{"id":1547,"date":"2009-12-18T15:17:14","date_gmt":"2009-12-18T14:17:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chapmanbright.com\/?post_type=resources&#038;p=1547"},"modified":"2025-11-17T12:39:42","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T11:39:42","slug":"pagerank-sculpting-with-javascript-instead-of-no-follow","status":"publish","type":"resources","link":"https:\/\/chapmanbright.com\/nl\/resources\/other\/pagerank-sculpting-with-javascript-instead-of-no-follow\/","title":"Pagerank Sculpting with Javascript instead of No-follow","content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"parent":0,"template":"","cb_resources_category":[91],"class_list":["post-1547","resources","type-resources","status-publish","hentry","cb_resources_category-other"],"acf":{"banner":3959,"title":"Pagerank Sculpting with Javascript instead of No-follow","text_overview":"SEOguru.nl (Dutch) has an article in which Matt Cutts (Google spokesman) stated that you can't use nofollow for pagerank sculpting anymore.","image":3959,"button":"Read","components":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_textblock_full","background":"grey-light","title":"","text":"<em>This article reflects Chapman Bright\u2019s earlier focus on Marketo and 'classical' marketing automation.\r\nToday we help B2B companies scale productivity with automation, AI, and agents. <a href=\"\/services\/pillars\/\">Read more<\/a><\/em>","button":null},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_textblock_full","background":"none","title":"","text":"<a title=\"pagerank sculpting\" href=\"http:\/\/www.seoguru.nl\/seo-blog\/pagerank-sculpting-via-de-nofollow-einde-verhaal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SEOguru.nl<\/a> (Dutch) has an article in which Matt Cutts (Google spokesman) stated that you can't use nofollow for pagerank sculpting anymore.\r\n\r\n<strong>My response on the article in English:<\/strong>\r\nHyperlinks (a href) which can contain the rel=\"nofollow\" could be changed to an onMouseDown event (Javascript). 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