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effects of the rel="external" tag?

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

  1. angilina

    angilina Notable Member

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    #21
    its not a loop, its actually the number of votes to what is correct:D

    people tell what they think is right, for above, everybody thinks the same way
     
    angilina, Jan 27, 2008 IP
  2. LinkBliss

    LinkBliss Peon

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    #22
    Thanks, makes sense now.
     
    LinkBliss, Feb 3, 2008 IP
  3. pchieng

    pchieng Member

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    #23
    Haha. Yeah I read the first few replies and was satisfied. This was an interesting thread though because I have been wondering what that link attribute was. Thanks all.
     
    pchieng, Feb 11, 2008 IP
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    dpking Peon

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    #24
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    #25
    I was also searching for the rel="external" in google and found out this one..and thanks a lott for the info about this..thank for this discussion..
     
    roshanbh, Mar 27, 2008 IP
  6. sheds

    sheds Peon

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    #26
    I think I can safely say rel=”external” has no meaning at all.

    The original attribute was introduced as rel=”nofollow”.

    Wordpress and possibly some other blogging platforms use rel=”external nofollow”.
     
    sheds, Mar 27, 2008 IP
  7. Cypherus

    Cypherus Peon

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    #27
    Thanks, I didn't know this. Had to write a post about the rel=external tag now to memorize it :)
     
    Cypherus, Mar 29, 2008 IP
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    Breakaway11 Well-Known Member

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    #28
    Thanks for breaking this down for me guys.... I had seen that and wondered, but I guess I never thought to ask... thanks again!
     
    Breakaway11, Mar 30, 2008 IP
  9. Kaabi

    Kaabi Well-Known Member

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    #29
    Yes, this is great! I was going to start a topic asking about this issue, but I searched Google instead and the first result was this thread which answered my question. Now I'm happy cause I know a lot of links that I have are definitely valid.
     
    Kaabi, May 3, 2008 IP
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    #30
    Yes Kaabi, I found this thread from google too and hope my post not a loop :D
     
    yanurmal, May 21, 2008 IP
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    #31
    Heh it seems that SE like this thread , so one question to continue it.
    Will future browsers support rel="external" and open link in new window without any JavaScript intervention ?
     
    classic, Oct 9, 2008 IP
  12. Gareth_Boyd

    Gareth_Boyd Well-Known Member

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    #32
    Are you still getting a back link out of it?
     
    Gareth_Boyd, Oct 24, 2008 IP
  13. Red_Virus

    Red_Virus Well-Known Member

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    #33
    Nice info, I always wondered why Matt Cutts used both the tags nofollow and external on the outgoing links. This will surely help a lot :)
     
    Red_Virus, Oct 24, 2008 IP
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    palme Active Member

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    #34
    They have removed target="_blank" , what about target="_New" is it also removed?.
     
    palme, Oct 24, 2008 IP
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    #35
    I do not know much or really about this attribute but I was just trying to remove "rel=external nofollow" from my wordpress blog and noticed that the plugin had removed the "nofollow" but "external" ws still there hence it could also mean that when you see "rel=external" it could be the result of a do follow plugin doing its work.
     
    healthuk, Dec 5, 2008 IP
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    stevenchenster Active Member

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    #36
    It's the same as target="_blank" in my opinion.
     
    stevenchenster, Dec 5, 2008 IP
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    #37
    Yes, you're right. rel='external' won't affect search engine indexing for any major engine.
     
    CTThompson, Jan 22, 2009 IP
  18. Rjet

    Rjet Greenhorn

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    #38
    Thanks for every answers. I found a lot of blogs their links used rel="external".
     
    Rjet, Apr 29, 2009 IP
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    blkstaff Banned

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    #39
    External tag is used to make external links nofollow.
     
    blkstaff, Apr 29, 2009 IP
  20. piyadasworld

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    #40
    I am finding this..very informative instraction Parveen121. Thanks
     
    piyadasworld, Sep 8, 2009 IP