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    If external linking passes juice, why not just nofollow all external links?

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    • 10JQKAs
      10JQKAs last edited by

      Random noob question that I thought of.

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      • shandaman
        shandaman last edited by

        Because the engines ignore the link juice completely. You won't move up in rankings at all.

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