because you will not get any PR Juice from here and it will open in other window.

     
    sumitsaurabhmca, Aug 4, 2010 IP
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    joseph pop Guest

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    #51
    Hello,

    Thats like nofollow tag. It assists in check PageRank Pass .
     
    joseph pop, Aug 4, 2010 IP
  12. Grimm

    Grimm Peon

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  13. Eslob

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    #53
    I Checked for this code and its to tell the spiders this is an external site.
     
    Eslob, Jan 31, 2011 IP
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    biz-directory.eu Peon

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    #54
    I have found a rel='external ' (written exactly like this with a blank space after external and i think the author removed the nofollow from the rel.). I'm Happy to find out it's ok in terms of PR passing.
     
    biz-directory.eu, Mar 15, 2011 IP
  15. ganz_syshacks

    ganz_syshacks Well-Known Member

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    #55
    It is still dofollow & it will pass on all the SEO juice.
     
    ganz_syshacks, Apr 4, 2011 IP
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    Bombas de Agua Peon

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    #56
    Google says that it doesn't count the PR of a nofollow link, but I think it still uses the anchor text information from them, so they still may help improve your rankings indirectly.

    I have heard the exact same thing. I think this is the correct answer.
     
    Bombas de Agua, May 1, 2011 IP
  17. Forcefield

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    #57
    It's important to remember that sometimes rel="nofollow" links (or in this case rel="external" links), still pass value for some search engines like Yahoo!/Bing. Each search engine handles things a little differently.
     
    Forcefield, Jun 1, 2011 IP
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    #58
    Let’s clear things up.
    rel=”external” can be applied to links as follows:
    <a href="http://www.site.com" rel="external">
    For the record, rel=”external” does not impact SEO nor your PageRank. If a link is tagged with rel=”external” then that backlink will still be counted and it will still pass link juice.
    So what is rel=”external”? This tag is used to open a new window in XHTML.
    It’s that simple.
    rel=”external” is XHTML standards compliant;whereas, its HTML counterpart, target=”_new”, is not.
     
    stevenyoung, Jun 3, 2011 IP
  19. willieman

    willieman Peon

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    #59
    Okay, so the link will pass juice? If so, why would you use this "rel" instead of target="blank"?
     
    willieman, Sep 7, 2011 IP
  20. nowares

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    #60
    Because, as stated many times in this thread, it is the new HTML strict valid code which replaces target="_blank".
     
    nowares, Sep 20, 2011 IP