Posted 7 years ago #
This was on the Googleblog today.
http://www.google.com/googleblog/2005/01/preventing-comment-spam.html
From now on, when Google sees the attribute (rel="nofollow") on hyperlinks, those links won't get any credit when we rank websites in our search results....
Posted 7 years ago #
Of limited use.
http://wordpress.org/support/topic.php?id=21187
(Also, doesn't that mean that spammers will hit even wider and harder given that some will now be tagged as such and they want their hit rate to remain at whatever it is or grow ? )
Posted 7 years ago #
In practical terms, what does this mean? How do I add that rel="nofollow" to links in my comments section?
Posted 7 years ago #
The link I posted.
Posted 7 years ago #
It may be of limited use but, like SpamAssasin and Spam Karma, using several techniques together can have a cumulative effect.
> doesn't that mean that spammers will hit even wider and harder
Not really. Spammers always hit as hard and wide as they possibly can afford at every instance. Welcome to the arms race. ;-)
Clintology's Nofollow plugin won't be the last word in nofollow tags but it's a solid step forward.
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