Why add nofollow attribute to widget?

  • Resolved kevhow

    (@kevhow)


    6 years, 2 months ago

    Just wanted to start off by saying, I’ve been using the I recommend this plugin for several years now and really like it. Thank you!

    I recently upgraded to the latest version and noticed an alt=”nofollow” attribute has been added to the links in the most recommended widget.

    You can see my implementation here.

    I’m curious why this was done as the links should all be going to internal pages by default and nofollow is basically a vote that you are unsure as to the trust of the link destination. It is a big ding on site SEO.

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  • Thread Starter kevhow

    (@kevhow)

    FWIW – I manually updated the plugin code to remove the nofollow attribute by editing i-recommend-this/public/class-widget-most-recommended-posts.php on line 100 so you will no longer see it on my site example.

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