Do comment forms have no-follow code?

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    mikeotgaar · Member ·

    I read somewhere no-follow code has been included by default in commenting forms used by bloggers on wordpress.com to exclude search engines from indexing the forms.

    The article (I did not save the url) mentioned this was intended to reduce spamming, by preventing ‘backlinking’ (AN EXCELLENT IDEA!)

    I would just like to confirm this is correct – I have an idea for an article on the subject of comment spamming, and want to be certain I have the facts!

    Thanks, Mike
    Blog url: http://graphiclineweb.wordpress.com/

  • staff-blorbo · Staff ·

    Very close. We don’t nofollow the whole comment section (so comments themselves are indexed), we just nofollow the commenter’s link and any links made within the comments (so they don’t earn any page rank points).

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