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    • WIDE16
      WIDE16 last edited by

      Hello,

      I have been away from SEO for a while and boy, how things changed... I have a question/concern about implementing nofollows...

      Should I nofollow repeated internal links?
      Should I nofollow internal links at all?
      What if a page has too many internal links between top navigation with drop down menus, left column and footer links?

      OR

      Should I only use nofollows for outbound links?

      I am pretty confused and would love some clarification...

      Thank you very much,

      Koki

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      • Andy-Halliday
        Andy-Halliday last edited by

        Hi

        I would hate to leave SEO and then have to come back. I struggle keeping up to date and I spend all day looking after SEO.

        You should probably read: http://moz.com/learn/seo/internal-link its a great article on internal linking.

        Whether you should have them as "nofollow" this is upto you, but I would suggest leaving them as follow, but if you have all internal links as nofollow, then any DA your home page gets, the "link juice" (and I do hate that word) wouldn't be passed to the rest of your site, so the other pages would struggle to rank, as they don't have any PA.

        Outbound links is different: if someone has paid for a link, then defiantly yes. If you are linking naturally and actually would recommend the article then yes leave it as follow.

        I hope this is helpful and good look in getting back into the world of SEO.

        Thanks

        Andy

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        • Chris.Menke
          Chris.Menke last edited by

          Koki,

          As says  Andy, there's noneed to nofollow internal links. Use nofollow on an external link when you can't vouch for the quality of a site, and when it's a paid link.

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          • WIDE16
            WIDE16 @Chris.Menke last edited by

            Thank you very much for the time and consideration to answer my questions. I really did appreciate it.

            Sincerely,

            Koki

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