The “No Old Spam Links” Plugin is available. I’m using it on for blogs with various WP 2.2 and 2.1 versions. One other blogger is using it, so it’s still Beta. I’ll call it Alpha after I get feedback.
The “No Old Spam Links Plugin” will let you:
- Add “nofollow” to all backlinks any domain on a blacklist. Links remain “follow” for 10 days after you publish the post and become “nofollow” afterwards. The “nofollow” is applied in posts and comments. Example: If you blacklist “evildomain.com”, links to “evildomain.com” will be blacklisted after 10 days.
- Specify one white list “all links dofollow” category which overrides the blacklist.
- Specify an “all no follow” category that adds no follow to all links after a specified number of days.
You can see examples of how this works on new posts, old posts etc. at Big Bucks Test Blog.
Recommended uses:
- Blacklist domains that used to be good and which you used to link, but later turned evil.
- Place all link exchanges in the whitelist category.
- Place whatever you want in the “all nofollow” category for whatever reason you may wish and set the date. It can be useful to protect your page rank when posting for long link trains. Be careful using this with sponsored posts: you must avoid violating any TOS for your program.
To use the plugin: Download NoOldSpamLinks Plugin. Unzip. Upload to your plugins folder. Activate.
Visit the Options=>NoOldSpamLinks on your dashboard and add domains you wish to blacklist, the category you wish to white list and the category you wish to “nofollow” after some period of days.
Enjoy. “No Old Spam Links” Plugin
(Note: 7/25/2007. I have discovered that one of the functions called is new to PHP 5. Many servers have PHP 5 installed; however some still use PHP4. If your host doesn’t used the newer PHP 5, you will get an error telling you str_ireplace() is missing. I found a fix for this. )
Thanks, I was able to download both. Keep in touch, I’ll let you know how it goes….Jude
I am not yet clear on the distinction between “nofollow” and “dofollow.” I know they are terms used to instruct robots, and that “nofollow” can be used to speed up loading a blog by skipping calls to admin pages like “welcome,” “about,” and “contact.”
It seems that “dofollow” lists are a form of link exchange, or an insurance of links really being exchanged, but beyond that I’m not so sure.
TIA, tummyblogger, a link to my blog.
Going to start doing some testing, and then send you at least a trickle of traffic
Wow, that’s quite a range of functionality - I’m not sure I understand why someone would render older links no-follow universally though.
Always for WP huhuhu, are there any for Blogger too??
Best regards
OK, the sponsored posts thing I could definitely see … none of the blogs I contribute to participate in sponsored reviews - only one of them is even monetized - so I hadn’t thought of it. Cool
Thanks for the information. This is plugin i can use on my blog. But why would you no follow a link after 10 days. I dont see the point in that?
After the Google hit I took I think I’m finally going to give this plugin a try!