[wp-hackers] nofollow

[Luc Saint-Elie]

Hello,

And if someone really don't want nofollow it's very easy to remove it by the
way....


Luc

Quoting drDave <drdave at unknowngenius.com>:

> Without even getting into the debate as to whether 'no follow' should
> or should not be enabled by default, let me just point out the rather
> obvious:
> if there are two versions of WP out there with the same footprint and
> one of them has a chance of not been using "no follow", you can bet
> spambot will keep hitting *both* as hard as they can (possibly harder,
> since, as somebody pointed out, they've just received an
> acknowledgement of the value of comment spam).
> I seriously doubt spammers will go to any length to differentiate
> between two identical installs where the only difference is the state
> of the "no follow" setting.
>
> To sum-up: leaving the "no follow" attribute as an easily disabled
> option makes it pretty much useless for everybody.
>
> Not recommending any specific approach here, just something to
> consider...