Nonfollow attribute

Hello,

Thank you for reaching out about finding and fixing outgoing internal links that contain the nofollow attribute. To address this issue, you can follow these steps:

1. Identify Outgoing Internal Links with Nofollow Attribute:

   • Go to your WordPress Editor.
   • Select the anchor text of the link that you suspect has the nofollow attribute.
   • Click on the link icon and enter the link.
   • Click on the Edit icon and then select the Advanced option.
   • Choose the Set to nofollow link option and save the changes.

2. Review Global Settings in Rank Math:

   • Check your Rank Math settings under Rank Math SEO → General Settings → Links.
   • Ensure that the Nofollow External Links option is configured correctly.
   • You can also add specific domains to be nofollowed under Nofollow Domains if needed.

3. Avoid Nofollowing Internal Links:

   • It’s generally not recommended to add the nofollow attribute to internal links as it can prevent crawlers from indexing those pages, impacting your search rankings negatively.

If you have further questions or need assistance with this process, please feel free to reply here, and a human agent from our support team will assist you promptly.

Thank you for your understanding and patience.

Sources:
Using Link Controls in Rank Math
How to Nofollow Specific External Links in WordPress With Rank Math SEO » Rank Math
Should You NoFollow External Links? » Rank Math
Using Rank Math’s ‘Quick Actions’ Admin Menu Item

Hello,

Thank you for your patience.

Rank Math does not add the nofollow to your internal links as we only add it to your external:
https://rankmath.com/kb/should-you-nofollow-external-links/

However, the nofollow attribute could be added by one of your plugins or active theme.

Assuming you are using the latest version of all the plugins and the themes (please update if not yet), to determine that, please follow this troubleshooting guide:
https://rankmath.com/kb/check-plugin-conflicts/

Here is a video you can follow as well: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcIWRhcUP2c

Only the site admin would know and your users won’t be affected by this troubleshooting.

Hope that helps.

Hello,

Thank you for your patience.

Please share the affected URL so we can check further.

Also, we might need to take a closer look at the settings. Please edit the first post on this ticket and include your WordPress & FTP logins in the designated Sensitive Data section.

Please do take a complete backup of your website before sharing the information with us.

It is completely secure and only our support staff has access to that section. If you want, you can use the below plugin to generate a temporary login URL to your website and share that with us instead:

https://wordpress.org/plugins/temporary-login-without-password/

You can use the above plugin in conjunction with the WP Security Audit Log to monitor what changes our staff might make on your website (if any):

https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-security-audit-log/

We really look forward to helping you.

Hello,

We would love to check this for you.

Please include your website and FTP login details as we requested earlier so we can investigate this for you.

We look forward to helping you.

Hello,

Thank you for your patience.

We may need to log in to your WordPress dashboard or admin backend to investigate the issue further.

If you’re unsure about those, you may get in touch with your web host and they will provide the login details to you.

Once done, edit your first message and include the login details in the sensitive data section.

Looking forward to helping you.