WordPress by default, just like other blogging platforms, has automatically been adding the \u201cnofollow\u201d microformat extension to all links from user generated content such as comments and trackbacks. To support the growing rejection of NoFollow for blog comments, I have compiled this list of plugins that help you remove nofollow from your blog forever.<\/p>\n
For those that like hacking core files Rob has a simple guide to removing nofollow<\/a>, though I prefer to avoid hacking any core files as it makes keeping WordPress up to date easier.<\/p>\n New Blogger Blogspot \u2013 Here is a guide on how to remove nofollow from your Blogspot blog using New Blogger for both comments and trackbacks.<\/p>\n You can also remove nofollow from Classic blogger that is published by FTP<\/a>.<\/p>\n Mike Sansone created a simple step-by-step guide on How To Remove Nofollow From Typepad.<\/p>\n Fox Tucker has also come up with an interesting way to present links without nofollow on Typepad blogs.<\/p>\n How to remove Nofollow on Moveable Type \u2013 A Comprehensive guide to removing Nofollow from Moveable Type and Disable the Redirect.<\/p>\n This also referenced Removing the Redirect Link<\/a><\/p>\n Legacy link for Moveable Type and Nofollow (it wasn\u2019t complete)<\/p>\n I did find a few other Nofollow plugins available, but they appear on sites that are using nofollow for links in their own comments, seemed to be copies of the same code others provided, or were just dead links, so I didn\u2019t include them here.<\/p>\n If you want to do the opposite, and add NoFollow to certain types of links, here are some resources. There are some great and totally legitimate reasons you might want to do this.<\/p>\nHow to Remove Nofollow From Blogger \/ Blogspot<\/h3>\n
How to Remove Nofollow From Typepad<\/h3>\n
How to Remove Nofollow From Moveable Type<\/h3>\n
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Add Nofollow<\/h3>\n
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Add Link Attribute<\/strong><\/del> \u2013 this plugin is incredibly powerful in the hands of someone who intends to control the flow of Google Juice around their site. Some links are purely navigational, or link to forms or other pages both on or off site that do not contain content. This plugin allows you to zap them without modifying core files.<\/li>\nWP Temp Nofollow<\/strong><\/del> \u2013 I am not sure how up to date this one is, but if you have hacked WordPress to remove the nofollow code, you could use something like this plugin to add nofollow back for a period of time. It was designed for older WordPress versions that didn\u2019t have nofollow as standard.<\/li>\nAdd NoFollow Other Platforms<\/h3>\n