How to Prevent Spiders from Following Unnatural Links You’d Created

March 6, 2022November 15, 2014 by BrodNeil

The short answer:

htaccess redirects
robots.txt

The implementation of both would create SEO safe links.

Thanks to Dan Thies of MarketersBrainTrust.com

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