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    • mara.lature1
      mara.lature1 last edited by

      Hi

      I have question weather to block in Robots.txt or through No followed tags.

      Links that are part of a Dynamic Tab control that generates the tabs based on CMS content. These are internal links on the page which show content within a tab control.

      Would it stop these errors appearing in the Google report if we added a rel="nofollow" tag to the <a>tag, for example:</a>

      <a></a>

      <a></a>VIEW FROM SEATS?

      Is it better to use No followed tags or block it in Robots.txt?

      Thanks

      Cee

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      • katemorris
        katemorris last edited by

        A nofollow is a good idea moving forward. That will stop it from happening again.

        If you do the robots.txt, they can still index, just with no information on the page.

        If I were you, I'd add the nofollow.

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