__/ [ David ] on Sunday 10 September 2006 15:49 \__
> On 10 Sep 2006 02:00:23 GMT, John Bokma <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>Yup, and you're right, there are plenty of sites out there, including many
>>wikis that supports Google's idiotic idea on how to tackle spam. The point
>>is most people are not aware of the whole thing because it's silently
>>added to plenty of software. MediaWiki *defaults* to nofollow, at least
>>the install I have at home. So does WordPress, and probably plenty of
>>other software. Clueless developers, clueless users.
>
> Easy to remove the nofollow from WordPress. Find the file
> comment-functions.php In the folder /wp-includes/
>
> Look for this (after line 350)
>
> $return = "<a href='$url' rel='nofollow'>$author</a>";
>
> And change to-
>
> $return = "<a href='$url'>$author</a>";
>
> The Authors comment links will no longer have nofollow.
>
> I'm testing it out on http://www.morearnings.com/ see if I get an
> increase in comment SPAM, think I will, but will be manual and not
> much.
>
> http://www.morearnings.com/2006/09/10/wordpress-comments-and-rel-nofollow/
>
> I've been meaning to add a remove nofollow option to my blogs, so by
> default they are nofollowed, but after review remove the nofollow
> manually. Just have to find the time.
>
> Would make a good WordPress plugin, though I lack the skills to do
> that.
David, that plugin has existed since WP 1.5.0 was introduced. I hope you no
longer comment spam.
Best wishes,
Roy
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