{"id":137,"date":"2007-10-15T17:06:00","date_gmt":"2007-10-15T22:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mccordweb.com\/weblogs\/?p=137"},"modified":"2007-10-15T17:06:00","modified_gmt":"2007-10-15T22:06:00","slug":"typepad-using-no-follow-link-code-by-default","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mccordweb.com\/weblogs\/2007\/10\/15\/typepad-using-no-follow-link-code-by-default\/","title":{"rendered":"Typepad Using No Follow Link Code By Default"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you have been posting to blogs on Blogger or <span class=\"blsp-spelling-error\" id=\"SPELLING_ERROR_0\">Typepad<\/span> thinking that you were getting a great inbound link to your website.  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You can still post to mine, I love to hear your comments, but mine is a Blogger blog so you won&#8217;t get any flow through benefit to your site just as you now will not on Typepad blogs. What about WordPress? Is this the same situation? Just checked one of the blogs we work on and here&#8217;s the source code on the link rel=&#8217;external nofollow&#8216; so same situation in WordPress. 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