[wp-trac] Re: [WordPress Trac] #3842: Eliminate rel="nofollow"

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#3842: Eliminate rel="nofollow"
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 Reporter:  markjaquith                            |        Owner:  anonymous
     Type:  enhancement                            |       Status:  new      
 Priority:  low                                    |    Milestone:  2.2      
Component:  Administration                         |      Version:  2.1.1    
 Severity:  normal                                 |   Resolution:           
 Keywords:  nofollow spam rel comments trackbacks  |  
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Comment (by markjaquith):

 Replying to [comment:1 matt]:
 > I don't think the purpose was ever to stop comment spam, it was to
 signify which links on a page were externally generated vs ones with
 authorial intent.

 The title of [http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2005/01/preventing-comment-
 spam.html Google's announcement post] was "Preventing comment spam" :-)

 > There is also the question of whether removing it would increase comment
 spam, since WP blogs would be a "tastier" target since the links wouldn't
 be nofollowed.

 That's certainly possible... in which case blog engines are stuck with it,
 as the first one to drop it gets penalized.  Grr.

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