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Wikipedia Adds No Follow to Links

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the things-that-shouldn't-matter dept.

netbuzz writes "In an attempt to thwart spammers and search-engine optimization mischief, Wikipedia has begun tagging all external links on its site "nofollow", which renders those links invisible to search engines. Whether this is a good thing, a bad thing, or simply unavoidable has become a matter of much debate." This topic has come up before and the community voted to remove nofollow back in 2005. This new round of nofollow comes as a directive from Wikia President, Jimbo Wales.

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  1. Re:Search Strategy by bluelip · · Score: 5, Informative

    RTFA - This only affects external links.

    Your method of searching wikipedia through google is safe.

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