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    Mark Datagrid column sorting links as "nofollow".

    Review Request #11113 — Created Aug. 2, 2020 and submitted

    Information

    Djblets
    release-2.0.x

    Reviewers

    Search engine crawlers have a tendency to follow versions of datagrid
    pages with different column sorting, which can trigger a lot of load on
    a server. While this can be partly mitigated with a robots.txt, it's
    best to inform the crawler that this isn't a link it really wants to
    follow.

    To help avoid indexing these pages, these sorting links now have a
    rel="nofollow" attribute. Most of the big crawlers support this to
    some degree, though some will still crawl it regardless. Still, it
    should cut down load on public servers a fair amount.

    Verified the attribute on all the Review Board datagrids.

    Summary ID
    Mark Datagrid column sorting links as "nofollow".
    Search engine crawlers have a tendency to follow versions of datagrid pages with different column sorting, which can trigger a lot of load on a server. While this can be partly mitigated with a `robots.txt`, it's best to inform the crawler that this isn't a link it really wants to follow. To help avoid indexing these pages, these sorting links now have a `rel="nofollow"` attribute. Most of the big crawlers support this to some degree, though some will still crawl it regardless. Still, it should cut down load on public servers a fair amount.
    171be304f3fa18a95ab35e57705e5c08571d7cb3
    david
    1. Ship It!
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    chipx86
    Review request changed
    Status:
    Completed
    Change Summary:
    Pushed to release-2.0.x (4d1770d)