Comments on: Caution! rel=”nofollow” Discussion

By: Erik Ernst

Erik Ernst — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:25:44 +0000

I have a community site where a lot of my members have their own blogs. Here they are allowed to make link lists of their “favorite” links.
Should I also use the “nofollow” on these links?

By: David Malmborg

David Malmborg — Mon, 18 May 2009 15:16:20 +0000

Nice joke Scott.

I like that term “site-sculpting,” I have heard of other people doing a similar thing with blog rolls. They will have the link follow on the home page only, but they set up a rel=”nofollow” everywhere else the blog roll appears. They suggest that doing this won’t dilute the value of you blog roll.

Any take on the matter?

By: Scott Cowley

Scott Cowley — Sat, 16 May 2009 20:43:16 +0000

Another great use for nofollow tags is “site-sculpting.” I’ve seen a fair share of company websites(and some personal ones) that have 3+ links on the same page all pointing to another internal page. By “nofollowing” image links or “click here” links, you can increase the value of other internal links and their anchor text for better SEO, provided you still have at least one dofollow link to the relevant page. Nice post, Travis.

Token SEO joke: Q. How are a lousy link and a restraining order similar? A. They’re both “nofollow!”