Fixed! I didn't realize that nofollow was on by default - oops! --John
On 1/30/07, Karl Swedberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think this is a good idea, too. > > The rel="nofollow" attribute is a default feature of MediaWiki to prevent > spamming. See: > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Anti-spam_Features#rel.3Dnofollow_link_attribute > > What that article doesn't explain is how to turn off "nofollow." Also, > would be good to know if this can be done on a per-page basis. Does anyone > on this list have experience configuring MediaWiki and know how this could > be accomplished? > > --Karl > _________________ > Karl Swedberg > www.englishrules.com > www.learningjquery.com > > > > > > On Jan 30, 2007, at 5:56 AM, Sam Collett wrote: > > On 30/01/07, Mathias Bank <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi everybody, > > At the new plugin list (http://docs.jquery.com/Plugins), all links are > marked as nofollow. That's of course to prevent spam. But I think, > that is no good idea for this page. > > There are some reasons why the links should not be marked as nofollow: > * we want to have a complete list of all available plugins. We can > support this by not using "nofollow" because the plugin author will > have a good back link. > * The plugin page is visited a lot of times. There is no need to > mistrust the links. Most of them (I think even all of them) are proved > to be valid and to be helpful links. > * jQuery needs links to be pushed at search engines (the good PR has a > reason). In this way, jquery should link back to plugin developers, > who makes jquery what it is. > > I think, "nofollow" is not a bad idea of search engines (but that's > not the subject). But surely, it has to be used sensible. It doesn't > make sense to use this attribute in a controlled environment like the > plugin list. > > Mathias > > A good idea, especially since the plugin authors normally link back to > the jQuery site. > > _______________________________________________ > jQuery mailing list > [email protected] > http://jquery.com/discuss/ > > _______________________________________________ > jQuery mailing list > [email protected] > http://jquery.com/discuss/ > > > _______________________________________________ jQuery mailing list [email protected] http://jquery.com/discuss/
