Comments on: Get Your Blog Out Of Supplemental Index (Maybe) http://w-shadow.com/blog/2007/11/02/get-your-blog-out-of-supplemental-index-maybe/ Slightly Advanced Computer Stuff (and some magic) Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:22:17 +0200 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: fruityoaty http://w-shadow.com/blog/2007/11/02/get-your-blog-out-of-supplemental-index-maybe/comment-page-1/#comment-13270 fruityoaty Fri, 19 Dec 2008 01:23:40 +0000 http://w-shadow.com/blog/2007/11/02/get-your-blog-out-of-supplemental-index-maybe/#comment-13270 :D OH WOW. I was just hoping for some clues... didn't expect this solution. THANK YOU so very much for this. :D OH WOW. I was just hoping for some clues… didn’t expect this solution. THANK YOU so very much for this.

]]> By: White Shadow http://w-shadow.com/blog/2007/11/02/get-your-blog-out-of-supplemental-index-maybe/comment-page-1/#comment-13269 White Shadow Thu, 18 Dec 2008 22:19:18 +0000 http://w-shadow.com/blog/2007/11/02/get-your-blog-out-of-supplemental-index-maybe/#comment-13269 Took some thinking, but I figured it out and wrote a small plugin that does what you need. Put the following code in a new .php file and place it in the "plugins" folder : <pre lang='php'> <?php /* Plugin Name: Nofollow Next/Previous Post Links Plugin URI: http://w-shadow.com/ Description: Applies the nofollow attribute to the links generated by next_post_link/previous_post_link. Version: 1.0 Author: Janis Elsts Author URI: http://w-shadow.com/blog/ */ add_filter('next_post_link', 'ws_nofollow_link', 10,2); add_filter('previous_post_link', 'ws_nofollow_link', 10,2); function ws_nofollow_link($format, $link){ return str_replace('<a ', '<a rel="nofollow" ', $format); } ?> </pre> Then activate the new plugin as usual, and voila! :) Took some thinking, but I figured it out and wrote a small plugin that does what you need. Put the following code in a new .php file and place it in the “plugins” folder :

<?php
/*
Plugin Name: Nofollow Next/Previous Post Links
Plugin URI: http://w-shadow.com/
Description: Applies the nofollow attribute to the links generated by next_post_link/previous_post_link.    
Version: 1.0
Author: Janis Elsts
Author URI: http://w-shadow.com/blog/
*/
 
add_filter('next_post_link', 'ws_nofollow_link', 10,2);
add_filter('previous_post_link', 'ws_nofollow_link', 10,2);
 
function ws_nofollow_link($format, $link){
	return str_replace('<a ', '<a rel="nofollow" ', $format);
}
?>

Then activate the new plugin as usual, and voila! :)

]]> By: fruityoaty http://w-shadow.com/blog/2007/11/02/get-your-blog-out-of-supplemental-index-maybe/comment-page-1/#comment-13267 fruityoaty Thu, 18 Dec 2008 19:17:35 +0000 http://w-shadow.com/blog/2007/11/02/get-your-blog-out-of-supplemental-index-maybe/#comment-13267 Thanks for this info. I've started to apply some of the things I've learned from reading this... Could you please share how to add "nofollow" attribute to these 2 links: next_post_link() previous_post_link() Going crazy Googling for this info... Thanks for this info. I’ve started to apply some of the things I’ve learned from reading this… Could you please share how to add “nofollow” attribute to these 2 links:

next_post_link() previous_post_link()

Going crazy Googling for this info…

]]> By: White Shadow http://w-shadow.com/blog/2007/11/02/get-your-blog-out-of-supplemental-index-maybe/comment-page-1/#comment-9204 White Shadow Sat, 03 Nov 2007 00:41:44 +0000 http://w-shadow.com/blog/2007/11/02/get-your-blog-out-of-supplemental-index-maybe/#comment-9204 Interesting, thanks for the info. Interesting, thanks for the info.

]]> By: Andy Beard http://w-shadow.com/blog/2007/11/02/get-your-blog-out-of-supplemental-index-maybe/comment-page-1/#comment-9203 Andy Beard Sat, 03 Nov 2007 00:15:17 +0000 http://w-shadow.com/blog/2007/11/02/get-your-blog-out-of-supplemental-index-maybe/#comment-9203 Sebastian has another option, though I am not sure if it is any more reliable http://sebastians-pamphlets.com/cat-post-life-is-getting-better/ I seem to get better results with /* so if it makes you look good, it is usable... but when the numbers jump all over the time for domains you watch periodically, you begin to wonder the value at all. Sebastian has another option, though I am not sure if it is any more reliable
http://sebastians-pamphlets.com/cat-post-life-is-getting-better/

I seem to get better results with /* so if it makes you look good, it is usable… but when the numbers jump all over the time for domains you watch periodically, you begin to wonder the value at all.

]]> By: White Shadow http://w-shadow.com/blog/2007/11/02/get-your-blog-out-of-supplemental-index-maybe/comment-page-1/#comment-9195 White Shadow Fri, 02 Nov 2007 21:45:23 +0000 http://w-shadow.com/blog/2007/11/02/get-your-blog-out-of-supplemental-index-maybe/#comment-9195 I got the impression it might be better from reading the comments on the Seo4Fun article, though I admit I can't really judge. Is there any reliable way to see which pages are in the main/supplemental index? Looks like the /& trick has been useless for a while and if /* is unreliable, there's not much left. Reading through your site and checking out those plugins is already on my TO DO list :) I got the impression it might be better from reading the comments on the Seo4Fun article, though I admit I can’t really judge.

Is there any reliable way to see which pages are in the main/supplemental index? Looks like the /& trick has been useless for a while and if /* is unreliable, there’s not much left.

Reading through your site and checking out those plugins is already on my TO DO list :)

]]> By: Andy Beard http://w-shadow.com/blog/2007/11/02/get-your-blog-out-of-supplemental-index-maybe/comment-page-1/#comment-9193 Andy Beard Fri, 02 Nov 2007 21:21:29 +0000 http://w-shadow.com/blog/2007/11/02/get-your-blog-out-of-supplemental-index-maybe/#comment-9193 I wouldn't claim Sandcastles is better or worse, it is just a structure that is suitable for a situation where you tend to link out heavily, both within the content and from dofollowed comments. Even playing around with linking structure is debatable, many notable SEO experts think there is no such thing as PageRank leakage, but try saying that if you have 600 external links on a page and only 20 or 30 internal links. One other problem is that the /* method of seeing how many pages are in the primary index is unreliable. I need to do an "official update" on Custom Query string for Wordpress 2.3+ but there are already hacks. That will make your site flatter. You might also look at blocking some pages with robots.txt Using my "No Follow Those Dupes" plugin will prevent external leaks from your home page and duplicate content pages that will also help a little. I wouldn’t claim Sandcastles is better or worse, it is just a structure that is suitable for a situation where you tend to link out heavily, both within the content and from dofollowed comments.

Even playing around with linking structure is debatable, many notable SEO experts think there is no such thing as PageRank leakage, but try saying that if you have 600 external links on a page and only 20 or 30 internal links.

One other problem is that the /* method of seeing how many pages are in the primary index is unreliable.

I need to do an “official update” on Custom Query string for Wordpress 2.3+ but there are already hacks. That will make your site flatter. You might also look at blocking some pages with robots.txt

Using my “No Follow Those Dupes” plugin will prevent external leaks from your home page and duplicate content pages that will also help a little.

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