Nofollows are also used internally for PageRank sculpting and to indicate that a link is sponsored/paid. P - PageRank, Panda, Penguin, Paid Links The Actual PageRank It can be considered an alternative to Google's PageRank and is used in various...
PageRank Sculpting and Link Juice To greatly simplify the concept, PageRank is a popularity contest wherein the pages with the most support (via inbound links) behind them should be viewed as the most important ones.
When nofollow was introduced, some SEO enthusiasts wanted to use it for so called “PageRank sculpting” (the intentional steering of link value through a website). A would indicate that you save PageRank by using nofollow on unimportant links, B...
Does anyone remember nofollow and PageRank sculpting? Are these signs that Google is trying to grow beyond its PageRank model? Michael Martinez astutely scribed recently, "where has all the PageRank gone?
I won't go into great detail on exactly how it works, but if you're interested, Matt Cutts has a decent bit of information about it as the intro to his post about why PageRank sculpting no longer works.
PageRank sculpting with the nofollow attribute used to be all the rage until Matt Cutts shut the door on it almost two years ago. The first two items relate in the traditional sense to what people think of as PageRank sculpting -- directing the...
Terms like PageRank sculpting, temporal analysis of links, canonicalization, and a multitude of other esoteric terms are constantly being bantered around the industry. Having superior content that succinctly addresses the needs of your users allows...
While not necessarily advocating PageRank sculpting, or basing one's criteria for linking from a page, solely on the strength of that page, it's still a good idea to be well-informed as to which pages on your site might be considered authoritative.
There are ways to do your site architecture, rather than sculpting the PageRank, where you are getting products that you think will sell the best or are most important front and center. You can distribute that PageRank very carefully between...
This touched off an era where many SEOs recommended PageRank sculpting, and lots of sites did it. PageRank sculpting has been a hot topic since 2007. At SMX Advanced 2009, Matt Cutts made statements about how this had been changed, and which he...
PageRank Sculpting: Welcome Back to High School Hell SEW EXPERTS: PROMOTION there is only what is right for your business at that time. Page Rank Sculpting? Jun 25, 2009 Hey guys Google has recently made changes in its algorithm which is 'No...
This has made PageRank sculpting more of an issue. Because they would read this article and then ask me what they should be doing to sculpt their PageRank. The basic gist has been, for some time, you used to be able to control how much value a link...
This practice, known as PageRank sculpting, is applied by adding a nofollow attribute to links to pages that a site owner feels are less important to rank for, such as "about us" pages or privacy policies.
Earlier this month, Matt Cutts shared with search marketers that Google had begun treating nofollow differently, especially in regards to "PageRank sculpting," the advanced SEO tactic that aims to control where PageRank flows around a site.
By 2007, advanced SEOs realized that the nofollow attribute could be used internally in PageRank sculpting. The way it used to work, the PageRank that was saved from those links would be distributed among the other links on the page.
An advanced form of the discipline is known as "PageRank siloing," or "PageRank sculpting. A page that Google has already rewarded with a decent PageRank (or PR for short) is sometimes called an authority page.
All controversy around PageRank siloing or sculpting aside, it's a good idea to have a sitemap -- no matter what your philosophy is. Also, consider writing a sentence or two around each link to lend non-linking text relevance to your links -- if...
Joost's article explains PageRank sculpting in more detail if you find this topic fascinating. Reading that post triggered my memory about something called PageRank sculpting. Ultimately, Matt Cutts states that you probably should focus on topics...
