# Add rel="nofollow" admin setting is not working right, its making parent domain link as nofollow

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-rel-nofollow-admin-setting-is-not-working-right-its-making-parent-domain-link-as-nofollow/29226>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [25.Май.2015 18:50:08 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-rel-nofollow-admin-setting-is-not-working-right-its-making-parent-domain-link-as-nofollow/29226 "2015-05-25T18:50:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![techAPJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/techapj/32/342990_2.png) [@techAPJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/techAPJ)\
**Post date:** [27.Май.2015 04:20:25 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-rel-nofollow-admin-setting-is-not-working-right-its-making-parent-domain-link-as-nofollow/29226/27 "2015-05-27T04:20:25Z")

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> [@sam](#):
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> So we need a site setting here for:
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> follow\_links\_domains which user can set.

Yes, I agree. However I think we should just rename setting `exclude_rel_nofollow_domains` to `follow_links_domains`, because `exclude_rel_nofollow_domains` is essentially doing the same thing. So:

- By default `meta.discourse.org` will only follow `meta.discourse.org`, `a.meta.discourse.org`, etc.
- If the user adds `discourse.org` to `follow_links_domains` setting then `meta.discourse.org` will also follow `discourse.org`, `www.discourse.org`, `try.discourse.org`, etc.

Sounds good?

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