In website content operations, the management of external links is a crucial aspect for improving user experience and optimizing search engine rankings.AutoCMS (AutoCMS) provides a practical external link filtering feature, allowing us to flexibly control the display form of external links in the content according to actual needs.This article will introduce in detail how to enable or disable the external link filtering in the AnQi CMS backend settings, as well as the display effects under different settings.

Why do you need to manage external links in the content?

When publishing articles or product information, we may refer to or recommend resources from other websites. These links pointing to external websites are known as external links.Although appropriate external links can help enhance the authority and richness of content, too many irrelevant external links or links with malicious intent may dilute the website's weight, affect the user's jump experience, and even bring security risks.Therefore, it is particularly important to manage these external links effectively.

The external link filtering function of Anqi CMS is designed to help us better control these external links, thus maintaining the health and SEO performance of the website.

English CMS External Link Filtering Feature Introduction

The external link filtering feature of English CMS mainly provides two processing methods:

  1. Automatically clear external links:When this feature is enabled, the system will automatically detect links pointing to external websites in the content and remove them from the article when the content is saved or published.
  2. Addrel="nofollow"Properties:When disabled link filtering and selecting to retain external links, the system will automatically add these external links withrel="nofollow"This attribute informs the search engine not to follow the link and not to pass the weight of this page to the target page.

Understood these two processing methods, let's take a look at how to set it up in the background.

How to set up external link filtering in the Anqi CMS background

Set the external link filter very intuitively, it can be completed with just a few simple steps:

  1. Log in to the backend:Firstly, log in to the backend management interface of Anqi CMS using your administrator account.
  2. Go to content settings:In the navigation menu on the left side of the background, find and click the "Background Settings" option. After expanding, select "Content Settings".
  3. Find the external link filtering option:In the 'Content Settings' page, you will see an option named 'Whether to automatically filter external links'.
  4. Enable or Disable:
    • To enable external link filtering:Tick this option (or select “Yes” ). This means you do not want any external links to be included in the content you publish.
    • To disable external link filtering:Uncheck this option (or select "No"). This means you allow external links to appear in the content, but the system will automatically addrel="nofollow"properties.
  5. Save settings:Make sure to click the "Save" or "Submit" button at the bottom of the page after making your selection to apply your changes.

Enable the effect of content filtering after enabling external links.

When you enable the 'Auto-filter external links' feature in the background, the system will strictly control external links in the content.

  • Impact on newly published content:When you insert an external link in the editor and save the article, these external links will be automatically removed and will not appear in the article content.
  • The impact on published content:When re-editing and saving a published article with external links, if external link filtering is enabled, these external links will also be removed.

This pattern is suitable for when you want the website content to be completely self-contained, not allowing users to jump to other websites through the article content, or to concentrate the website's own weight and avoid the dispersion of external links.

Disable the effect of content after filtering external links

If you disable the "Auto-filter External Links" feature in the background, the system will handle external links in a different way, that is, to retain them and addrel="nofollow"properties.

  • External links retained:External links inserted in the article will be displayed normally, and users can click to visit.
  • [en]Automatic additionrel="nofollow":These external links will be added automaticallyrel="nofollow"Property.This means that although users can access these links, when search engines crawl your website, they will be instructed not to pass on your website's authority to these external pages.This is very important for maintaining the SEO health of your website, especially when linking to external resources you cannot fully trust or control.

This pattern is suitable for situations where you need to reference external resources, recommend partner websites, but do not want to lose the weight and ranking of your own website in search engines.

Practical Suggestions: When to enable, when to disable?

  • Recommended scenarios for enabling external link filtering:
    • Authoritative Information Release:If your website mainly publishes authoritative and original content and you do not want the content to be disturbed by external websites, enabling filtering can ensure the purity of the content.
    • Avoid SEO weight loss:For operators who pay attention to the SEO weight of their own website and do not want to 'contribute' to other websites, enabling filtering is a direct and effective method.
    • Prevent malicious links:In scenarios of multi-user contributions or content collection, enabling filtering can effectively prevent the appearance of malicious or spammy external links.
  • Recommended scenarios to disable external link filtering:
    • Content richness requirements:If your content requires a large number of references to external materials, research reports, news sources, etc., disabling filtering can ensure the completeness and authority of the content, whilenofollowThe property will help you manage SEO impact.
    • Business cooperation and友情链接：When you need to display partner links or exchange friendship links, disable filtering and let the system add them automaticallynofollowis a reasonable choice that balances content requirements and SEO considerations.
    • User community interaction:In user comments or community content, if users are allowed to share external resources (under reasonable regulation), disabling filters can promote information exchange.

In summary, the external link filtering function of Anqi CMS gives us a high degree of control over external links in the website content.According to the positioning, operation strategy and SEO goals of your website, reasonably enabling or disabling this feature will help you build a healthier and more efficient website.

Common Questions (FAQ)

1. After filtering external links, will the image links in the article be deleted?

This feature mainly targets the content of the articles inserted withhyperlinks (i.e., through)<a>links created by tags)If your image is loaded from an external link (for example, imagesrc指向了外部地址），那么外链过滤功能并不会直接删除这些图片；但如果图片本身被包装在一个指向外部网站的超链接中，那么这个超链接就会受到外链过滤规则的影响（被清除或添加rel="nofollow").

2.rel="nofollow"Is the tag automatically added? Can I remove it manually?

Yes, when you disable external link filtering, Safe CMS will automatically add all links that meet the external link standards in the content.rel="nofollow"Properties. In the content editor, you cannot manually remove or control a link individually.nofollowProperty (unless you switch to HTML source mode for manual editing, which is generally not recommended, as the system may reapply the rules when saved again).

3. What are the criteria for judging external links in AnQi CMS?

Under normal circumstances, the criteria for AnQi CMS to judge whether a link is an external link is itsIs the domain name different from the domain name of your current website?If the domain linked to is the same as your website's domain (including subdomains), it is considered an internal link and is not affected by the external link filtering feature.