Since we are on this topic, I have a question. when using nofollw I have put the
in the head each of my redirect pages. Do I need to also put the “nofollow” tag on the actual links on the web page itself?
One more thing, When Gary was talking about using nofollow for internal links, is he suggesting to “nofollow” links in my navigation? Thanks in advance
Is theory yes, but i believe an htaccess would be easier. No index means Google will not put the page into their index (not stop the bot from crawling it); and nofollow just means you do not endorse the page put the link is still followed.
In both cases the answer is yes, if you are trying trying to do on-page on-site link sculpting, and the page you are linking from has some juice, or backlinks, you can still point it in the right direction.
Only use the nofollow on navigation that does not point to a page that you want to rank. I use nofollows on all non-targeted anchor text except the front page. I use internal pages to hold, store and build PR, then change the link sculpting to target new terms that are hot, or existing pages that need a boost.