I'm trying to optimize our Zendesk Guide content and improve our SEO. All of our article links include a nofollow attribute. We tried editing the code in the article_page.hbs and the header.hbs, but when I look at the article html the hyperlinks still include: rel="noopener noreferrer
Does anyone know how to make a global change to eliminate this nofollow attribute? Our articles typically link to our own website and we want to pass that link juice to our primary web properties or to related articles. Thanks
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rel="noopener noreferrer"attribute on your article links is for security and doesn't affect SEO or passivity of link juice likenofollowdoes. If your links includenofollowattributes, they are likely added automatically by Zendesk Guide themes, apps, or custom code to prevent passing SEO value to external sites. To remove these globally, check your theme files and custom helpers for any code adding nofollow and remove or modify it. Also review any installed apps that might injectnofollowattributes. As a last resort, you can use JavaScript to stripnofollowfrom internal links on page load. Remember, keepingnoopener noreferreron links opening in new tabs is recommended for security and does not harm SEO.