Comments on: The never-ending nofollow debate http://www.petertdavis.com/235-the-never-ending-nofollow-debate Just another WordPress weblog Wed, 09 Dec 2009 17:46:56 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Peter T Davis http://www.petertdavis.com/235-the-never-ending-nofollow-debate/comment-page-1#comment-404 Peter T Davis Fri, 16 Feb 2007 15:47:06 +0000 http://www.petertdavis.com/?p=235#comment-404 Thanks for the comments. It's interesting how people in the SEO industry have such a unique view of this debate. I doubt people not involved in SEO would think of removing the nofollow as a way of rewarding people who comment on their blog for example. Not that I see anything wrong with it, mind you, just as an example of how different the SEO mindset is to mainstream webmasters. Thanks for the comments. It’s interesting how people in the SEO industry have such a unique view of this debate. I doubt people not involved in SEO would think of removing the nofollow as a way of rewarding people who comment on their blog for example. Not that I see anything wrong with it, mind you, just as an example of how different the SEO mindset is to mainstream webmasters.

]]> By: cctech http://www.petertdavis.com/235-the-never-ending-nofollow-debate/comment-page-1#comment-405 cctech Fri, 16 Feb 2007 04:03:56 +0000 http://www.petertdavis.com/?p=235#comment-405 Since Akismet does such a great job of catching spam comments, I have toyed with the idea of doing away with the nofollow tag on our blog. If a reader takes the time to comment, I think I should give them some link love. Their comments are really benefiting the blog by making it a thriving community. Since Akismet does such a great job of catching spam comments, I have toyed with the idea of doing away with the nofollow tag on our blog. If a reader takes the time to comment, I think I should give them some link love. Their comments are really benefiting the blog by making it a thriving community.

]]> By: Natron http://www.petertdavis.com/235-the-never-ending-nofollow-debate/comment-page-1#comment-407 Natron Thu, 15 Feb 2007 17:00:42 +0000 http://www.petertdavis.com/?p=235#comment-407 I find myself using nofollow on links within my websites to control PR flow within the sites, and to external sites. Links which have value, but I still do not want PR sent to: login pages and other pages which do not need indexing. There has been a lot of chatter on this topic lately. Anyone have the feeling this is a push in the community to get people to stop using the nofollow for the simple fact that webmasters want the full value of the linkback? Maybe some conspiracy theorists will chime in on the topic... I find myself using nofollow on links within my websites to control PR flow within the sites, and to external sites. Links which have value, but I still do not want PR sent to: login pages and other pages which do not need indexing.

There has been a lot of chatter on this topic lately. Anyone have the feeling this is a push in the community to get people to stop using the nofollow for the simple fact that webmasters want the full value of the linkback? Maybe some conspiracy theorists will chime in on the topic…

]]> By: Questioning NoFollow » Webomatica http://www.petertdavis.com/235-the-never-ending-nofollow-debate/comment-page-1#comment-406 Questioning NoFollow » Webomatica Thu, 15 Feb 2007 06:57:51 +0000 http://www.petertdavis.com/?p=235#comment-406 [...] Note: Peter Davis has a good post summarizing my thinking in a different way: by removing “nofollow” it’s a statement that I vouch for the quality of the links on this blog. I feel comfortable with that because I definitely look at all the comments and remove the spammy ones that get through Akismet. I don’t have that so many comments that it’s impractical for me to be an editor in that regard - one thankful aspect of having low traffic!  [...] [...] Note: Peter Davis has a good post summarizing my thinking in a different way: by removing “nofollow” it’s a statement that I vouch for the quality of the links on this blog. I feel comfortable with that because I definitely look at all the comments and remove the spammy ones that get through Akismet. I don’t have that so many comments that it’s impractical for me to be an editor in that regard – one thankful aspect of having low traffic!  [...]

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