# Prevent keywords to become hyperlink

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/prevent-keywords-to-become-hyperlink/208652>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [November 9, 2021, 9:31am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/prevent-keywords-to-become-hyperlink/208652 "2021-11-09T09:31:43Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 9, 2021, 11:45am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/prevent-keywords-to-become-hyperlink/208652/3 "2021-11-09T11:45:02Z")

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> [@leo.proctor](#):
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> which is harmful for seo considering there are many such broken links.

I don’t pretend to know about SEO, but unless the user is tl3 then the links should be marked `nofollow`. So shouldn’t they be ignored as far as SEO is concerned? (but I think I saw somewhere that `nofollow` was more of a suggestion than a rule).

If they always use the same one (e.g., `xyz.net`, which I have never seen anyone use before in places that I have seen) you might be able to use watched words to replace them.

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