Comments on: 13 Reasons Why NoFollow Tags Suck

By: sohbet

sohbet — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 04:42:37 +0000

We have designed sites without the no-follow tag, and in the end, a moderated comment system rewards good posters and helps promote more interaction with your site by visitors. Thanks.

By: Bee

Bee — Sun, 19 Aug 2007 15:35:48 +0000

Random Terrain’s points are exactly what I’m wondering about… Does Google penalize the site for not doing “no follow”? Might they “reward” the site, as a result of perceived trust, if one does use “no follow”?

It’s understandable to want to give “link love” in exchange for comments that contribute to a site’s content. But what about in a directory of gathered links that the site is just wanting to provide its visitors “for more information”? Should those links be “no follow”?

By: odżywki

odżywki — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 16:03:04 +0000

Fantastic article covering some points I really needed. Thanks

By: Księgarnia internetowa

Księgarnia internetowa — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 15:48:13 +0000

Thanks for this very good article … Can i translate this and insert on my site in Poland? … Thanks

By: Hard money

Hard money — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 09:11:46 +0000

The only way to better block comment spam is to make people jump through a bunch of hoops before they can click submit. Maybe a few math questions, CAPTCHA and a few shape id’s. Only problem is it would deter the normal folks from posting. I guess the answer is unclear still…

By: klucz salomona

klucz salomona — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 07:53:19 +0000

Fantastic article! Very useful informations. I really love it, can I recommend it to my friends?

By: Random Terrain

Random Terrain — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 15:42:44 +0000

First, using rel=”nofollow” in a paid link will keep you from getting in trouble with Google since it can’t be seen as trying to sell PageRank. Second, it seems like using rel=”nofollow” on a page full of useful links would let Google know that you aren’t trying to be a link farm. I also link to many web sites as clarification and for definitions, but to keep Google from thinking I’m being paid to link to those sites, I’m going to add rel=”nofollow” to the links. Google might flip the other direction and start punishing me for using rel=”nofollow” so many times, but Google is already punishing me for not using it, so I’m adding rel=”nofollow” to almost all of my external links and I’ll see what happens.

By: iddaa

iddaa — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 12:25:16 +0000

Good job, thanks.

By: Darmowe typy

Darmowe typy — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 10:28:25 +0000

Very useful article, thanks.

By: bedrijfswagen

bedrijfswagen — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 07:05:18 +0000

The answer is to use rel=”external”