: Since Google reduces the value of links alongside nofollow links, what is an alternative? Since 2009, Google counts nofollow links also as outgoing links, and thus reduces the value of the other

@Ann8826881

To add on what @JohnConde said, focusing on creating a create site and content will result in incoming links, which beyond the traffic they produce, plays a larger role in your google ranking then the outbound links you have.

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@Pope3001725

No, it will not help. What you're doing is trying to serve up different content to Google then to your users. That's definitely against Google's terms of service and is a great way to get banned.

There's nothing wrong with outbound links. If you don't want a site to get credit for the link to their site if you are concerned it is spam or otherwise low quality nofollow is exactly what you want. If you're trying to hide these links because you think linking to other sites is bad then you're greatly misinformed. This is doubly so if you are doing it for the sake of PageRank. Outbound links can be a postive ranking factor. Plus linking to other sites is an important tool for search engines to determine what is quality content and what isn't. By breaking this sytem you're breaking web and making search worse for everybody.

Stop sweating the small stuff and start focusing on what matters : quality content. If you spent as much time creating good content as you did manipulating the search results or chasing PageRank you'd have a website that would rank well naturally.

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