Add to Cart Link

[Aspedia]

We have shopping cart links (<a href's,="" not="" input="" buttons)="" that="" link="" to="" a="" url="" along="" the="" lines="" of="" cart="" add="" 123&return="/product/123. </p"></a>

<a href's,="" not="" input="" buttons)="" that="" link="" to="" a="" url="" along="" the="" lines="" of="" cart="" add="" 123&return="/product/123. </p">The SEOMoz site crawls are flagging these as a massive number of 302 redirects and I also wonder what sort of effect this is having on linkjuice flowing around the site. </a>

<a href's,="" not="" input="" buttons)="" that="" link="" to="" a="" url="" along="" the="" lines="" of="" cart="" add="" 123&return="/product/123. </p">I can see several possible solutions:

• Make the links nofollow
• Make the links input buttons
• Block /cart/add with robots.txt
• Make the links 301 instead of 302
• Make the links javascript (probably worst care)

All of these would result in an identical outcome for the UX, but are very different solutions.

What would you suggest?</a>

[Aspedia]

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[perfectweb]

I agree erl=nofollow would be best in thie situation.

Input buttons would potentially chaneg the design of the site (which may or may not be a good thing)

301 over 302 is still going to ahve a little bit of a negative effect

Use javascript links - urgh!

Block /cart/add with robots.txt would probably work, but I prefer the nofollow route

[Aspedia]

But is using nofollow not going to cause a leaking of link juice that buttons would not?

There's no reason at all why input buttons will change the design of the site once styled with CSS.

[TellThemEverything]

Sorry but input buttons are built for this. Why wouldnt you use link buttons and style to match your existing UI?

Links of any kind are not the answer to this at all..