Google crawler indexing “Quote” reply button links

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Affected version
2.3.7
It looks like Google’s crawler is detecting the “Quote” reply button as an indexable link. Since it’s just a functional UI element used for quoting posts, it shouldn’t be treated as a navigational or content link.


This is likely causing unnecessary crawl activity and could lead to redundant entries in the index.


Expected behavior:
The “Quote” reply button should include rel="nofollow" or data-noindex to prevent crawlers from following or indexing it.


Example:
Inspecting the “Quote” button in post actions shows it as a standard anchor (<a>) tag without nofollow or data-noindex, allowing Googlebot to treat it as a link.


Suggested fix:
Add either:
Code:
rel="nofollow"
or
Code:
data-noindex="true"
to the quote action links in post controls.

This is an example link that is being crawled...

 
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