- Response Codes
- Internal No Response
- Internal Client Error (4XX)
- Internal Server Error (5XX)
- Internal Redirect Loop
- Internal Blocked by Robots.txt
- Internal Blocked Resource
- Internal Redirect Chain
- External Blocked Resource
- Internal Redirection (3XX)
- Internal Redirection (Meta Refresh)
- Internal Redirection (JavaScript)
- External No Response
- External Client Error (4XX)
- External Server Error (5XX)
- Security
- HTTP URLs
- Mixed Content
- Form URL Insecure
- Form On HTTP URL
- Missing HSTS Header
- Unsafe Cross Origin Links
- Protocol-Relative Resource Links
- Missing Content-Security-Policy Header
- Missing X-Content-Type-Options Header
- Missing X-Frames-Options Header
- Missing Secure Referrer-Policy Header
- Bad Content Type
- Hreflang
- Non-200 Hreflang URLs
- Missing Return Links
- Inconsistent Language & Region Confirmation Links
- Non-Canonical Return Links
- Noindex Returns Links
- Incorrect Language & Region Codes
- Multiple Entries
- Not Using Canonical
- Outside <head>
- Unlinked Hreflang URLs
- Missing Self Reference
- Missing X-Default
- JavaScript
- Noindex Only in Original HTML
- Nofollow Only in Original HTML
- Canonical Mismatch
- Uses Old AJAX Crawling Scheme URLs
- Uses Old AJAX Crawling Scheme Meta Fragment Tag
- Pages with Blocked Resources
- Contains JavaScript Links
- Contains JavaScript Content
- Page Title Only in Rendered HTML
- Page Title Updated by JavaScript
- Meta Description Only in Rendered HTML
- Meta Description Updated by JavaScript
- H1 Only in Rendered HTML
- H1 Updated by JavaScript
- Canonical Only in Rendered HTML
- Pages With JavaScript Errors
- Links
- Outlinks To Localhost
- Pages Without Internal Outlinks
- Non-Indexable Page Inlinks Only
- Internal Nofollow Outlinks
- Pages With High External Outlinks
- Pages With High Internal Outlinks
- Follow & Nofollow Internal Inlinks To Page
- Internal Nofollow Inlinks Only
- Pages With High Crawl Depth
- Internal Outlinks With No Anchor Text
- Non-Descriptive Anchor Text In Internal Outlinks
- AMP
- Non-200 Response
- Missing Non-AMP Return Link
- Missing Canonical to Non-AMP
- Non-Indexable Canonical
- Missing <html amp> Tag
- Missing/Invalid Doctype HTML Tag
- Missing Head Tag
- Missing Body Tag
- Missing Canonical
- Missing/Invalid Meta Charset Tag
- Missing/Invalid Meta Viewport Tag
- Missing/Invalid AMP Script
- Missing/Invalid AMP Boilerplate
- Contains Disallowed HTML
- Other Validation Errors
- Indexable
- PageSpeed
- Eliminate Render-Blocking Resources
- Properly Size Images
- Defer Offscreen Images
- Minify CSS
- Minify JavaScript
- Reduce Unused CSS
- Reduce Unused JavaScript
- Efficiently Encode Images
- Serve Images in Next-Gen Formats
- Enable Text Compression
- Preconnect to Required Origin
- Reduce Server Response Times (TTFB)
- Preload Key Requests
- Reduce JavaScript Execution Time
- Serve Static Assets With An Efficient Cache Policy
- Minimize Main-Thread Work
- Image Elements Do Not Have Explicit Width & Height
- Avoid Large Layout Shifts
- Avoid Serving Legacy JavaScript to Modern Browsers
- Avoid Multiple Page Redirects
- Use Video Format for Animated Images
- Avoid Excessive DOM Size
- Ensure Text Remains Visible During Webfont Load
Internal Nofollow Outlinks
Pages that use rel=”nofollow” on internal outlinks. Links with nofollow link attributes will typically not be followed by search engines.
This could inhibit the crawling and indexing of pages that have rel=”nofollow” links to them.
Remember that the linked pages may be found through other means, such as other followed links or XML Sitemaps etc.
How to Analyse in the SEO Spider
View URLs with this issue in the ‘Links’ tab and ‘Internal Nofollow Outlinks’ filter and export all URLs using the ‘Export’ button.
Nofollow outlinks can be seen in the ‘Outlinks’ tab with the ‘All Link Types’ filter set to ‘Hyperlinks’, where the ‘Follow’ column is ‘False’.
Export in bulk via ‘Bulk Export > Links > Internal Nofollow Outlinks’.
What Triggers This Issue
This issue is triggered when pages use the rel=”nofollow” attribute on internal outlinks.
For example if the following page:
https://www.screamingfrog.co.uk/
Had an internal outlink such as:
<a href="https://www.screamingfrog.co.uk/login/" rel="nofollow" >Login</a>
How To Fix
Review the use of rel=”nofollow” on internal links. These might be valid to URLs that ideally wouldn’t be crawled, or they could be by mistake.
Remove the nofollow link attribute to important URLs you wish to be crawled, indexed and receive PageRank.
Further Reading
- Qualify your outbound links to Google - From Google