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    • vtmoz
      vtmoz last edited by

      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?

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      • DonnaDuncan
        DonnaDuncan last edited by

        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.

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        • KevinBudzynski
          KevinBudzynski last edited by

          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://a-moz.groupbuyseo.org/blog/external-linking-good-for-seo-whiteboard-friday (Is External Linking Good For SEO? - Whiteboard Friday)

          They both go into some additional details.

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          • Alick300
            Alick300 last edited by

            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://a-moz.groupbuyseo.org/community/q/outbound-links-to-authority-sites (see first reply).

            Hope this helps.

            Thanks

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