How to Make Blogger Blogroll Links "nofollow"

This is very important if you consider about your site SEO.Adding the nofollow attribute to your blogroll, would nullify any link juice with Google.If you like to add Nofollow attribute to your blogspot blogroll simply follow the steps below:

1.Login to your dashboard--> layout- -> Edit HTML

2.Click on "Expand Widget Templates"

3.Scroll down to till you see your Blogroll widget code :

(Note : You may also can find it by searching <b:widget id='BlogList )

Your Blogroll widget code will look like this:

<b:widget id='BlogList1' locked='false' title='Blogroll' type='BlogList'>
<b:includable id='main'>
 <!-- only display title if it's non-empty -->
 <b:if cond='data:title != &quot;&quot;'>
   <div id='blog-list-title'>
     <h2 class='title'><data:title/></h2>
   </div>
 </b:if>

 <div class='widget-content'>
   <div class='blog-list-container' expr:id='data:widget.instanceId + &quot;_container&quot;'>
     <ul expr:id='data:widget.instanceId + &quot;_blogs&quot;'>
       <b:loop values='data:items' var='item'>
         <li expr:style='data:item.displayStyle'>
           <div class='blog-icon'>
             <b:if cond='data:showIcon == &quot;true&quot;'>
               <input expr:value='data:item.blogIconUrl' type='hidden'/>
             </b:if>
           </div>
           <div class='blog-content'>
             <div class='blog-title'>
               <a expr:href='data:item.blogUrl' target='_blank'>
                 <data:item.blogTitle/></a>
             </div>
             <div class='item-content'>
               <b:if cond='data:showItemThumbnail == &quot;true&quot;'>
                 <b:if cond='data:item.itemThumbnail'>
                   <div class='item-thumbnail'>
                     <a expr:href='data:item.blogUrl' target='_blank'>
                       <img alt='' border='0' expr:height='data:item.itemThumbnail.height' expr:src='data:item.itemThumbnail.url' expr:width='data:item.itemThumbnail.width'/>
                     </a>
                   </div>
                 </b:if>
               </b:if>
               <b:if cond='data:showItemTitle == &quot;true&quot;'>
                 <span class='item-title'>
                   <b:if cond='data:item.itemUrl != &quot;&quot;'>
                     <a expr:href='data:item.itemUrl' target='_blank'>
                       <data:item.itemTitle/></a>
                   <b:else/>
                     <data:item.itemTitle/>
                   </b:if>
                 </span>
               </b:if>
               <b:if cond='data:showItemSnippet == &quot;true&quot;'>
                 <b:if cond='data:showItemTitle == &quot;true&quot;'>
                   -
                 </b:if>
                 <span class='item-snippet'>
                   <data:item.itemSnippet/>
                 </span>
               </b:if>
               <b:if cond='data:showTimePeriodSinceLastUpdate == &quot;true&quot;'>
                 <div class='item-time'>
                   <data:item.timePeriodSinceLastUpdate/>
                 </div>
               </b:if>
             </div>
           </div>
           <div style='clear: both;'/>
         </li>
       </b:loop>
     </ul>

     <b:if cond='data:numItemsToShow != 0'>
       <b:if cond='data:totalItems &gt; data:numItemsToShow'>
         <div class='show-option'>
           <span expr:id='data:widget.instanceId + &quot;_show-n&quot;' style='display: none;'>
             <a href='javascript:void(0)' onclick='return false;'><data:showNText/></a>
           </span>
           <span expr:id='data:widget.instanceId + &quot;_show-all&quot;' style='margin-left: 5px;'>
             <a href='javascript:void(0)' onclick='return false;'><data:showAllText/></a>
           </span>
         </div>
       </b:if>
     </b:if>

     <b:include name='quickedit'/>
   </div>
 </div>
</b:includable>
</b:widget>

4.Now add rel='nofollow' to your blogroll widget code as the example below:

<b:widget id='BlogList1' locked='false' title='Blogroll' type='BlogList'>
<b:includable id='main'>
<!-- only display title if it's non-empty -->
<b:if cond='data:title != &quot;&quot;'>
  <div id='blog-list-title'>
    <h2 class='title'><data:title/></h2>
  </div>
</b:if>

<div class='widget-content'>
  <div class='blog-list-container' expr:id='data:widget.instanceId + &quot;_container&quot;'>
    <ul expr:id='data:widget.instanceId + &quot;_blogs&quot;'>
      <b:loop values='data:items' var='item'>
        <li expr:style='data:item.displayStyle'>
          <div class='blog-icon'>
            <b:if cond='data:showIcon == &quot;true&quot;'>
              <input expr:value='data:item.blogIconUrl' type='hidden'/>
            </b:if>
          </div>
          <div class='blog-content'>
            <div class='blog-title'>
              <a expr:href='data:item.blogUrl' rel='nofollow' target='_blank'>
                <data:item.blogTitle/></a>
            </div>
            <div class='item-content'>
              <b:if cond='data:showItemThumbnail == &quot;true&quot;'>
                <b:if cond='data:item.itemThumbnail'>
                  <div class='item-thumbnail'>
                    <a expr:href='data:item.blogUrl' rel='nofollow' target='_blank'>
                      <img alt='' border='0' expr:height='data:item.itemThumbnail.height' expr:src='data:item.itemThumbnail.url' expr:width='data:item.itemThumbnail.width'/>
                    </a>
                  </div>
                </b:if>
              </b:if>
              <b:if cond='data:showItemTitle == &quot;true&quot;'>
                <span class='item-title'>
                  <b:if cond='data:item.itemUrl != &quot;&quot;'>
                    <a expr:href='data:item.itemUrl' rel='nofollow' target='_blank'>
                      <data:item.itemTitle/></a>
                  <b:else/>
                    <data:item.itemTitle/>
                  </b:if>
                </span>
              </b:if>
              <b:if cond='data:showItemSnippet == &quot;true&quot;'>
                <b:if cond='data:showItemTitle == &quot;true&quot;'>
                  -
                </b:if>
                <span class='item-snippet'>
                  <data:item.itemSnippet/>
                </span>
              </b:if>
              <b:if cond='data:showTimePeriodSinceLastUpdate == &quot;true&quot;'>
                <div class='item-time'>
                  <data:item.timePeriodSinceLastUpdate/>
                </div>
              </b:if>
            </div>
          </div>
          <div style='clear: both;'/>
        </li>
      </b:loop>
    </ul>

    <b:if cond='data:numItemsToShow != 0'>
      <b:if cond='data:totalItems &gt; data:numItemsToShow'>
        <div class='show-option'>
          <span expr:id='data:widget.instanceId + &quot;_show-n&quot;' style='display: none;'>
            <a href='javascript:void(0)' onclick='return false;'><data:showNText/></a>
          </span>
          <span expr:id='data:widget.instanceId + &quot;_show-all&quot;' style='margin-left: 5px;'>
            <a href='javascript:void(0)' onclick='return false;'><data:showAllText/></a>
          </span>
        </div>
      </b:if>
    </b:if>

    <b:include name='quickedit'/>
  </div>
</div>
</b:includable>
</b:widget>

5.Now save your template and you are done.