Add rel=nofollow links to external sites?
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@zachleat Not sure if this is something we want to consider.
Not that I imagine people are submitting random sites to the leaderboard just to get a referral link bump.
Possibly:
<a href="..." rel="ugc nofollow" >
Via https://developers.google.com/search/docs/advanced/guidelines/qualify-outbound-links
rel values |
NOTES |
|---|---|
rel="ugc" |
We recommend marking user-generated content (UGC) links, such as comments and forum posts, with the ugc value.If you want to recognize and reward trustworthy contributors, you might remove this attribute from links posted by members or users who have consistently made high-quality contributions over time. |
rel="nofollow" |
Use the nofollow value when other values don't apply, and you'd rather Google not associate your site with, or crawl the linked page from, your site. For links within your own site, use the robots.txt disallow rule. |
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No file, test, or entry point is named. First locate the rendering path for external links and confirm which links are user-generated or outside the site; done means the agreed rel attributes appear on the intended links and existing checks still pass.
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- html
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- documentation
- Issue type
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