Lots of Freebies Blog » wordpress nofollow http://www.lotsoffreebies.co.uk Free Stuff for the UK Tue, 29 Dec 2009 20:30:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 en hourly 1 dofollow or nofollow – Update http://www.lotsoffreebies.co.uk/2008/12/dofollow-or-nofollow-update/ http://www.lotsoffreebies.co.uk/2008/12/dofollow-or-nofollow-update/#comments Mon, 29 Dec 2008 22:01:18 +0000 Christopher Shennan http://blog.lotsoffreebies.co.uk/?p=28 It would appear that Word Press uses the “nofollow” attribute as default on all outbound links which are included in comments (which I didn’t catch right away).  This seems a little odd that WordPress is still using nofollow by default  but my understanding is that this is meant as a method of reducing spamming on blogs. 

I do not believe there is any harm disabling the “nofollow” and converting to a “dofollow” approach as comments require authorisation by default and you can also install any number of spam fighting plugins if you are experiencing spamming on your blogs.

We have now ensured that any links on your comments are followed through to the destination site by using the NoFollow Free plugin.  If you intend to use this on your own WordPress blog then ensure you enable the options (once the plugin in uploaded and actived) via Settings -> NOFF, otherwise the comments will still use the “nofollow” attribute.

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