Nofollow” attributes in internal links
Posted: Sun Jan 12, 2025 5:07 am
excessive number of internal links
Check pages with excessive numbers of links and remove unnecessary ones.
The problem: Nofollow links use the rel="nofollow" attribute to tell Google that authority should not be passed to the linked page.
SEO teams often use the nofollow attribute for outbound links germany telegram data pointing to pages they don't want to "vote" for. However, it's best to keep most internal links as follow links.
This is what a follow link looks like:
Follow links don't technically have any attributes added to them. They are regular links that pass their SEO value to other pages.
This is what a nofollow link looks like:
How to fix it: Look for “Nofollow attributes in outgoing internal links” in the “Warnings” section of your Internal Links report.
Internal nofollow links
Then, remove the rel="nofollow" attribute as needed. You can do this for the entire site or on a link-by-link basis. Contact your developer if necessary.
Pro tip: You could strategically add the nofollow attribute to links pointing to internal pages that don't provide SEO value. This could be login pages or pages you don't want indexed.
4. Orphan pages
The problem: An orphan page is a page with no link from another of your pages. Since Google crawls (i.e. finds) pages through links, it usually has a harder time finding orphan pages.
Check pages with excessive numbers of links and remove unnecessary ones.
The problem: Nofollow links use the rel="nofollow" attribute to tell Google that authority should not be passed to the linked page.
SEO teams often use the nofollow attribute for outbound links germany telegram data pointing to pages they don't want to "vote" for. However, it's best to keep most internal links as follow links.
This is what a follow link looks like:
Follow links don't technically have any attributes added to them. They are regular links that pass their SEO value to other pages.
This is what a nofollow link looks like:
How to fix it: Look for “Nofollow attributes in outgoing internal links” in the “Warnings” section of your Internal Links report.
Internal nofollow links
Then, remove the rel="nofollow" attribute as needed. You can do this for the entire site or on a link-by-link basis. Contact your developer if necessary.
Pro tip: You could strategically add the nofollow attribute to links pointing to internal pages that don't provide SEO value. This could be login pages or pages you don't want indexed.
4. Orphan pages
The problem: An orphan page is a page with no link from another of your pages. Since Google crawls (i.e. finds) pages through links, it usually has a harder time finding orphan pages.