Nofollow
The nofollow attribute is an anchor attribute that tells search engines and other web robots not to follow a hyperlink on a web page. For example, user comments in an online forum may add the nofollow attribute to an user-submitted link. Doing so prevents posted links from being used to artificially inflate the page rank of external sites.
How to create a link with a nofollow
<a href="https://www.google.com/" rel="nofollow">
Where should I add the nofollow attribute?
You should give the nofollow attribute to:
- Any link you don't want to contribute to page rank.
- Links not related to your website.
- User-generated links.
- Links that are part of a script that creates similar content.
Below are the most common places the nofollow attribute is used on websites.
- Comments (e.g., the comments on a WordPress blog).
- Bulletin board or Forums.
- Wiki.
- Guest posts.
- Scripts that generate similar content with links.
If the hyperlink is pointing to a different website related to the web page content, consider omitting the nofollow attribute. Some believe they should include a nofollow link on all links that point to a different website. However, Google and other search engines reward websites that have high-quality related links.