I have locally sold ads on my site, and to comply with Google policies I use
rel="nofollow" on the links.
But I also have
onclick="window.open('clicks.php?redir=blahblahblah)", where clicks.php is a PHP script on my site that adds the click count to a database, then redirects the user using
header("Location: $blah").
So the code looks like this:
<div class="ad"
onClick="window.open('https://www.example.com/includes/clicks.php?num=8285');">
<a href="https://www.example.com/includes/clicks.php?num=8285" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">
Blah Blah Blah
</a>
</div>
A few days ago, I got a report from Google Search Console that clicks.php has a Redirect Error. So I'm guessing that, for whatever reason, they're still following the link, either through the
<a href...> or the
window.open(). Which could mean that I'm violating a policy, albeit inadvertently.
What do you guys suggest as the best method to ensure that they not follow these links?
