Internal Linking

  • Resolved kbowson

    (@kbowson)


    9 years, 4 months ago

    From an SEO perspective, I’m concerned that by using Pretty Link, I’m creating a TON of internal links to pages that don’t exist.

    Is this true? I’m adding the nofollow attribute to all links so will this take care of it?

    Is there a way to be sure that:
    a) the pretty link “pages” aren’t being indexed
    b) Google doesn’t consider my pretty links an “internal” link?

    Appreciate any help here.

    Kyle

    https://www.ads-software.com/plugins/pretty-link/

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  • Plugin Author cartpauj

    (@cartpauj)

    Hi Kyle,

    I would recommend using 301 redirect type with nofollow activated. Another thing you could do is add a directory prefix to your pretty links like go/slug. Then in a robots.txt file you could do something like: 

    User-agent: *
Disallow: /go
    Thread Starter kbowson

    (@kbowson)

    Hey cartpauj,

    I appreciate the response. I made the change to a 301 and a nofollow.

    So, am I technically creating an internal link or does the 301 take care of it?

    Kyle

    Plugin Author cartpauj

    (@cartpauj)

    They will be seen as internal links because they use your domain name.

    Thread Starter kbowson

    (@kbowson)

    I meant to say the no follow. Wouldn’t the SE essentially just disregard them at that point?

    If not, creating hundreds of false internal links can’t be good for SEO.

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