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Posted to dev@httpd.apache.org by Paul Querna <ch...@force-elite.com> on 2005/10/11 07:41:54 UTC
nofollow was Re: mod_mbox
> 2. There are several formats for each mail message (regular, raw, mime).
> Probably the links to everything other than the standard format should
> use the rel="nofollow" modifier to keep the search engines out. Keeping
> the robots off of 2/3 of the links could make a big difference in load
> considering the number of pages on this site.
I agree. We don't want Google and friends indexing the raw format, and
then ranking it higher than the normal presentation.
Re: nofollow was Re: mod_mbox
Posted by Nick Kew <ni...@webthing.com>.
On Tuesday 11 October 2005 15:05, Joshua Slive wrote:
> > More importantly, any mail archive without nofollow in the messages
> > becomes a spam magnet. Here's some nice free googlerank for
> > http://dodgy.pills.example.com/?refid=yourstruly
>
> Well, we don't want to keep search engines out of the archive entirely.
> The archives are a huge resource that we want easily searchable.
Yes, of course!
> But we need to start thinking about a way to remove specific messages
> from our archives for this reason among others. That is more a topic
> for infrastructure@
But it's not just that. If we have links from the messages, that in itself
attracts the spammers! No matter whether we keep spam completely
out by moderating the lists, do cleanup after the event, or do nothing,
we should avoid offering major incentives to spammers.
--
Nick Kew
Re: nofollow was Re: mod_mbox
Posted by Joshua Slive <jo...@slive.ca>.
Nick Kew wrote:
> Paul Querna wrote:
>>> 2. There are several formats for each mail message (regular, raw,
>>> mime). Probably the links to everything other than the standard
>>> format should use the rel="nofollow" modifier to keep the search
>>> engines out. Keeping the robots off of 2/3 of the links could make
>>> a big difference in load considering the number of pages on this site.
>>
>>
>> I agree. We don't want Google and friends indexing the raw format, and
>> then ranking it higher than the normal presentation.
>
> More importantly, any mail archive without nofollow in the messages
> becomes a spam magnet. Here's some nice free googlerank for
> http://dodgy.pills.example.com/?refid=yourstruly
Well, we don't want to keep search engines out of the archive entirely.
The archives are a huge resource that we want easily searchable.
But we need to start thinking about a way to remove specific messages
from our archives for this reason among others. That is more a topic
for infrastructure@
Joshua.
Re: nofollow was Re: mod_mbox
Posted by Nick Kew <ni...@webthing.com>.
Paul Querna wrote:
>> 2. There are several formats for each mail message (regular, raw,
>> mime). Probably the links to everything other than the standard
>> format should use the rel="nofollow" modifier to keep the search
>> engines out. Keeping the robots off of 2/3 of the links could make a
>> big difference in load considering the number of pages on this site.
>
>
> I agree. We don't want Google and friends indexing the raw format, and
> then ranking it higher than the normal presentation.
More importantly, any mail archive without nofollow in the messages
becomes a spam magnet. Here's some nice free googlerank for
http://dodgy.pills.example.com/?refid=yourstruly
--
Nick Kew