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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. Whats so special... by gsn · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    "Nothing for you to see here. Please move along."

    Slashdot has also added NoFollow to this article.

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  2. Re:Wikipedia and Internet-Topology by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Fuck, definitely.

  3. Re:Wikipedia and Internet-Topology by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Offtopic and about to be modded into oblivion, but I think we have a runner up for most pretentious comment on slashdot