The new nofollow tag quickly became known as a "linkcondom," and experts at conferences across the world started hailing it for its simple yet powerful purpose. Not surprisingly, the "linkcondom" attribute -- much like the occasional cheap or...
But far from a joke, I later
wrote a follow up
on how the linkcondom parody site was
a good jumping off point on how nofollow had many other uses, including as a
means for those selling links to tell search engines that they meant no harm.
More about this in my past article, More On LinkCondom experimentally" or
not. Down at the bottom of the WordPress home page were (and still are at the time of this writing) these
hidden links: You'd expect he'd make some connection that doing...
Earlier, I posted about the LinkCondom site that went up, which pokes some fun at the new nofollow
attribute. And below, my full comments on the non-blogging issues about nofollow that LinkCondom
highlights: