[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #40999: Insert/edit link plugin - nofollow option

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#40999: Insert/edit link plugin - nofollow option
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 Reporter:  Stagger Lee  |       Owner:
     Type:  enhancement  |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal       |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  TinyMCE      |     Version:  4.8
 Severity:  normal       |  Resolution:
 Keywords:               |     Focuses:
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Comment (by Stagger Lee):

 Replying to [comment:1 SergeyBiryukov]:
 > Replying to [ticket:40999 Stagger Lee]:
 > > And as I read it Google is now punishing websites if repeating links
 in widgets are not nofollow.
 >
 > That seems to contradict #11360, per which links within the site's own
 domain shouldn't be nofollowed.
 >
 > Has anything changed since then?

 Hi Sergey,

 As I read it, it is for outgoing, external links. It is about their
 spiders. Follow for internal links is desired, occupying their spiders to
 follow all external links on all subapages is not desired. Takes spiders
 time, repeats on all subpages, and most important, they probably already
 visited all those links and have it in its index.

 https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/96569?hl=en

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