Comments on: The PageRank sculpting and rel=nofollow debate rages on http://www.propellernet.co.uk/blog/2009/07/the-pagerank-sculpting-and-rel-nofollow-debate-rages-on/ Online Marketing Blog posting on topics including Search Engine Marketing, Online PR, Social Media, Conversion Optimisation and Brand Engagement Mon, 06 Sep 2010 11:10:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Chris Clapham http://www.propellernet.co.uk/blog/2009/07/the-pagerank-sculpting-and-rel-nofollow-debate-rages-on/comment-page-1/#comment-72 Chris Clapham Mon, 13 Jul 2009 08:52:28 +0000 http://www.propellernet.co.uk/blog/?p=239#comment-72 Hi Ben, That's a fair point and I guess it’s dependant on the type of site and what is included in the terms and conditions, which should decide it’s importance. If you are an ecommerce site for example then it's a legal requirement to clearly display your website terms and conditions under the ecommerce directive (http://www.ekmpowershop.com/support/articles/legalrequirementsforecommerce.asp). However, you could you noindex/disallow it if you didn’t want it to appear in the search results. Thanks, Chris Hi Ben,

That’s a fair point and I guess it’s dependant on the type of site and what is included in the terms and conditions, which should decide it’s importance. If you are an ecommerce site for example then it’s a legal requirement to clearly display your website terms and conditions under the ecommerce directive (http://www.ekmpowershop.com/support/articles/legalrequirementsforecommerce.asp). However, you could you noindex/disallow it if you didn’t want it to appear in the search results.

Thanks, Chris

]]> By: Ben Dixon http://www.propellernet.co.uk/blog/2009/07/the-pagerank-sculpting-and-rel-nofollow-debate-rages-on/comment-page-1/#comment-65 Ben Dixon Fri, 10 Jul 2009 23:27:26 +0000 http://www.propellernet.co.uk/blog/?p=239#comment-65 Chris, are you sure there is any real benifit in linking to pages such as terms and conditions. After all, as most of the information on terms and conditions etc is standardised, why would you wish to link to it? Regardless of pagerank flow? Chris, are you sure there is any real benifit in linking to pages such as terms and conditions. After all, as most of the information on terms and conditions etc is standardised, why would you wish to link to it? Regardless of pagerank flow?

]]> By: Bob Mitchell http://www.propellernet.co.uk/blog/2009/07/the-pagerank-sculpting-and-rel-nofollow-debate-rages-on/comment-page-1/#comment-60 Bob Mitchell Thu, 09 Jul 2009 13:27:49 +0000 http://www.propellernet.co.uk/blog/?p=239#comment-60 I think that was the response I was expecting - although I figure you still need to be careful in not having three links to three different fragments - the link would need consolidating as well as the page (which isn't made clear (at least to me) in the seomoz article). Attentive to the recent effort put into this redesign / new site, I will watch closely to see your changes in response to this. I think that was the response I was expecting - although I figure you still need to be careful in not having three links to three different fragments - the link would need consolidating as well as the page (which isn’t made clear (at least to me) in the seomoz article).

Attentive to the recent effort put into this redesign / new site, I will watch closely to see your changes in response to this.

]]> By: Chris Clapham http://www.propellernet.co.uk/blog/2009/07/the-pagerank-sculpting-and-rel-nofollow-debate-rages-on/comment-page-1/#comment-58 Chris Clapham Thu, 09 Jul 2009 10:38:39 +0000 http://www.propellernet.co.uk/blog/?p=239#comment-58 Hi Bob, One solution to manage linkflow juice would be to consolidate all those lower order pages like privacy and terms & conditions onto one single page. SEOmoz summed this up well on a recent blog post, which is worth reading >> http://www.seomoz.org/blog/link-consolidation-the-new-pagerank-sculpting. It would be interesting to hear what solution you had in mind, if it's different to the consolidating pages solution. Thanks, Chris Hi Bob,

One solution to manage linkflow juice would be to consolidate all those lower order pages like privacy and terms & conditions onto one single page. SEOmoz summed this up well on a recent blog post, which is worth reading >> http://www.seomoz.org/blog/link-consolidation-the-new-pagerank-sculpting.

It would be interesting to hear what solution you had in mind, if it’s different to the consolidating pages solution.

Thanks, Chris

]]> By: Bob Mitchell http://www.propellernet.co.uk/blog/2009/07/the-pagerank-sculpting-and-rel-nofollow-debate-rages-on/comment-page-1/#comment-57 Bob Mitchell Thu, 09 Jul 2009 08:19:19 +0000 http://www.propellernet.co.uk/blog/?p=239#comment-57 I *think* I know the answer, but what would you suggest as the method to manage linkjuice flow to/around contact/terms/privacy pages? I can't help but notice that you are nofollowing nine internal links on this page ( excluding the one that you'll probably use for my URL above) I *think* I know the answer, but what would you suggest as the method to manage linkjuice flow to/around contact/terms/privacy pages?

I can’t help but notice that you are nofollowing nine internal links on this page ( excluding the one that you’ll probably use for my URL above)

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