=== Nofollow Case by Case ===

Contributors: fob
Donate link: none
Tags: follow, nofollow, links, comments, spam, SEO
Requires at least: 2.0.7
Tested up to: 2.1.2
Stable tag: 1.1


Nofollow Case by Case allows you to selectively apply rel=”nofollow” to your comment links.


== Description ==

= GERMAN: = 

* [Deutsche Plugin-Beschreibung auf fob-marketing.de](http://www.fob-marketing.de/marketing-blog-184-wordpress-nofollow-seo-plugin-nofollow-case-by-case.html "Nofollow Case by Case SEO Plugin")
* [Deutsche FAQ auf fob-marketing.de](http://www.fob-marketing.de/marketing-blog-197-antworten-zu-nofollow-case-by-case-und-relexternal-nofollow.html "Nofollow Case by Case - FAQ")
* Copyright: (c) 2007 Oliver Bockelmann (fob marketing) 


= ENGLISH: = 

**Plugin Features:**

* Strip nofollow from comment links (default). 
* Selectively apply nofollow to any comment link you do not like to support. 
* Selectively apply nofollow to any comment author link you do not like to support. 


As long as you do nothing the plugin automatically strips nofollow 
from all your comment links and comment author links. 

**Example (default):** 

<a href='http://www.example.com/' rel='external nofollow'>... 
will become: 
<a href='http://www.example.com/'>...

**Working with Nofollow Case by Case:**

If you find a link within your comments that you do not like to support:

1. open the comment 
2. edit '/dontfollow' to that link and 
3. save it like that. 

**Example (modifying a link):** 
http://www.example.com/dontfollow 

This will activate nofollow for that link. Your link will be changed 

from: <a href='http://www.example.com/'>...
to: <a href='http://www.example.com/' rel='nofollow'>...
 
Now the major search engines will not follow this link anymore and 
in the result the page will not receive any pagerank from you. 



== Installation ==

1. Upload `nofollow_case_by_case.php` to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory
2. Activate the plugin through the 'Plugins' menu in WordPress

... and you are ready to go!



== Frequently Asked Questions ==


= Why should I make use of the Nofollow Case by Case SEO Plugin = 

If you work with WordPress you normally have no possibility to decide yourself 
if a link should be a real link or not. All your comment links and author links 
are deactivated for search engines by default. But for good reasons you might 
want to punish only those links that really seem to be spam. 

To make it easier for you the plugin comes with follow links by default. 
So you only have to do anything if a link doesn`t look very well for you. 


= Why should I use follow links within my blog =

The internet is a network giving you a possibility to vote for everything 
you like. In my opinion you should do that. But links are only helpful for 
people if you make use of real links. 

On the other hand you should be very careful what you vote for. Voting with a 
link is a recommendation for search engines for a better rank of the page 
you linked to within the search engine results. If search engines recognize 
that you vote for a lot of spam pages you run into the risk to loose your 
own trust rank. That´s why you should make use of nofollow "case by case". 

Do you want other Blogs to link to your site? 

If you automatically flag their links like spam it will be very unattractive 
for other bloggers to send you a (trackback) link. If they find a better 
ressource they will link to that one instead of yours. So you`re out of the 
game. 

With comment links it is still the same. Do you want to punish all your friends? 
Instead of that you should better make use of Nofollow Case by Case. ;-) 


= Why and how should I use nofollow (SEO option of Nofollow Case by Case) = 

If you find comments within your blog that obviously come from a spammer who 
only wanted to grab a link for better search engine results you might want 
to do one of the following: 

- Delete this comment if it is a bad one (hardcore spam, viagra...). 
- Flag it with nofollow if someone added a bad link to a good comment. 
- Choose follow (do nothing) if you like the comment as well as the link. 

Following these rules you will help yourself, help your friends and help 
the search engines being able to provide better search engine results for 
everyone. 

Providing good content and sorting out bad links should be the best you 
can do for your website. Have fun! 



== Screenshots ==

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