So many SEO’s out there like to believe they can create new HTML values, such as dofollow. Here’s a newsflash for those of you who refer to normal links as dofollow: Dofollow Doesn’t Exist!

Don’t follow that! dofollow this instead.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/dofollow

Just because one Search Engine implements a new value for the relationship attribute of anchor elements doesn’t mean you have to refer to the norm as something else based of the new value.

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But hey, as long as we’re inventing new HTML Attribute Values and making up buzzwords, I have a few more I’d like to add to the list:

Badfollow = an OBL’s value telling Google that the page it’s linking to is awful and absolutely SUCKS!

Example = <a href=”http://forums.digitalpoint.com/” rel=”badfollow”>Digital Point Forums</a>

NoText = This is a brand new HTML style Attribute Value added to various text elements (ie: <p>, <h1>, etc.) you use to tell the browser you don’t want the text to be displayed anywhere in any fashion. It will look something like this:

<p style=”notext”>This is some Text.</p>

Which will output this:

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Perfect to use for Text you don’t want to show anyone who visits the Page! Even Search Engines will ignore this Element now!

Superlink = a new link descriptor that takes you to another web page and then brings you back to the original page almost instantaneously. It’ll be like you never left the first page to begin with!

Just add “super” to the target attribute, like so:

<a href=”http://www.lightningshock.com” target=”super”>Greatest Website Ever</a>

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These new Values are going to be a MUST for any SEO, new or experienced, or any webmaster for that matter, who wishes to code and market their site properly!

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Comment by Andrei
2008-10-02 16:23:33

You missed the most important one. I like to call it “plus 1,000,000 Rank points link”. It’s used to instantly increase the search engine ranking of whatever website you’re linking to, by one million!

I can’t believe that one slipped your list!

Seriously now, I can’t tell you how many directories I’ve seen that have the lines “We’ll place your links in dofollow” practically as their slogan!

Comment by James Lewitzke
2008-10-02 21:46:04

Must’ve slipped my mind. Doesn’t that only apply to one small, minuscule SE with only 5 visitors a year though? (thus the uselessness factor)

Unfortunately it’s not just directories using those cheap marketing methods, many blogs “dofollow their comments” along with forums “dofollowing” their sig links. It’s crazy.

 
 
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