Your understanding of link juice and how it flows within your Joomla website is spot on. The Newsflash module displaying blog articles is indeed sending link juice back to those articles, creating a loop.
To address this:
Yes, it's possible to strip the "follow" attribute from links within the Newsflash module. This ensures link juice flows only from the blog articles to relevant pages, not the other way around.
There are two main ways to achieve this:
Module Settings: Some Newsflash module extensions might have a built-in option to modify the link attribute. Check your module's settings for something like "Link attribute" or "nofollow links."
Template Override: If your module lacks the option, you can create a template override to modify the links. This involves creating a new file within your template that specifically targets the Newsflash module output. Here's a general guideline (consult Joomla documentation for specifics):
Locate the Newsflash module's template file (usually in templates/YOUR_TEMPLATE/html/com_content/ or similar).
Copy the file to your template's html/com_content/overrides/ folder.
Within the copied file, find the section that generates the links for the newsflash items.
Modify the code to add rel="nofollow" within the anchor tag (<a>) for each link.
Regarding your theory:
You're absolutely right. Stripping the "follow" attribute from Newsflash module links will prevent link juice from flowing back to the blog articles, directing it towards your target pages (like the "red cars" page).
Will it help SEO?
Potentially. Here's the breakdown:
Benefits:
Focuses link juice on relevant pages like the "red cars" page, potentially improving their ranking for related searches.
Prevents link juice from getting "stuck" in the loop between blog articles and Newsflash module.
Drawbacks:
Might slightly decrease the overall link juice passed to blog articles. However, the benefit of a more focused flow can outweigh this.
Overall, it's a recommended practice for situations like yours.
To address this:
Yes, it's possible to strip the "follow" attribute from links within the Newsflash module. This ensures link juice flows only from the blog articles to relevant pages, not the other way around.
There are two main ways to achieve this:
Module Settings: Some Newsflash module extensions might have a built-in option to modify the link attribute. Check your module's settings for something like "Link attribute" or "nofollow links."
Template Override: If your module lacks the option, you can create a template override to modify the links. This involves creating a new file within your template that specifically targets the Newsflash module output. Here's a general guideline (consult Joomla documentation for specifics):
Locate the Newsflash module's template file (usually in templates/YOUR_TEMPLATE/html/com_content/ or similar).
Copy the file to your template's html/com_content/overrides/ folder.
Within the copied file, find the section that generates the links for the newsflash items.
Modify the code to add rel="nofollow" within the anchor tag (<a>) for each link.
Regarding your theory:
You're absolutely right. Stripping the "follow" attribute from Newsflash module links will prevent link juice from flowing back to the blog articles, directing it towards your target pages (like the "red cars" page).
Will it help SEO?
Potentially. Here's the breakdown:
Benefits:
Focuses link juice on relevant pages like the "red cars" page, potentially improving their ranking for related searches.
Prevents link juice from getting "stuck" in the loop between blog articles and Newsflash module.
Drawbacks:
Might slightly decrease the overall link juice passed to blog articles. However, the benefit of a more focused flow can outweigh this.
Overall, it's a recommended practice for situations like yours.
Statistics: Posted by studyegy — Fri Jun 21, 2024 5:57 pm