[shabbir]

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Originally Posted by venami

Oh. Can you tell me how it is controlled, i.e. how a link is hidden from the search engines?

Search Engines follow an attribute in a link called rel="nofollow" which if added SE bots would not follow the links on the pages and this is added to the signatures if any user has post count in 2 digits or less

[venami]

Quote:

Originally Posted by shabbir

Search Engines follow an attribute in a link called rel="nofollow" which if added SE bots would not follow the links on the pages and this is added to the signatures if any user has post count in 2 digits or less

What are the possible values for the rel attribute in an anchor tag?

[shabbir]

Quote:

Originally Posted by venami

What are the possible values for the rel attribute in an anchor tag?

Any string probably. See http://gmpg.org/xfn/

[indiansword]

this was a great idea to not to let crawlers follow the link unless post count is in 3 digits to check if the user is legit. kudos for shabbir.

[technica]

My post count is now more than 100, still I see no-follow attribute for my signature links. Why so?

[shabbir]

Quote:

Originally Posted by technica

My post count is now more than 100, still I see no-follow attribute for my signature links. Why so?

Its because of the cache of your signature and try saving it with a minor edit and you will see the new one being reflected everywhere.