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Nofollow Internal

Flags internal links with rel=nofollow

Flags internal links with rel=nofollow

Rule IDlinks/nofollow-internal
CategoryLinks
ScopePer-page
Severitywarning
Weight5/10

Solution

Nofollow on internal links wastes PageRank and is generally bad practice. Internal links should flow link equity freely throughout your site. Remove nofollow from internal links unless you have a specific reason (e.g., user-generated content links). Use nofollow for external links you don’t endorse.

Enable / Disable

Disable this rule

squirrel.toml
toml
[rules]
disable = ["links/nofollow-internal"]
squirrel.toml
toml
[rules]
disable = ["links/*"]

Enable only this rule

squirrel.toml
toml
[rules]
enable = ["links/nofollow-internal"]
disable = ["*"]

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