rel="external" = dofollow?

Discussion in 'Link Development' started by erase, Jul 17, 2009.

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  1. #1
    Hello,

    I'm searching for dofollow blogs and the most blogs use the attribut rel="external".
    Is this nofollow or dofollow?
     
    erase, Jul 17, 2009 IP
  2. vstar

    vstar Well-Known Member

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    Dofollow :)

    rel="external" does nothing except notify the browser to open a new window, like target="_blank". The only difference is that rel="external" is xhtml valid, and target="_blank" is not.
     
    vstar, Jul 18, 2009 IP
  3. korr

    korr Peon

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    Yeah, unless it actually says "nofollow" somewhere, it isn't nofollow. You can put just about anything in the relation attribute, but search engines are only looking at something that specifically says "nofollow."
     
    korr, Jul 18, 2009 IP
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    jitendraag Notable Member

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    rel="external? is fine. rel attribute can have many space separated values.
     
    jitendraag, Jul 19, 2009 IP