I think that the evidence you mention is nothing more than what is documented on how pagerank works for incoming links, which is described in the Wikipedia link I included above.

It is not evidence that pagerank leak does not exist.

Again, this is a simple mod that was requested by some of our members because NuWiki was doing this for wiki articles that were not created.

The name of the game is choice. You can download and install this mod, or you can choose not to install it.

Even if you choose not to install it, please click the 'Mark as Installed' above. It will increase my vBulletin.org Pagerank.. :D

My comments are NOT a criticism of your add-on. There arf some reasons for or circumstances where using nofollow is a good strategy.

But if you understand what PageRank is, and how it is calculated, you'll also understand that PR leak is as mythical as the unicorn.

That was my sole point. Congratulations to you for creating this add-on. My only concern is that it not be marketed as an antidote for unicorns.

:D, nah. I welcome debate, feedback and criticism.

Thanks. I wrote this add-on per the request of some members.

Besides the rel=nofollow, I always find it annoying that vBulletin opens all links in a new page. Over at nuhit.com we have multiple packages running: Joomla (although I may drop this soon), vBulletin, Wiki, etc. And whenever there was a link from a forum post to the other parts, it always opened on a new page.

after installing and setting up, my internal pages still open in a new window. Not a vbulletin page, but still part of domain

Are these new posts or previously existing posts? If the latter, please read the FAQ on how to re-parse existing posts.

thanks sir....

i install it...

and when i see view source of my page ...i did not see rel=nofollow beside the link ??

I just rebuilt the post cache and nothing changed

not even for new posts

sory, I had forgotten to reenable the plugin how ever rebuilding the post gave me

Fatal error: Using $this when not in object context in /var/www/forums/includes/class_bbcode.php(2339) : eval()'d code on line 37

An enjoyable mini-debate to read to be sure. After reading it, it's clear to me a disclaimer should be added to the initial posting.

**Warning - This modification, either by way of direct use or osmosis acts in any manner as to allow the individual user(s) protection from or as an antidote to Unicorns.**

:D