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A link with "return false"- OSE sees as a No Followed Link
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Hello,
I couldn't find a clear answer to the impact on SEO for a link written in this way:
[" class="expert_info" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">](w</span>ww.yourwebsite.com<span style=)
[Does the "return false" act as a "no follow"? I came across this in our link data in Open Site Explorer which lists these links all as "no follows." However, an engineer I spoke to said that it shouldn't impact search engine behavior.
Any ideas?
Thank you in advance!
-Sarah K.](w</span>ww.yourwebsite.com<span style=)
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I agree. Just another link. Even nofollow links are good links, but no, this one is not a nofollow link. It's a dofollow as they say..link :).
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The javascript code does not act as a nofollow. It may be causing a problem with OSE's crawler, but it will not have any search impact.
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