[Forum] What is this BB Code string?

[BasilFawlty]

Add nofollow attribute to URL BB Code??

The above is a setting in the BB Code Settings, and under it it says: "If enabled rel="nofollow" will be added to the any anchor tags for an external resource outputted from the URL BB Code."

Could someone explain to a nOOB what this does and why I would or would not want to use it? Thanks,

Basil

[John Lester]

Basically it means that search engines wouldn't visit the link that's in between the bb code url tags. As for why you would want to do that, I have no clue, I've never bothered to enable it So search engines are free to follow any site in the bb code url tags.