Bug 846514

Summary: Need to default add rel="no-follow" on comment links to discourage spam postings wanting seo backlinks
Product: OKD Reporter: Steve Goodwin <sgoodwin>
Component: WebsiteAssignee: Fabiano Franz <ffranz>
Status: CLOSED NOTABUG QA Contact: libra bugs <libra-bugs>
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Version: 2.xCC: ccoleman, ffranz, p.ixlogix01, secureserver2, yujzhang
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Fixed In Version: devenv_2008 Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Description Steve Goodwin 2012-08-08 01:47:13 UTC 
Description of problem:

It was brought up awhile ago that we should by default, include rel="nofollow" on all links in comments. Otherwise we are inviting spammers to post comments with links to their sites in order to gain seo backlinks.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nofollow


Recent examples
https://openshift.redhat.com/community/comment/reply/11392/22363
https://openshift.redhat.com/community/comment/reply/11459/22727
Comment 1 Fabiano Franz 2012-08-16 22:12:34 UTC 
Fixed by adding rel="nofollow" to all links in comments. 

https://github.com/openshift/li/pull/248
devenv_2008
Comment 2 Yujie Zhang 2012-08-17 09:48:49 UTC 
(In reply to comment #1)
Tested using external links like "www.baidu.com" or "www.google.com", it will be embeded like "https://ec2-23-22-203-28.compute-.amazonaws.com/community/forums/express/www.google.com", so can not redirect to external site from links in our comments, thanks.
Comment 3 Clayton Coleman 2012-11-19 15:43:29 UTC 
This can be handled by the input filter.
Comment 4 Clayton Coleman 2012-11-19 15:44:21 UTC 
We need to create a separate input format on production for comments with the "Spam deterrent" checkbox created.  I'm reverting the fix in production because it was the cause of bug 869203
Comment 5 Clayton Coleman 2012-11-19 16:04:05 UTC 
If we change the default format then all content created by most users will default to having nofollow - which includes content created in blog posts and forum threads.
Comment 6 Clayton Coleman 2012-11-19 16:28:45 UTC 
Created a story to cover this https://rally1.rallydev.com/#/4670513817d/detail/userstory/9535973774
Comment 7 pixlogix1 2023-04-03 10:46:41 UTC Comment hidden (spam)
Comment 8 Kevin 2024-02-26 02:37:01 UTC Comment hidden (spam)