Nofollow "print" URLs?

[Daft.ie]

Hi there,

Apols for the basic question but is it considered good practice to nofollow one of one's own URLs?

Basically our 'print page' command produces an identical URL in the same window but with .../?print=1 at the end.

As far as I've been reading, the nofollow html attribute is, broadly speaking, only for links to external websites you don't want to vouch for or internal links to login/register pages that together with noindex, you're asking Google not to waste crawl budget on. (The print page is already noindexed so we're good there)

Can anyone confirm the above from their own experience?

Thanks so much!

[LauraSultan]

You are correct to noindex it, but I see no reason to nofollow.

[Daft.ie]

Thanks Laura! The rationale being that nofollow is really only for the 2 categories I outlined above?

[LauraSultan]

Yes. I suppose if you have a massive site and you're seeing a problem with crawl budget, it wouldn't hurt to nofollow the print links.  Otherwise, it isn't really necessary.

[Daft.ie]

Awesome. Thanks so much for taking the time Laura! Our website is +1m URLs so I might just do that.