Google recently announced two new link attributes to help google identify the nature of links.
The two new link attributes are
**rel=“sponsored”: ** Use the sponsored attribute to identify links on your site that were created as part of advertisements, sponsorships or other compensation agreements.
**rel=“ugc”: ** UGC stands for User Generated Content, and the ugc attribute value is recommended for links within user generated content, such as comments and forum posts.
nofollow is not new but here is when google says you should use it
rel=“nofollow”: Use this attribute for cases where you want to link to a page but don’t want to imply any type of endorsement, including passing along ranking credit to another page.
They also said that you can add more than one rel value on a link:
Can I use more than one rel value on a link?
Yes, you can use more than one rel value on a link. For example, rel=“ugc sponsored” is a perfectly valid attribute which hints that the link came from user-generated content and is sponsored. It’s also valid to use nofollow with the new attributes – such as rel=“nofollow ugc” – if you wish to be backwards-compatible with services that don’t support the new attributes.
It would be great if Wix could add/update these attributes as an option when inserting links.
Here is the full announcement that has a lot more information- Evolving “nofollow” – new ways to identify the nature of links
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