Converting rel="nofollow" to rel="ugc"
 

Hello,

since March 2020, google have applied the rel=ugc, whith is the appropriate rel for user generated content, like it;s in forums, blog comments etc.

In vb4, in admin panel, there is only the option for rel="nofollow".
How can we convert it to rel="ugc" ?
Probably the modification should take part directly in file, since there is no option in admin panel.
Can someone guide through this?

Thanks in advance for any help!

Normally to add ( rel="nofollow" ) to all external links you would open
Admin CP -> vBulletin Options -> BB Code Settings
and change Add nofollow attribute to URL BB Code to yes

I would assume that where ever this variable is being set, is where it would need to be changed.

It looks like line 2673 in includes\class_bbcode.php

Change
to

I have modified mine as:

And update the ACP wording accordingly.

I used "noopener ugc" in mine.

to expand for others following this therad:

rel=”noopener” is an HTML attribute that’s added to all links that are selected to open in a new browser tab

Now my next question is there a pluggin that will put up a warning page that the link they clicked on is an external link and verifying they want to follow?

Hello,

thank you for your answers.

I did the above modification, but then, after testing it with an inspect on chrome in an external link, it still shows : rel=nofolow.

I m wondering what could be wrong.

--------------- Added [DATE]1600079175[/DATE] at [TIME]1600079175[/TIME] ---------------

Update: I just noticed that newly created links, get the above -correct- rel.
Older ones, dont get it.
Anyone know how can this be fixed?

All mine updated for old links, I'm not sure why yours didn't.

Do you use a caching service such as CloudFlare?

Nope! But in server we use litespeed which provides a really strong caching system. I ll check it.
Also. could it be some kind of vbulletin caching?

Yeah, maybe check if nocache headers are on or off in your vbulletin settings.