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VirtueMart 2 + 3 + 4 => Virtuemart Development and bug reports => Topic started by: balai on March 05, 2020, 14:21:57 PM

Title: Add rel="nofollow" in the order by list
Post by: balai on March 05, 2020, 14:21:57 PM
According to Google, pages with different url parameters but the same content, are considered duplicate pages and can cause indexing issues or keywords cannibalization.
https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/6080548?hl=en

It is advisable to use nofollow for links that create pages with the same content.
Title: Re: Add rel="nofollow" in the order by list
Post by: jenkinhill on March 05, 2020, 15:13:42 PM
The use of nofollow is now of less "SEO value" than it used to be. See https://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-nofollow-hints-seo/325363

The use of canonical URLs as used in VM is, IMHO, more valuable.
Title: Re: Add rel="nofollow" in the order by list
Post by: balai on March 05, 2020, 15:48:16 PM
Jenkinhill the addition of the new attributes does not deprecate the nofollow. Also still seems the most appropriate for internal links.
Anyway this needs to be handled.