SE, nofollow tag and trading script links
 

I wonder if it would be a good idea to add the nofollow tag to trading script links like

http://www.my-domain.com/cgi-bin/at3...ade-domain.com

will this make a difference for SEO? Are nofollow tags supposed to be used for outgoing links only? Would this count as outgoing or internal link??

Wow you call yourself seoguy? :D

Try reading Google's blog every now and then.

it's counted as an internal link.

was thinking the same thing :)

Bump for misleading titles.

seoguy ?

Your trading partners won't appreciate you doing that, and I for one, not only check the link on the page but the code as well ;)

Make this code a bookmark and you can do it faster if you like--
I don't remember where I got it, but it comes in handy

why are you using traded script links, hardcoded links is the only way to go

you have a brilliant career ahead of you.
delivering pizza.

Thanks, nice little tool there ... and I'm lazy so I'll definetly use it
:)

So, if it's counted as an internal link, I'm not linking to a page with content, that's why I wonder if it would be better using a nofollow tag.

Yes, I call myself seoguy and not tradingscriptguy. SEO is pretty easy and has not much to do with trading script stuff.

Thanks headless ghost for the tip, you're very creative.

Google cares about the final destination of the page, not where it starts.

If your trade script uses a 301/302 redirect, it will judge whether its internal/external at the final destination.

Amusingly enough, if it's a 302 redirect (every boxed trade script i've paid attention to is), you're likely (engines have tested different ways of handling this, no one can claim to know for certain at any given time) not passing on any SEO benefit to the destination page anyways.. so all these people complaining about nofollow's aren't getting any benefit other than traffic from the trades anyways.

Hope that clears it up for you, seo guy.

I don't think you would ask stupid questions like this if seo really was this easy to you. :1orglaugh

The family of "rel" tags, which includes attributes such as previous, help and bookmark, is intended to define a relationship between the current page and other pages to which it is linked.

Then along came message boards and blogs, with people placing links onto interactive pages as self-promotion. No "relationship" existed between the site where the links were posted and the sites being promoted and any assumption by the search engines that a relationship did exist might damage the original site (because of irrelevant links etc).

The "nofollow" tag was a response to that. It tells the search engines that here is a link you did not place on your site and it leads to an off-site destination that you do not want to be considered when analyzing your site. The spider should therefore not follow this link.

The tag has been abused by people with the intention of enhancing their internal PR distribution and such, but my guess would be that if this ever worked, Google & Co are wise to it by now and such use could backfire.

what does this do? adds the "no follow" attribute to every link on page?

gfy fucks up the code

Anyone who puts rel nofollow tags in hardlink trades is a scumbag.

hes talking about trade script links.

Thanks to Studiocritic and Jayeff. I'm sure my question was not that stupid ssp.

He asked if doing this make a difference for SEO.

And it would.

Highlights all the links that have the nofollow tag on the page you are browsing.

Sheesh, what's the point of having code tags, lol

Change each 'haha' to an '=' so the hahahaha is supposed to be a double =

really? how many listings do u have?

lots of listings with secondary keywords.

ever wondered if you only might have something called the luck of the beginner? ;)

just stay focused on off site optimizing and you'll have sucess m8 :)

Why should i have the luck of the beginner?

I already have success. Working with trading scripts is something pretty new to me, maybe it was a mistake to come here and ask such a question.

Your trading partners won't appreciate you doing that, and I for one, not only check the link on the page but the code as well ;)

it is always a mistake to come here