Questions tagged [nofollow]
The rel=nofollow attribute is automatically applied to most user-contributed external links to discourage linkspamming.
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What is the threshold for removing rel=nofollow from links in posts?
Since late 2011, Stack Exchange has stopped using the rel=nofollow attribute on links from posts with a high enough score. However, the precise details of what counts as "high enough" were ...
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How can I get “dofollow” link in my Stack Overflow Profile?
By default, all links in SO profiles have rel="nofollow" set. But I have checked some profiles like Jon Skeet & Anoop Vaidya, and they have dofollow (i.e., not nofollow) links to their websites.
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Remove 'nofollow' for Community Ads
It's already the case that links deemed 'reputable' don't have nofollow (though the exact details are deliberately vague, and even the links in this heavily upvoted post by our top user on dba.se don'...
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Should all links to meta.* be “nofollow”
Does the community want meta.* to be listed on Google and other search engines?
Surely it would be confusing to noobs - they would find this site that kind of talks about programming, but not really....
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Remove nofollow on links deemed reputable
This is a followup to the following meta post:
Remove nofollow on links at a certain age
We have been in contact with Matt Cutts regarding removing nofollow:
... we’re trying to encourage sites ...
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Free meta from the tyranny of nofollow!
(Yes, the title is obviously hyperbole. See comments below.)
In this comment, Shog9 confirms that all links from meta sites to outside the Stack Exchange network are marked with rel=nofollow, causing ...
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Remove nofollow on links at a certain age [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Remove nofollow on links deemed reputable
I propose that after a certain amount of time has passed since the last edit on a question or post, that all links within that post ...
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Please don't ask us to act on other websites in a way you made impossible on yours (aka be fair about nofollow)
Currently ToS requires, that when we reuse content from Stack Exchange sites:
You will ensure that any such Internet use of Subscriber Content Hyperlink each author name directly back to his or her ...
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Can we not rel=nofollow links in profile About Me for users with 3000+ rep?
Presently, users with reputation over some threshold don't get rel=nofollow on their "official web site" link in their profile, which is nice. Can the same apply to links in the About Me section of ...
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Tweak the StackOverflow nofollow tag for user profiles
I've been wondering why my Google Buzz wasn't linking up with Superuser and Serverfault. I got a pretty good suggestion at webapps.stackoverflow.com. In short the theory is the "rel~=nofollow" throws ...
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Don't nofollow links in posts if the poster has enough rep [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Remove nofollow on links at a certain age
This is related to Remove nofollow on links at a certain age. Can we assume that when users reach a certain reputation they're ...
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Markdown-created links in comments aren't nofollowed
See [here](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unicorn) for more info
won't be nofollowed, unlike
See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unicorn for more info
which will.
