Comments on: Sculpting PageRank using Nofollow is Bad? Since when? http://www.neilshearing.com/2008/07/14/sculpting-pagerank-using-nofollow-is-bad-since-when/ Neil Shearing's latest up-to-the-minute tips and secrets! Sat, 22 Nov 2008 09:57:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: Neil_Shearing http://www.neilshearing.com/2008/07/14/sculpting-pagerank-using-nofollow-is-bad-since-when/#comment-142222 Sat, 02 Aug 2008 09:42:24 +0000 http://www.neilshearing.com/2008/07/14/sculpting-pagerank-using-nofollow-is-bad-since-when/#comment-142222 Hi Phil, Thanks for your thoughts. Yes, manipulating PageRank shouldn't be something webmasters spend hours and hours each day on... but a few simple tweaks to a template could result in much better organic rankings for the pages you want to rank highly... the ones you spent a long time lovingly creating quality content on. :) >Do users care about whether the links to my contact form are nofollow or not? Probably not. < Exactly. It's invisible to them, so why not do it? Why spend a lot of time creating pages of quality content which people link to, only to waste some of the site's PageRank by having links on those pages to the "about us", "contact us" and "privacy policy" pages? Neil. Hi Phil,

Thanks for your thoughts.

Yes, manipulating PageRank shouldn’t be something webmasters spend hours and hours each day on… but a few simple tweaks to a template could result in much better organic rankings for the pages you want to rank highly… the ones you spent a long time lovingly creating quality content on. :)

>Do users care about whether the links to my contact form are nofollow or not? Probably not. <

Exactly. It’s invisible to them, so why not do it?

Why spend a lot of time creating pages of quality content which people link to, only to waste some of the site’s PageRank by having links on those pages to the “about us”, “contact us” and “privacy policy” pages?

Neil.

]]> by: Phil Tanny http://www.neilshearing.com/2008/07/14/sculpting-pagerank-using-nofollow-is-bad-since-when/#comment-142200 Fri, 01 Aug 2008 22:17:59 +0000 http://www.neilshearing.com/2008/07/14/sculpting-pagerank-using-nofollow-is-bad-since-when/#comment-142200 Hmm. I'm tempted to conclude that fiddling with things like this is a sign we aren't working hard enough at creating new content and services for users. Too much time on our hands? In the end, big picture long term, successful SEO is about serving users. It's users that will, or won't, create the viral link buzz that makes or breaks a site. Do users care about whether the links to my contact form are nofollow or not? Probably not. Hmm. I’m tempted to conclude that fiddling with things like this is a sign we aren’t working hard enough at creating new content and services for users. Too much time on our hands?

In the end, big picture long term, successful SEO is about serving users. It’s users that will, or won’t, create the viral link buzz that makes or breaks a site.

Do users care about whether the links to my contact form are nofollow or not? Probably not.

]]> by: List Dady http://www.neilshearing.com/2008/07/14/sculpting-pagerank-using-nofollow-is-bad-since-when/#comment-142078 Wed, 30 Jul 2008 03:29:41 +0000 http://www.neilshearing.com/2008/07/14/sculpting-pagerank-using-nofollow-is-bad-since-when/#comment-142078 Thanks for the good information. What about when pointing to external links? Thanks for the good information. What about when pointing to external links?

]]> by: Mark http://www.neilshearing.com/2008/07/14/sculpting-pagerank-using-nofollow-is-bad-since-when/#comment-142023 Tue, 29 Jul 2008 01:04:09 +0000 http://www.neilshearing.com/2008/07/14/sculpting-pagerank-using-nofollow-is-bad-since-when/#comment-142023 Good tip, this shouldn't take any real time at all. Good tip, this shouldn’t take any real time at all.

]]> by: nistic http://www.neilshearing.com/2008/07/14/sculpting-pagerank-using-nofollow-is-bad-since-when/#comment-141914 Sat, 26 Jul 2008 20:13:08 +0000 http://www.neilshearing.com/2008/07/14/sculpting-pagerank-using-nofollow-is-bad-since-when/#comment-141914 Yes I agree that using nofollow links is a good idea if your serious about your websites pagerank and how you want it to be dispursed. And implementing it isnt even that hard if you have header and footer includes for your website, that cuts down on like half the links you have to change... Yes I agree that using nofollow links is a good idea if your serious about your websites pagerank and how you want it to be dispursed.

