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Re:As internet forums die off, finding community can be hard... by kapitalx on Thursday November 19, 2020 @11:39AM (#25151227)
HN comment links have a rel=nofollow. I'm not versed in SEO, but I've assumed this means linking here won't affect indexing.
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Re:As internet forums die off, finding community can be hard... by luckyshot on Thursday November 19, 2020 @12:21PM (#25151760)
It will index those pages but it won't pass any "juice" (aka reputation).

You would use the rel="noindex" to tell Google not to index that page.

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Re:As internet forums die off, finding community can be hard... by account42 on Friday November 20, 2020 @08:09AM (#25160100)
It will probably also confer at least some reputation. Or maybe not - that would explain why search results are getting worse with pretty much anything posted by lowly users will have rel="nofollow" these days.
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Re:As internet forums die off, finding community can be hard... by yjftsjthsd-h on Thursday November 19, 2020 @11:59AM (#25151486)
Does that make it not get indexed, or not get included in weights?
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