Disable parsing in certain templates

I am running vB with vBAdvanced as my front end.

I also show text link ads (automated) in a block on my vBA homepage.

I had to disable nofollow so the TLA links would get juice.

Unfortunately, this means my forum is leaking PR like crazy, and I've gone from a PR5 to a PR3 in 1 year despite adding more backlinks!

Is there a way to disable nofollow on the vBA page only? A way to turn off vBSEO parsing between

<!-- vBSEO IGNORE START HERE -->

Links

<!-- vBSEO IGNORE END HERE -->

??

Any help would be appreciated.

You can add this parameter to the links if you don't want vBSEO to touch those: rel="novbseo"

Also, take a look at this, related to PR: Understanding Google PageRank Versus Pure "Link Value" - vBulletin SEO Forums

PR is mostly useless these days.

Originally Posted by Keith Cohen

You can add this parameter to the links if you don't want vBSEO to touch those: rel="novbseo"

Ok, well they are autogenerated by a script, so I don't know if that will work. I'll see. Thanks.

Originally Posted by Keith Cohen

PR is mostly useless these days.

Not if you are selling text links. You're paid by Alexa, PR and demand for links. PR is a big part of financing my forum.

Just tried it, I'm on vBSEO 3.0 didn't work.

Is this (rel="novbseo") a newer feature?

OK, got it working. This thread helped
Getting LinkVault to work with vBSEO

Thanks Keith.

Originally Posted by roscoe36

Not if you are selling text links.

That will hurt your Google rankings more than helping...

Originally Posted by Keith Cohen

That will hurt your Google rankings more than helping...

If I can't afford my server, my Google rankings are the least of my concerns. Google SERPs don't pay the bills unless you can monetize for them. On a non-commercial site, that is easier said than done.