Crawlability.com without rel=nofollow value

Hi,

I've seen on my forum footer that the Crawlability.com link with text "vbseo 3.3.0" has not the rel="nofollow" attribute on it, although I've setted up on the vbseocp.php to put the rel=nofollow on all external domain names.

Any idea why is this happening?

Hello,

I believe that link does not come nofollowed.

Michael, thanks for your reply.

In all the forums I have I got the rel=nofollow in the footer for the vbseo link, and it was automatically placed by vbseo soft, so I don't get it why is this happening, any idea?

Well the link was placed there because that is our copyright. As for it not being nofollowed, it might be stated that it must be followable somewhere. I will flag this for someone with more information.

Hello,

rel=nofollow is added to the link in vBSEO copyright on all pages except for homepage.
You can also select a non-linked copyright option manually in config_vbseo.php file.

Originally Posted by Oleg Ignatiuk

Hello,

rel=nofollow is added to the link in vBSEO copyright on all pages except for homepage.

This is what I should say smart decision
I really liked this idea of yours,

Should definetly spare some time looking @ all vbseo configs

Originally Posted by Oleg Ignatiuk

Hello,

rel=nofollow is added to the link in vBSEO copyright on all pages except for homepage.

Sorry, but as far as I understand, I bought vbseo to help me to improve my rankings in serp's, and your decision of placing a link to your website without the rel=nofollow is harming my website's ranking.

Also, I do not understand why you didnt advice of this, moreover, why we should manually touch a php file in order to not link to you.

vbSEO is not helping us with SEO. Paradoxical, isn't it?


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This was a decision made a long time ago (in the early days) and should probably be revised.

Two things: at the time, it was divulged/discussed with the community, and an unlinked option was also made available.

That said, you are right, if it's rel=nofollowed, it should be sitewide or none at all. I've posted an update request to get this straightened.

On another note, I can assure you Google is much smarter today than it was in 2006, and techniques such as PR sculpting, linked copyright URLs, etc. have no bearing on rankings.

Thanks for bringing this to our attention, it will be rectified.

Originally Posted by iphoneros

Also, I do not understand why you didnt advice of this, moreover, why we should manually touch a php file in order to not link to you.

There are MANY options that are not available within the user interface, but are through a direct file edit.

This was done for several reasons, but mainly, to keep novice users from possibly selecting a bad option that would bring their site down, etc.
Complete List: Hidden vBSEO Config Options

In the includes/config_vbseo.php file, towards the bottom, you will find a block similar to this:

Code:

 // ****** COPYRIGHT NOTICE ******
    // As per the License Agreement (www.crawlability.com/vbseo/license/), you may NOT remove (or modify) the
    // copyright notice. Select one of the copyright notices to be displayed in each page enhanced by vBSEO:
    //
    // Linked
    // 1. Search Engine Friendly URLs by vBSEO 3.3.2
    // 2. Content Relevant URLs by vBSEO 3.3.2
    // 3. Search Engine Optimization by vBSEO 3.3.2
    // 4. SEO by vBSEO 3.3.2
    // 9. LinkBacks Enabled by vBSEO 3.3.2
    //
    // Not Linked
    // 5. Search Engine Friendly URLs by vBSEO 3.3.2 © 2009, Crawlability, Inc.
    // 6. Content Relevant URLs by vBSEO 3.3.2 © 2009, Crawlability, Inc.
    // 7. Search Engine Optimization by vBSEO 3.3.2 © 2009, Crawlability, Inc.
    // 8. SEO by vBSEO 3.3.2 © 2009, Crawlability, Inc.
    // 10. LinkBacks Enabled by vBSEO 3.3.2 © 2009, Crawlability, Inc.
    //
    //
    // When this option is set to '0', the system auto-selects a copyright notice for you. Setting this
    // option to a value from '1' to '10' will display the copyright notice of your preference.
    define('VBSEO_COPYRIGHT',           X);

Where X is a value 1-10. options 5-10 are not linked and will bypass the rel=nofollow attribute problem until we have a new solution to replace the current.

Juan, tks for your reply, just a few remarks

Originally Posted by Juan Muriente

This was a decision made a long time ago (in the early days) and should probably be revised.

Why do I have in all my other forums the link with the rel=nofollow atributte?

Originally Posted by Juan Muriente

That said, you are right, if it's rel=nofollowed, it should be sitewide or none at all. I've posted an update request to get this straightened.

Tks for that.

Originally Posted by Juan Muriente

On another note, I can assure you Google is much smarter today than it was in 2006, and techniques such as PR sculpting, linked copyright URLs, etc. have no bearing on rankings.

I'm sure that they get much smarters than past days, but I'm also sure that having the link on home without the rel=nofollow the only one that gets a positive rank is crawlability.com and nobody cans confirm that my site's is not being harmed

Originally Posted by Juan Muriente

Thanks for bringing this to our attention, it will be rectified.

I've been working with you since 4 or 5 years with more than 5 forums and it was the first time that I felt a little dissapointed. I've to say that I'm happy again with your answer.

Best Regards,

Marcos Z.

Originally Posted by iphoneros

Juan, tks for your reply, just a few remarks
Why do I have in all my other forums the link with the rel=nofollow atributte?

Hi Marcos,

Can you please provide a URL to a page where it is nofollowed?

Originally Posted by Ace Shattock

Hi Marcos,

Can you please provide a URL to a page where it is nofollowed?

Yes, I'll send the list vía pm.

There is also the option to remove the copyright notice for an additional fee - that's what I have done