Why are all social share links set to nofollow?

  • Resolved Tim Burkart

    (@bigmoxy)


    12 months ago

    Hello,

    Why are all of my social share links set to nofollow? How can I remove that?

    The link I provided is just one of over 300 on my site with the same issue.

    Thank you.

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  • Plugin Author Jeremy Herve

    (@jeherve)

    Jetpack Mechanic ??

    Hi there!

    The links created by the different sharing buttons are not links to content that lives on your site; they’re placeholders that redirect to the different social networks. You can try to access one of those links to see the redirect happen:

    https://refreshcomputers.net/site/classes/?share=facebook&nb=1

    As a result, those links should not be indexed or followed by search engines; if someone were to find such a link in search engine result pages they would be confused as they would be redirected to a social network instead of accessing your site.

    This is why those links are set as nofollow. You do not have to remove that attribute.

    I hope this clarifies things a bit. Let us know if you have more questions!

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