The new nofollow tag quickly became known as a "link condom," and experts at conferences across the world started hailing it for its simple yet powerful purpose. Not surprisingly, the "link condom" attribute -- much like the occasional cheap or...
But far from a joke, I later wrote a follow up on how the link condom 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.
Of course, redirecting doesn't always work to wreck link love or be a link condom in the way of nofollow. The main difference since SearchKing is that Google advocates (in the form of spam fighter Matt Cutts) using nofollow as a way for a site...
More about this in my past article, More On Link Condom experimentally" or not. Back in January, blogging software provider WordPress was one of several vendors that signed on to support the new nofollow attribute designed to stem blog and search...
Condom & Blogger Worries Over Nofollow. Robert Scoble takes a stab at what he calls a "anti-nofollow religion" that has sprung up in The "no nofollow" religion. To be fair, there's also a "pro-nofollow religion" as well.
Earlier, I posted about the Link Condom site that went up, which pokes some fun at the new nofollow attribute. If that's what you wanted, you'd better know they've put a "condom" in the form of nofollow around that link.
While debate over the usefulness of the new nofollow link attributes continues, a parody site called Link Condom has just gone up to stress some of the issues beyond blogging that the attribute raises.
