what is the meaning of tag rel="external" ?

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    Can it pass Pagerank?

    Thanks!
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    xc06, Jan 5, 2007 IP
  2. D_C

    D_C Well-Known Member

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    Never heard of that. but that would be an attribute not a tag, since you cant do <rel="external"> To start anything. Looks like it would be for a source of some kind, I don't know. I have never seen that.
     
    D_C, Jan 6, 2007 IP
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    Links that have the attribute rel="nofollow" will not pass PageRank. The attribute rel="external" has no effect on PageRank, and so will pass it.
     
    Cryogenius, Jan 8, 2007 IP
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    You use that to apply CSS or JS to a link, it doesn't have any special meaning.
     
    Icheb, Jan 8, 2007 IP
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    it's used in your css file . mostly for designing .
     
    trichnosis, Jan 8, 2007 IP
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    It means the link is an external link to some other website. Apart from that it does nothing.
     
    mad4, Jan 9, 2007 IP