best way of linking

Discussion in 'Link Development' started by geoiss2004, Mar 27, 2008.

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    for links that follow, what is the difference between adding rel="external" and adding nothing at all? does it just tell the SE's that it point to an external site? does this give it more weight?
     
    geoiss2004, Mar 27, 2008 IP
  2. tarponkeith

    tarponkeith Well-Known Member

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    I'm no expert, but I believe the rel="external nofollow" tag just tells Google not to pass any link juice...
     
    tarponkeith, Mar 27, 2008 IP
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    yea, but what about simply "external"? maybe this helps google identify it from an internal link, thus giving a tad extra weight. just wondered if anybody knew for sure.
     
    geoiss2004, Mar 27, 2008 IP
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    himanuzo Well-Known Member

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    Yes... the nofollow prevents search engines to be index each url which uses the nofollow.
     
    himanuzo, Mar 28, 2008 IP