{"id":16574,"date":"2026-09-02T11:36:55","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T08:36:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alienroad.com\/google-bilgi-bankasi\/rel-attributes\/"},"modified":"2026-09-06T00:51:03","modified_gmt":"2026-09-05T21:51:03","slug":"rel-attributes","status":"publish","type":"ar_kb","link":"https:\/\/alienroad.com\/google-bilgi-bankasi\/rel-attributes\/","title":{"rendered":"Qualify your outbound links to Google"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For certain links on your site, you might want to tell Google your relationship with the<br \/>\n      linked page. In order to do that, use one of the following <code>rel<\/code><br \/>\n      attribute values in the <code>&lt;a&gt;<\/code> tag.<\/p>\n<p>For regular links that you expect Google to fetch and parse without any qualifications, you don&#8217;t need<br \/>\n      to add a <code>rel<\/code> attribute. For example:<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>For other links, use one or more of the following values:<\/p>\n<table class=\"responsive fixed\">\n<colgroup>\n<col width=\"20%\">\n      <\/colgroup>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th colspan=\"2\"><code>rel<\/code> values<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<h3 id=\"sponsored\" data-text='rel=\"sponsored\"' tabindex=\"-1\"><code>rel=\"sponsored\"<\/code><\/h3>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>Mark links that are advertisements or paid placements (commonly called <i>paid<br \/>\n              links<\/i>) with the <code>sponsored<\/code> value. Read more about <a href=\"https:\/\/alienroad.com\/google-bilgi-bankasi\/spam-policies\/#link-spam\">Google&#8217;s stance on paid links<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<aside class=\"note\"><b>Note:<\/b> The <code>nofollow<\/code> attribute was<br \/>\n              <a href=\"https:\/\/alienroad.com\/google-bilgi-bankasi\/evolving-nofollow-new-ways-to-identify-the-nature-of-links\/\">previously recommended<\/a><br \/>\n              for these types of links and is still an acceptable way to flag<br \/>\n              them, though <code>sponsored<\/code> is preferred. <\/aside>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<h3 id=\"ugc\" data-text='rel=\"ugc\"' tabindex=\"-1\"><code>rel=\"ugc\"<\/code><\/h3>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>We recommend marking user-generated content (UGC) links, such as comments and forum<br \/>\n              posts, with the <code>ugc<\/code> value.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>If you want to recognize and reward trustworthy contributors, you might remove this<br \/>\n              attribute from links posted by members or users who have consistently made<br \/>\n              high-quality contributions over time. Read more about how to<br \/>\n              <a href=\"https:\/\/alienroad.com\/google-bilgi-bankasi\/preventing-spam-abuse\/\">prevent user-generated spam on your site and platform<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<h3 id=\"nofollow\" data-text='rel=\"nofollow\"' tabindex=\"-1\"><code>rel=\"nofollow\"<\/code><\/h3>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>Use the <code>nofollow<\/code> value when other values don&#8217;t apply, and you&#8217;d rather<br \/>\n              Google not associate your site with, or crawl the linked page from, your site. For<br \/>\n              links within your own site, use the<br \/>\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/alienroad.com\/google-bilgi-bankasi\/robots-txt-syntax\/#disallow\">robots.txt <code>disallow<\/code> rule<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<h3 id=\"multiple-values\" tabindex=\"-1\"><i>Multiple values<\/i><\/h3>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>You may specify multiple <code>rel<\/code> values as a space- or comma-separated<br \/>\n              list. <b>Examples:<\/b><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Links marked with these <code>rel<\/code> attributes will generally not be followed. Remember<br \/>\n      that the linked pages may be found through other means, such as sitemaps or links from other<br \/>\n      sites, and thus they may still be crawled. These <code>rel<\/code> attributes are used only in<br \/>\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/alienroad.com\/google-bilgi-bankasi\/internal-links\/#crawlable-links\"><code>&lt;a&gt;<\/code> elements that Google can crawl<\/a>,<br \/>\n      except <code>nofollow<\/code>, which is also available as<br \/>\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/alienroad.com\/google-bilgi-bankasi\/meta-tags\/\">robots <code>meta<\/code> tag<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If you need to prevent Google from fetching a link to a page on your own site, use the<br \/>\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/alienroad.com\/google-bilgi-bankasi\/robots-txt-syntax\/#disallow\">robots.txt <code>disallow<\/code> rule<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>To prevent Google from indexing a page, allow crawling and use the<br \/>\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/alienroad.com\/google-bilgi-bankasi\/block-search-indexing-with-noindex\/\"><code>noindex<\/code> robots rule<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You might want to tell Google your relationship with outbound links on your site. 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