And implementing it isnt even that hard if you have header and footer includes for your website, that cuts down on like half the links you have to change…

]]> by: Nintendo Wii For Sale http://www.neilshearing.com/2008/07/14/sculpting-pagerank-using-nofollow-is-bad-since-when/#comment-141510 Sun, 20 Jul 2008 20:47:13 +0000 http://www.neilshearing.com/2008/07/14/sculpting-pagerank-using-nofollow-is-bad-since-when/#comment-141510 I know that google is just trying to make their search engine more relevant, but completely deindexing some one's work is completely immoral. I know that google is just trying to make their search engine more relevant, but completely deindexing some one’s work is completely immoral.

]]> by: Ryanphilips http://www.neilshearing.com/2008/07/14/sculpting-pagerank-using-nofollow-is-bad-since-when/#comment-141429 Sat, 19 Jul 2008 08:53:48 +0000 http://www.neilshearing.com/2008/07/14/sculpting-pagerank-using-nofollow-is-bad-since-when/#comment-141429 Couldn't agree more, after being literally fed up with the number of responses the search engine generates to a given keyword, i do use the nofollow, it s very easy to use and if as a sites administrator you can distribute your pagerank effectively to your content pages, than higher trafficking is guranteed. ----------------- Ryanphilips Couldn’t agree more, after being literally fed up with the number of responses the search engine generates to a given keyword, i do use the nofollow, it s very easy to use and if as a sites administrator you can distribute your pagerank effectively to your content pages, than higher trafficking is guranteed.

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]]> by: Len Estrada - Best Home Business http://www.neilshearing.com/2008/07/14/sculpting-pagerank-using-nofollow-is-bad-since-when/#comment-141051 Tue, 15 Jul 2008 01:25:39 +0000 http://www.neilshearing.com/2008/07/14/sculpting-pagerank-using-nofollow-is-bad-since-when/#comment-141051 Yep, I use nofollow. I agree that your internal link structure should be fully optimized. It's a no brainer, it's conserves PageRank. I also use the robots.txt file so that Google will just remove the pages I don't need indexed, usually these are the same ones that I'll most likely nofollow anyway. Yep, I use nofollow. I agree that your internal link structure should be fully optimized. It’s a no brainer, it’s conserves PageRank.

I also use the robots.txt file so that Google will just remove the pages I don’t need indexed, usually these are the same ones that I’ll most likely nofollow anyway.

]]> by: Neil_Shearing http://www.neilshearing.com/2008/07/14/sculpting-pagerank-using-nofollow-is-bad-since-when/#comment-141013 Mon, 14 Jul 2008 16:24:42 +0000 http://www.neilshearing.com/2008/07/14/sculpting-pagerank-using-nofollow-is-bad-since-when/#comment-141013 Hi Alex, If a plain link is like this... <strong>*a href="http://www.y.com">link text*/a></strong> ... then a nofollow link is like this... <strong>*a href="http://www.y.com" rel="nofollow">link text*/a></strong> Replace * with < HTH Neil. Hi Alex,

If a plain link is like this…

*a href=”http://www.y.com”>link text*/a>

… then a nofollow link is like this…

*a href=”http://www.y.com” rel=”nofollow”>link text*/a>

Replace * with <

HTH

Neil.

]]> by: Alex Newell http://www.neilshearing.com/2008/07/14/sculpting-pagerank-using-nofollow-is-bad-since-when/#comment-141011 Mon, 14 Jul 2008 15:47:12 +0000 http://www.neilshearing.com/2008/07/14/sculpting-pagerank-using-nofollow-is-bad-since-when/#comment-141011 I don't but that's basically laziness. I've seen the illustrations of how useful it is. Can you show us a simple way of doing it? alex I don’t but that’s basically laziness.

I’ve seen the illustrations of how useful it is. Can you show us a simple way of doing it?

alex

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