Targeting Spam > add NoFollow to WordPress Blogroll
[microblog] As suggested by Google, it’s best to use rel=”nofollow” to avoid any potential backlash from the external links in the blogroll. However, I should also mention that there is some very strong criticism against it as well.
Some related posts from Technorati and Google.
[Real Estate Forum - Realtor Forums] Blogroll Links Discouraged by Google?: To automatically add and attach rel=”nofollow” attribute to each and every outgoing links in Blogroll, we need to hack through WordPress core source code file. Go to wp-includes/ directory of your blog root folder, then edit the bookmark-template.php file with any text editor such as vi.
[Garaphernalia 5.0] Another One Bites the Dust: 2) By limiting outbound links on every page, I can better preserve my page rank. 3) If I get page rank nuked for having lots of links, I am isolating it to a single page, not the rest of my site.
[SEO Blog] SEO resources Apr 24: We believe that as marketers and brands increasingly penetrate social media communities, backlash will grow in many venues. Driving factors, such as tagging and increasing personalization will further diversify. Karmic Communication ...
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