[wp-forums] Accounts registering just to post personal links

[Chris Kasten]

Are site links in posts really no longer "nofollow"?

Didn't they use to be?!?



On Sat, Apr 3, 2010 at 10:31 AM, Mark / t31os <wp-t31os at ntlworld.com> wrote:

> I know we've had similar discussions before relating to personal links.
>
> However what i want to bring up today is the existance of accounts that are
> being registered, posting personal links in the "Your WordPress" forum, and
> having no further activity.
>
> My thinking was along these lines. The forums are provided to support
> users, if they come to the forum, seek support, they are then entitled to
> promote their blog/site appropriately in the "Your WordPress" forum. If they
> register, post a link, and do nothing else then they are there simply for
> the linkage/google-juice.
>
> Is there any objection to bozo'ing these users and removing their threads?
>
> P.S. If we've discussed this specifically before, could someone dig up the
> original discussion so i can avoid repeating a topic that's been covered
> already. I had a quick look and couldn't find anything for this specifically
> (i might have missed something). Again if we've covered this before, just
> refresh my memory please.
>
> Mark
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