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    Should I 'nofollow' the pages on my site I want to rank the highest??

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    • Caseman
      Caseman last edited by

      I have a lot of pages on my site & I was wondering if I would be better off tagging the pages that are most important to me nofollow.

      Any suggestions would be wonderful. Thanks

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      • eli.boda
        eli.boda last edited by

        if you think the association with the pages you're linking to is negative in Google's eyes, then go ahead and nofollow them. if you're linking to quality resources, it actually should have a positive impact on your rankings, not a negative one

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        • JarnoNijzing
          JarnoNijzing last edited by

          The way Eliathah is suggesting is correct if you are looking at external links from your site.

          If you are look at links to other pages on your website ("lot of pages on my site") then i would never nofollow them unless they really are only the increase the number of pages on your site and don't contain any real usefull info. Then again, why would you make a page without any usefull info right?

          Hope this helps

          Kind Regards

          Jarno

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