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repurposed but not removed
I doubt that the "nofollow" tag days are numbered. Certainly it doesn't get the effect it was created for. So far it really hurts bloggers and only raises other issues. And spammers ... well, unfortunately they are too creative and too insolent to be stopped by a single tag.
I read somewhere though, that the effect of nofollow is already getting its creators into thinking whether it is really working and whether there is reason for bloggers' protest against it. For example it has been suggested that the nofollow is used as a machine-readable disclosure for paid links, so that those links will not get credit in SE results.
So I guess it is really possible that the nofollow tag is repurposed. But I don't expect that to happen soon.
Goldfish Care
Couldnt agree more this whole external nofollow deal is BS Graet article thanks
Matt's drink
I think it's Diet Sprite that he prefers, but he is a Kentucky guy so he probably harbors a secret longing for Ale-8-One. I wonder if they stock that in the Googleplex cafes?
Why isn't there a plugin already?
A plugin like Andy describes seems like the ideal solution doesn't it? Once a commenter achieves 'trusted status' by making a sufficient number of good comments, why not let their links be followed?
It's not unlike the plugin we see for comment moderation used by lots of bloggers, like Matt Cutts. Once you've had a comment approved, you no longer have to wait for your comment to be moderated before it posts.
Seems like the same line of reasoning could and should extend to your links. All 'nofollow' all the time seems a bit draconian.
"Only a Sith Lord deals in absolutes."
-Obi-Wan Kenobi
Michael McDonald Managing Editor iEntry, Inc.
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