[dgeek98]

Hi. First of all I would like to say a big thank you for this amazing plugin. It’s just what I wanted. I do want to ask one thing though. Can you please help me find the right spot to put no follow in the code of v2.2.

From this topic here: http://www.aakashweb.com/forum/wp-socializer-f22/how-can-i-change-button-links-to-be-no-follow-links-t225.html I can see that what I’m asking for is possible but I can’t seem to find the right file or spot to put the code in v2.2 of the plugin.

Your help would be much appreciated.

[Aakash Chakravarthy]

Hello,

Thanks for using WP Socializer. WP Socializer is clearly coded to customize the needs.

If you want to add a nofollow attribute to the social bookmarking buttons, then do the following.

1. Open wp-socializer/includes/wpsr-socialbuttons.php

2. Replace the line 143

Code:

‘params’ => ”,

with

Code:

‘params’ => ‘ rel=”nofollow” ‘,

Save the file. Thats all !! Please note that the Social widgets like Facebook like button, Google +1, Digg buttons cannot get a nofollow tag.

Only 105 social buttons get this nofollow attribute.

Thank you.

[Anonymous]

Thank you very much for your help. It’d be a great idea to incorporate a no follow switch somewhere in the tool’s dashboard for the next version. Thanks again.

[Aakash Chakravarthy]

dgeek98 wrote:

Thank you very much for your help. It’d be a great idea to incorporate a no follow switch somewhere in the tool’s dashboard for the next version. Thanks again.

Thanks for trying WPSR. But I think adding nofollow to the social websites doesnt cause SEO problem. But anyway Ill see through it !

[Anonymous]

It’s not really SEO I’m worried about. Rather, it’s Google saying in one of it’s services’ guidelines that it doesn’t like too many links in a page. So no following social links would be a good way to tell Google you aren’t giving votes of confidence to those links. 🙂

[Aakash Chakravarthy]

Oh.. thanks for the info… Ill try to keep a button for easy nofollow checkbox in the forth coming versions.

[Anonymous]

Thanks. That would be very much appreciated 🙂

[Aakash Chakravarthy]

dgeek98 wrote:

Thanks. That would be very much appreciated 🙂

The new version of WP Socializer v2.3 has this feature inbuilt. Just download and use it.

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