There's a new rumor about Google... another one! Google might be testing a new mechanism allowing to fight comment spam, by ignoring links that contain a rel="nofollow" attribute.

Here is a standard link:

<a href="http://www.prweaver.com/blog/">blog</a>

Here is a link that may be ignored by Google's algorithm:

<a href="http://www.prweaver.com/blog/" rel="nofollow">blog</a>

What do you think about it? Is this a good solution? Do you think bloggers should help Google to fight spam or should Google fight spam by itself?

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