The No Follow setting specifies whether comments and/or trackbacks are included in the Google ranking system. Since many trackback and comment spammers are spamming for the purpose of manipulating search engine rankings, using No Follow removes any benefit in search engine ranking that a spammer might receive by being linked to from your blog. For more information, see Google's initial announcement about the No Follow specification.
To define whether comments and/or trackbacks are allowed in the Google ranking system:
| 1. | Click the Settings & Security tab. |
| 2. | Click Publishing Defaults in the Options list. |
| 4. | Scroll down to No Follow. |
| 5. | Click the Comments checkbox to disallow comments, or clear the checkbox to allow comments. |
| 6. | Click the Trackbacks checkbox to disallow trackbacks, or clear the checkbox to allow trackbacks. |
| 7. | Click the Save Settings button at the bottom of the page. |
Page last revised 2006-12-06
