Is it Okay to Nofollow all External Links

[vtmoz]

So, we all "nofollow" most of the external links or all external links to hold back the page rank. Is it correct? As per Google, only non-trusty and paid links must be nofollow. Is it all same about external links and nofollow now?

[Alick300]

Hi,

According to Google there Isn't an SEO advantage to linking externally.

https://www.seroundtable.com/google-external-links-20951.html

I would also suggest you to read this old thread @ https://moz.com/community/q/outbound-links-to-authority-sites (see first reply).

Hope this helps.

Thanks

[KevinBudzynski]

The link from Alick300 is extremelly credible that comes from John Mueller from Google. However, I would look at these 2 links as well:

https://www.rebootonline.com/blog/long-term-outgoing-link-experiment/ (an interesting expirement) https://moz.com/blog/external-linking-good-for-seo-whiteboard-friday (Is External Linking Good For SEO? - Whiteboard Friday)

They both go into some additional details.

[DonnaDuncan]

So, we all "nofollow" most of the external links or all external links to hold back the page rank.

Nofollowing links does not mean you retain link juice or page rank. That page rank gets dropped rather than being transferred to another location.

Is it all same about external links and nofollow now?

I don't understand your question but if you mean should all external links be nofollow, the answer is no. As Google has suggested, you should still tag trustworthy destination links with the follow attribute.