Control PageRank flow add rel=”nofollow” attribute to blog’s menu bar

Every blogger thinks about a higher Page Rank. They think that if a blog is presented with a high Page Rank, they will get a lot of new visitors from Google. Well, this is nearly true but not the definite fact. Back in 1998 when a definition of Page Rank was distinct, the value of it was different as well, however, everything has changed. Now PR is just a part of many factors that every blogger should focus on.

Neither a new blogger nor pro bloggers should pay an extreme attention to getting a higher Page Rank. Every bloggers’s aim should be to get as many visitors, subscribers, readers as possible. They are a key to success and a higher Page Rank. I bet every blogger wants to make money. So focus on it, not on getting a higher Page Rank.

There are a lot of tips to get a higher Page Rank. If you still interested in getting a high Page rank read an article on tips to increase Page Rank. Enough of it, it is time to focus on managing/controlling Page Rank flow.

How to add rel=”nofollow” attribute to blog’s menu bar?

If you have come here looking how to make your blog’s menu links nofollow I am going to show you a very easy way to do that. No HTML knowledge is required. Simply, follow the instructions.

First, you need to find a file named functions.php in your blog’s theme folder.  In my case, it is located in digit-8.com/wp-content/themes/My_theme. When you start editing your file, you will notice that text starts with <?php and ends with ?>. You have to insert a code before the closing ?>.

function add_nofollow($text) {

return str_replace(‘<a href=’, ‘<a rel=”nofollow” href=’, $text);

}

add_filter('wp_list_pages', 'add_nofollow');

Basically, we are adding rel=”nofollow” attribute to wp_list_pages. After pasting this code in your functions.php you should see all your menu bar links nofollow. Why would you want to do that? Menu bar contains links as Contact, About, etc. These links and information are not important, so we don’t want to lose our Page Rank following those pages.