[wp-trac] Re: [WordPress Trac] #3931: "proudly powered" is too much, really. And the link to XFN, too.

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#3931: "proudly powered" is too much, really. And the link to XFN, too.
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 Reporter:  dllmain      |        Owner:     
     Type:  enhancement  |       Status:  new
 Priority:  lowest       |    Milestone:     
Component:  Template     |      Version:     
 Severity:  trivial      |   Resolution:     
 Keywords:  has-patch    |  
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Comment (by technosailor):

 I agree with removing the blogroll entries and leaving one as, say,
 google.com. The reason is unproven but there's strong suspicion among some
 in the SEO community that static links _hurt_ rankings rather than help.
 My experimenting with removing links that are simply static links seem to
 be helping me, particularly as my PR is bumping up now and the last time
 it was bumping down when I was having this conversation.

 I also wonder if almighty google might be downgrading rankings on sites
 that are being linked to statically as well, but that argument is far from
 sustainable at this point.

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