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Originally Posted by Linkster
no one knows the effects on a particular search engine and what they really do when running into any of these three different methods mentioned here despite what they "say" publicly  |
Exactly. In that other thread someone explained what Google intended nofollow to be used for, but it not only quickly got abused among link exchangers, but also for manipulating internal PR distribution. By last summer if not before, the idea was already out there that BigG was now penalizing such abuses.
I played safe and took the tags off, because it is one of those things which isn't hard for a spider to spot and Google aren't big on being manipulated. But whether they have reacted yet, is anyone's guess in reality.