rel=’external’ tag
March 19 | Posted by Ankit | SEO Tags: Search Engine Optimization, SEOSo the question is what cud be the possible effects of the rel=”external” tag? what are its use ?
Umm … after having a long research about this tag i had seen many people think that it is like nofollow tag. It helps in prevent PageRank Pass .. this is not at all true !!
So what exactly is rel=’external’ ?
rel=’external’ is a part of xhtml code necessary to open a new window, but it requires javascript to execute this action.
function externalLinks() {
if (!document.getElementsByTagName) return;
var anchors = document.getElementsByTagName("a");
for (var i=0; i
if (anchor.getAttribute("href") &&
anchor.getAttribute("rel") == "external")
anchor.target = "_blank";
}
}
window.onload = externalLinks;
So the conclusion is that it will still pass Page Rank to the linking site. The only thing it will do is to open a site in a new window like target=”_blank”.
Source: DigitalPoint
Tags: Search Engine Optimization, SEO
You can also use CSS to place a small icon next to your links marking them as external (modern browsers only, so not IE6):
a[rel="external"] { background-image: url(/gfx/external.png)}
Umm yes it will work !! Thanks for sharing !
Nice snippet. I use jQuery to do something like this too. All my external links are automatically _blank.
Nice tip
Thanks for the info dude, I’ve been researching for this rel=”external”. Thanks for giving light on this matter.
Thanks for sharing your knowledge!
Now I know what is the different between nofollow and external.
Thanks for this tip
Good quick summary of something that other bloggers were trying to make more complicated than it should have been.
Yes, you are absolutetely correct. However, mind you a link without external acquires more leverage in relation to its effects.
Thanks a lot for this info. When I saw it first time then i thought that it may be the new way to make “nofollow” but now i understand the concept of this.
Ankit, thanks for your research. I am thing that external is equalent to no-follow. Really good post.