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How to link without PageRank

Spam: Given the latest spammer trick, clone blogs, there’s been some discussion of how one can link to another site, without actually conferring Google PageRank to them.

Here’s a good way — instead of using the traditional href:

    link

use a Javascript link, like so:

    link

This works, as long as the viewer uses Javascript, and it won’t be handled by Google as giving PageRank points. Perfect for use in referrer log listings, for example.