How to create a NO Follow link.

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Hello to you all, I am busy writing content for my WP blog and I am doing some very comprehensive articles on HTML for beginners

I know that for many the word HTML Code sends people running for cover and as usual its fear that stops us understanding things like HTML.

So I am just going to give you a quick HTML tip to help you out

So first - What is a no follow link

You may have heard that putting external links on your site is a valuable SEO thing to do and it is a very valuable SEO signal to google, as it sends the signal to google that you are willing to share information on your niche on other websites.

One of the most common places to link to is Wikipedia, there is one small problem though and that is if you link to an external website, the web spiders will leave your page when they come across your link, as web spiders follow links and this is something you should avoid.

So the answer is to create a NO FOLLOW link

Here is how to do it

To create a link on your page or post, highlight the word or phrase and click the link icon

Once your link is created it look like this in HTML

The first part is the page the link is pointing to

The second part means open in new tab

The third part is the link text or text that is click on to use the link

The <a> tag is used because it stands for anchor tag and an anchor links things together

So now to make this link a no follow link, you need to add an HTML attribute

This attribute looks like this

rel= "no follow"

You add this to the link code like this

So now you know what a no follow link is and how to create on should the need arise

You may also come across this concept in blog comments where the web owner will state that any links you leave with your comments will be NO FOLLOW

No follow links are widely used in SEO and for all sorts of other reasons

So now you know also what a HTML attribute is

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial

Any questions please feel free to ask

Barry