How to make a no-follow link?

I have heard that no-follow links does not transfer the PR juice to the sites so I want to make a no-follow link but don't know how to make it.

for example I have this code
<a href="http://www.smartpixels.net" target="_blank">Smart Pixels</a>

How can I make this link a no-follow link, Please guide me.

Thank you

 

Add rel="nofollow", for example:
<a href="http://www.smartpixels.net" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Smart Pixels</a>

 

Really... its that simple?

wow, I thought there must be few lines of code to make it so.

Thanks for your help.

 

As mentioned previously, you only need to add the attribute rel="nofollow" to a hyperlink. Note that the target attribute is not allowed in XHTML 1.0 Strict and newer versions. In that case, you may want to replace the target attribute by rel="external".

 

Yes, super simple. You're welcome!

 

This is not my thread but I have interest in this and more, how can I also make an affiliate link like this one: <a href="http://xxxxx.xxxxxxx.hop.clickbank.net"> nofollow and noindex.

Can you help me please?

Sorry glitto for "hijack" your thread .

Regards
Dr Web

 

Dr Web, just add rel="noindex,nofollow" to the hyperlink:

<a href="http://xxxxx.xxxxxxx.hop.clickbank.net" rel="noindex,nofollow">

And if you want to replace the target attribute, that would be:

<a href="http://xxxxx.xxxxxxx.hop.clickbank.net" rel="noindex,nofollow,external">

You may want to apply link cloaking too.

 

I will NEVER mind if you pay me the royalty

just kidding

 

Cloaking, that sounds very good , can I cloak a clickbank link without affect the track of that link? How can I cloak the link? Is that possible cloak the link to the link appears as a direct link to the page of the product or service that I want to promote, like http://www.seoelite.com and the reader will not able to see http://www.myclickbankid.clickbankidoftheproductowner.hop.clickbank.net, if you tell me that I will rep you all green .

By the way, is better an affiliate link open in a new window or not, target blank or external, vantages versus disadvantages.

Thanks very, very much for any help.

Regards
Dr Web

 

Glitto, no problem, was my intention also .

 

Dr Web, you can cloak any link you want. I suggest you to read this article about affiliate link cloaking. Many people find it annoying that a link opens in a new window, since it clutters up their screen and they can't use the back button. Using the target attribute you make a choice for other people, while most people prefer to make a choice themselves. That's why tabbed browsing was invented. Therefore it's better to replace the target attribute by the rel attribute.

 

Thank you very much for your help, rep added .

 

Small correction: the values of the rel attribute need to be separated by a space, not by a comma or another type of punctuation. And the rel="index" attribute refers to the index-page and not to a page that needs to be cached! Hence, the tags your are looking for are:

<a href="http://xxxxx.xxxxxxx.hop.clickbank.net" rel="nofollow">

Code (markup):

And if you want to replace the target attribute, that would be:

<a href="http://xxxxx.xxxxxxx.hop.clickbank.net" rel="nofollow external">

Code (markup):

In the latter case, you should also include the following javascript in that page (thanks to Renoir):

function externalLinks() {
 if (!document.getElementsByTagName) return;
 var anchors = document.getElementsByTagName("a");
 for (var i=0; i<anchors.length; i++) {
   var anchor = anchors[i];
   if (anchor.getAttribute("href") &&
       anchor.getAttribute("rel") == "external")
     anchor.target = "_blank";
 }
}
window.onload = externalLinks;

Code (markup):

 

wow!, so simple i heard abt it . but dont know how to do it. Thanks man