Post by account_disabled on Nov 26, 2023 8:58:59 GMT
this post. The effectiveness of nofollow tags has been the subject of epic debate on the SEO blog of record as well as on the other ten million blogs of record. I guess if Google were using them that might put the argument to rest right? Well, feast your eyes on the YouTube home page (the pink highlights=nofollow): The YouTube HomePage Does Not Promote Individual Videos Upon closer inspection you will notice that YouTube is tagging all video title links off its homepage as nofollow. Conventional SEO wisdom says that if you tag a link as nofollow the link does not pass pagerank. So why would YouTube not want to pass pagerank to videos featured on the homepage, perhaps the most impor
tant content on the most powerful page SEO-wise on the site? My Asia Mobile Number List
first reaction was, as noted above, that YouTube’s SEO guy had scored some Bopper. Or had he? Maybe he was on to something with his bizarre bot herding tactics. And maybe it was I, your trusted companion in looking through the glass onion that is Google, who had perhaps taken it one toke over the line? I noticed the homepage links that are “dofollow” are the member channel names (e.g. “The Amazing Atheist“) and the main navigation links. So? The Video Detail Page Click on a video title link and the
method to the madness starts to unfurl a bit. As you can see below on YouTube’s video detail page, all video title links continue to be nofollowed, as do the member name links in the comments. The only non-navigation links that are not nofollowed are the member channel names. The Member Channel Page Click on a member channel page and you’ll notice that almost every link is nofollowed again with a few glaring exceptions: The “see all” links to the page that shows all of the member channel videos. Member name links on comments Comment pagination links and perhaps most significantly: Video title links to.
tant content on the most powerful page SEO-wise on the site? My Asia Mobile Number List
first reaction was, as noted above, that YouTube’s SEO guy had scored some Bopper. Or had he? Maybe he was on to something with his bizarre bot herding tactics. And maybe it was I, your trusted companion in looking through the glass onion that is Google, who had perhaps taken it one toke over the line? I noticed the homepage links that are “dofollow” are the member channel names (e.g. “The Amazing Atheist“) and the main navigation links. So? The Video Detail Page Click on a video title link and the
method to the madness starts to unfurl a bit. As you can see below on YouTube’s video detail page, all video title links continue to be nofollowed, as do the member name links in the comments. The only non-navigation links that are not nofollowed are the member channel names. The Member Channel Page Click on a member channel page and you’ll notice that almost every link is nofollowed again with a few glaring exceptions: The “see all” links to the page that shows all of the member channel videos. Member name links on comments Comment pagination links and perhaps most significantly: Video title links to.