A “nofollow” tag is a HTML attribute of the <a> tag which tells search engines like Google not to index a particular link in which you apply the “nofollow” rule to.
What are the importance of adding nofollow tag??
1. You should add a nofollow attribute to your blogroll to avoid panda effect on your blog. It can reduce your blog traffic by 70%
3. Some links are harmful to blog content as it distracts the spiders from your main keywords. As a result your post will rank lower.
How Can I Do This?
To add a Nofollow Attribute to your blogroll, follow these few steps below.
1. Go To your Blogger Dashboard
2. Click the drop-down menu next to the gray Post List icon and select Template. Then click on Edit HTML
3. Hold Ctrl F and Search for the below code:
<b:widget id=’BlogList
You blogroll widget code in your template may be like this,<b:widget id=’BlogList1′ locked=’false’ title=’Blogroll’ type=’BlogList’><b:includable id=’main’><!– only display title if it’s non-empty –><b:if cond=’data:title != “”‘><div id=’blog-list-title’><h2 class=’title’><data:title/></h2></div></b:if><div class=’widget-content’><div class=’blog-list-container’ expr:id=’data:widget.instanceId + “_container”‘><ul expr:id=’data:widget.instanceId + “_blogs”‘><b:loop values=’data:items’ var=’item’><li expr:style=’data:item.displayStyle’><div class=’blog-icon’><b:if cond=’data:showIcon == “true”‘><input expr:value=’data:item.blogIconUrl’ type=’hidden’/></b:if></div><div class=’blog-content’><div class=’blog-title’><a expr:href=’data:item.blogUrl’ target=’_blank’><data:item.blogTitle/></a></div><div class=’item-content’><b:if cond=’data:showItemThumbnail == “true”‘><b:if cond=’data:item.itemThumbnail’><div class=’item-thumbnail’><a expr:href=’data:item.blogUrl’ target=’_blank’>
<img alt=” border=’0′ expr:height=’data:item.itemThumbnail.height’ expr:src=’data:item.itemThumbnail.url’ expr:width=’data:item.itemThumbnail.width’/></a></div></b:if></b:if><b:if cond=’data:showItemTitle == “true”‘><span class=’item-title’><b:if cond=’data:item.itemUrl != “”‘><a expr:href=’data:item.itemUrl’ target=’_blank’>
<data:item.itemTitle/></a><b:else/><data:item.itemTitle/></b:if></span></b:if><b:if cond=’data:showItemSnippet == “true”‘><b:if cond=’data:showItemTitle == “true”‘>–</b:if><span class=’item-snippet’><data:item.itemSnippet/></span></b:if><b:if cond=’data:showTimePeriodSinceLastUpdate == “true”‘><div class=’item-time’><data:item.timePeriodSinceLastUpdate/></div></b:if></div></div><div style=’clear: both;’/></li></b:loop></ul><b:if cond=’data:numItemsToShow != 0′><b:if cond=’data:totalItems > data:numItemsToShow’><div class=’show-option’><span expr:id=’data:widget.instanceId + “_show-n”‘ style=’display: none;’><a href=’javascript:void(0)’ onclick=’return false;’><data:showNText/></a></span><span expr:id=’data:widget.instanceId + “_show-all”‘ style=’margin-left: 5px;’><a href=’javascript:void(0)’ onclick=’return false;’><data:showAllText/></a></span></div></b:if></b:if><b:include name=’quickedit’/></div></div></b:includable></b:widget>
4. Now, To Add ‘nofollow’ to your blogroll links, follow the example below
<b:widget id=’BlogList1′ locked=’false’ title=’Blogroll’ type=’BlogList’><b:includable id=’main’><!– only display title if it’s non-empty –><b:if cond=’data:title != “”‘><div id=’blog-list-title’><h2 class=’title’><data:title/></h2></div></b:if><div class=’widget-content’><div class=’blog-list-container’ expr:id=’data:widget.instanceId + “_container”‘><ul expr:id=’data:widget.instanceId + “_blogs”‘><b:loop values=’data:items’ var=’item’><li expr:style=’data:item.displayStyle’><div class=’blog-icon’><b:if cond=’data:showIcon == “true”‘><input expr:value=’data:item.blogIconUrl’ type=’hidden’/></b:if></div><div class=’blog-content’><div class=’blog-title’><a expr:href=’data:item.blogUrl’ ref=’nofollow’ target=’_blank’>
<data:item.blogTitle/></a></div><div class=’item-content’><b:if cond=’data:showItemThumbnail == “true”‘><b:if cond=’data:item.itemThumbnail’><div class=’item-thumbnail’><a expr:href=’data:item.blogUrl’ ref=’nofollow’ target=’_blank’>
<img alt=” border=’0′ expr:height=’data:item.itemThumbnail.height’ expr:src=’data:item.itemThumbnail.url’ expr:width=’data:item.itemThumbnail.width’/></a></div></b:if></b:if><b:if cond=’data:showItemTitle == “true”‘><span class=’item-title’><b:if cond=’data:item.itemUrl != “”‘><a expr:href=’data:item.itemUrl’ ref=’nofollow’ target=’_blank’><data:item.itemTitle/></a><b:else/><data:item.itemTitle/></b:if></span></b:if><b:if cond=’data:showItemSnippet == “true”‘><b:if cond=’data:showItemTitle == “true”‘>–</b:if><span class=’item-snippet’><data:item.itemSnippet/></span></b:if><b:if cond=’data:showTimePeriodSinceLastUpdate == “true”‘><div class=’item-time’><data:item.timePeriodSinceLastUpdate/></div></b:if></div></div><div style=’clear: both;’/></li></b:loop></ul><b:if cond=’data:numItemsToShow != 0′><b:if cond=’data:totalItems > data:numItemsToShow’><div class=’show-option’><span expr:id=’data:widget.instanceId + “_show-n”‘ style=’display: none;’><a href=’javascript:void(0)’ onclick=’return false;’><data:showNText/></a></span><span expr:id=’data:widget.instanceId + “_show-all”‘ style=’margin-left: 5px;’><a href=’javascript:void(0)’ onclick=’return false;’><data:showAllText/></a></span></div></b:if></b:if><b:include name=’quickedit’/></div></div></b:includable></b:widget>
Notice: I highlighted target=’_blank’> in the first and second codes so as to enable you locate where to add your nofollow tag faster……
Save Your Template and Enjoy a Nofollow Comment Link.