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@jeherve jeherve commented Oct 3, 2019

Fixes #3366

Changes proposed in this Pull Request:

It isn't useful to block search engines from following links within your site. References:

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  • Check related posts on your site.
  • Links should not include a nofollow rel attribute by default.

Proposed changelog entry for your changes:

  • Related Posts: remove nofollow attribute from links.

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Related Posts: change default link rel value to empty
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Fixes #3366

It isn't useful to block search engines from following links within your site. References:
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FkSZIW6d48#t=1852
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SAPUx4Beh8
@jeherve jeherve added Enhancement Changes to an existing feature — removing, adding, or changing parts of it [Feature] Related Posts [Status] Needs Review This PR is ready for review. [Pri] Low labels Oct 3, 2019
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Caution: This PR has changes that must be merged to WordPress.com
Hello jeherve! These changes need to be synced to WordPress.com - If you 're an a11n, please commandeer, review, and approve D33542-code before merging this PR. Thank you!

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jeherve commented Oct 3, 2019

@chrisfromthelc Wanna jump in here? I'd be happy to have a second opinion on this.

Thank you!

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Thank you for the great PR description!

When this PR is ready for review, please apply the [Status] Needs Review label. If you are an a11n, please have someone from your team review the code if possible. The Jetpack team will also review this PR and merge it to be included in the next Jetpack release.

Scheduled Jetpack release: November 5, 2019.
Scheduled code freeze: October 29, 2019

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This works and produced valid HTML.

Would it make sense to have including the rel in the output conditional if there is a value? (L290-ish) or would that make the output creation a bit overly complex relative to the benefits?

I'm fine with an empty rel, so approving.

@kraftbj kraftbj added [Status] Ready to Merge Go ahead, you can push that green button! and removed [Status] Needs Review This PR is ready for review. labels Oct 10, 2019
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chrisfromthelc commented Oct 10, 2019

@chrisfromthelc Wanna jump in here? I'd be happy to have a second opinion on this.

Sorry, I just saw this! I would prefer to omit rel completely if there's no value, even though technically an empty value is valid HTML. That is a preference, and definitely splitting hairs on this for sure.

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matticbot commented Oct 11, 2019

jeherve, Your synced wpcom patch D33542-code has been updated.

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jeherve commented Oct 11, 2019

Would it make sense to have including the rel in the output conditional if there is a value?

Good call. Done in 7e5af5e for both the block and the regular related posts.

This should be good for another review now.

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jeherve, Your synced wpcom patch D33542-code has been updated.

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Looks good here 👍

@ChaosExAnima ChaosExAnima added [Status] Ready to Merge Go ahead, you can push that green button! and removed [Status] Needs Review This PR is ready for review. labels Oct 23, 2019
@jeherve jeherve merged commit f181d8b into master Oct 24, 2019
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