Occasionally I read something about including a “nofolo” in code to prevent pages from being searchable. At least I think that’s what it’s for and I can see the value when a page is being reworked or is just a test page. Maybe other reasons, too.
Anyway, can someone explain in simple terms what “nofolo” is really all about, occasions in which it might be desirable to use, and how to implement it in Freeway Pro 5?
If you add the rel=“nofollow” attribute to any of your links, Google
and the other major crawlers will stop there and not follow the link.
You might use this tag if you had a blog, and didn’t want people to
put a thousand links in your comments. By processing the comments and
adding this tag to the user-entered links (programmatically) you would
cut down on the attractiveness of this for the spammers of the world.
Another reason why you might want to do this is if you have the same
link more than once in the same page, say in the main navigation and
again in text links in the footer. One link you want to have followed,
but two links to the same place looks like spam and can get your site
marked down in the index, so the second link gets the nofollow rel
attribute, and that makes it clear to Google that you’re not cooking
the books.
Walter
On Mar 7, 2010, at 12:54 PM, Todd wrote:
On Mar 7, 2010, at 10:40 AM, LauraB wrote:
Occasionally I read something about including a “nofolo” in code to
prevent pages from being searchable.
It’s the “nofollow” meta tag. Also used with, “noindex”
How would this actually be done in Freeway? Where does this attribute to a link go?
Laura
On 7 Mar 2010, 8:10 pm, waltd wrote:
If you add the rel=“nofollow” attribute to any of your links, Google
and the other major crawlers will stop there and not follow the link.
You might use this tag if you had a blog, and didn’t want people to
put a thousand links in your comments. By processing the comments and
adding this tag to the user-entered links (programmatically) you would
cut down on the attractiveness of this for the spammers of the world.
Another reason why you might want to do this is if you have the same
link more than once in the same page, say in the main navigation and
again in text links in the footer. One link you want to have followed,
but two links to the same place looks like spam and can get your site
marked down in the index, so the second link gets the nofollow rel
attribute, and that makes it clear to Google that you’re not cooking
the books.
Walter
On Mar 7, 2010, at 12:54 PM, Todd wrote:
On Mar 7, 2010, at 10:40 AM, LauraB wrote:
Occasionally I read something about including a nofolo in code to
prevent pages from being searchable.
It’s the “nofollow” meta tag. Also used with, “noindex”
Highlight the linked element (text or image) and press Apple-K to open
the Hyperlink dialog. Press the Extended button, then New. In the sub-
dialog, enter rel for the Name and nofollow for the Value. Okay, okay,
then do the next one.
Walter
On Mar 7, 2010, at 7:25 PM, LauraB wrote:
How would this actually be done in Freeway? Where does this
attribute to a link go?
Laura
On 7 Mar 2010, 8:10 pm, waltd wrote:
If you add the rel=“nofollow” attribute to any of your links,
The only thing you could do is not put that link in your signature. But I would ask you, “Why do you want to do that?”. Freewaytalk carries an enormous amount of Google weight, and being linked to by a site with great weight is a Good Thing in SEO terms.
Walter
On Apr 4, 2014, at 9:35 PM, Jim Feeney wrote:
Is there any way to “nofollow” a link to one’s website here in the footer of Freeway Talk? Or does Freeway Talk automatically nofollow them?
By virtue of age, and frequency of update. Freewaytalk is re-indexed roughly hourly, not unlike StackOverflow in that regard. I have often posted a question here, then gone on a Google rampage trying to find the answer myself, only to find that my question as posted on FreewayTalk is in the first page of Google results.
Walter
On Apr 5, 2014, at 9:15 AM, Ernie Simpson wrote:
Hey Walter,
How does FreewayTalk get it’s enormous Google weight? I would think all the
different outbound links would mean actually very little link juice.
Freewaytalk carries an enormous amount of Google weight…
By virtue of age, and frequency of update. Freewaytalk is re-indexed
roughly hourly, not unlike StackOverflow in that regard.
That’s interesting. Do you know if Google weights forums differently -
maybe considering the user-generated as more valuable? Or do they just have
a soft spot for nerdy web designers?
I don’t pretend to know more about Google than the average guppy understands the water in its bowl. I can only observe the output.
Walter
On Apr 5, 2014, at 9:55 AM, Ernie Simpson wrote:
By virtue of age, and frequency of update. Freewaytalk is re-indexed
roughly hourly, not unlike StackOverflow in that regard.
That’s interesting. Do you know if Google weights forums differently -
maybe considering the user-generated as more valuable? Or do they just have
a soft spot for nerdy web designers?
The only thing you could do is not put that link in your signature. But I would ask you, “Why do you want to do that?”. Freewaytalk carries an enormous amount of Google weight, and being linked to by a site with great weight is a Good Thing in SEO terms.
Walter
On Apr 4, 2014, at 9:35 PM, Jim Feeney wrote:
Is there any way to “nofollow” a link to one’s website here in the footer of Freeway Talk? Or does Freeway Talk automatically nofollow them?
My website was hit pretty hard in Google’s Panda and Penguin updates. My link profile was probably considered “unnatural.” My religious website had tons of links from (worthless) directories and from the Digital Point forum that I frequent. I’m a bit apprehensive about whether adding another group of non-niche-related forum signature links (Freeway Talk) might skew my link profile farther towards the unnatural side. That’s why I asked about nofollowing the signature link. Any thoughts?
Just take your URL out of your signature. There’s no rule that it must be there.
Walter
On Apr 5, 2014, at 12:42 PM, Jim Feeney wrote:
On 5 Apr 2014, 1:02 pm, waltd wrote:
The only thing you could do is not put that link in your signature. But I would ask you, “Why do you want to do that?”. Freewaytalk carries an enormous amount of Google weight, and being linked to by a site with great weight is a Good Thing in SEO terms.
Walter
On Apr 4, 2014, at 9:35 PM, Jim Feeney wrote:
Is there any way to “nofollow” a link to one’s website here in the footer of Freeway Talk? Or does Freeway Talk automatically nofollow them?
My website was hit pretty hard in Google’s Panda and Penguin updates. My link profile was probably considered “unnatural.” My religious website had tons of links from (worthless) directories and from the Digital Point forum that I frequent. I’m a bit apprehensive about whether adding another group of non-niche-related forum signature links (Freeway Talk) might skew my link profile farther towards the unnatural side. That’s why I asked about nofollowing the signature link. Any thoughts?
