Dofollow external links guide: Why does it matter and how to fix

Dofollow external links guide: Why does it matter and how to fix

Dofollow external links are standard HTML links to other websites that, by default, pass authority or "link juice" to the linked site, signaling to search engines that they should follow the link and consider the linked page a trustworthy and relevant resource.

This is an error where the links outside the page do not have the rel="nofollow" attribute, external links pointing to untrusted, low-quality, or irrelevant websites to prevent passing SEO value.. Such links are followed by search engines and passed PageRank. 

While there is nothing wrong with linking to other sites via dofollow links, if you link extensively to irrelevant or low-quality sites, search engines may conclude your site sells links or participates in other link schemes, and it can get penalized.


Dofollow external links error in social links.

Dofollow external links error in product description.

You can fix it by finding the page has dofollow external links, find the links on the code. Add attribute rel =“nofollow”.


After rel=”nofollow” added in social link

After rel=”nofollow” added in product description

This requires coding skills. If you need any support on this, Tapita’s expert team would be happy to help you check deeper and fix this error. You can contact us here support@tapita.io 


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