Comments on: NoFollow vs. DoFollow http://dereksemmler.com/2007/12/13/nofollow-vs-dofollow/ money, motorcycles and cars (with a little bit of everything else) Wed, 15 Oct 2008 20:50:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: derek http://dereksemmler.com/2007/12/13/nofollow-vs-dofollow/#comment-12048 derek Tue, 29 Jul 2008 14:24:35 +0000 http://dereksemmler.com/2007/12/13/nofollow-vs-dofollow/#comment-12048 I don't have numbers like this handy. I don’t have numbers like this handy.

]]> By: Alex http://dereksemmler.com/2007/12/13/nofollow-vs-dofollow/#comment-12034 Alex Tue, 29 Jul 2008 08:22:55 +0000 http://dereksemmler.com/2007/12/13/nofollow-vs-dofollow/#comment-12034 Well, it was more about numbers. Maybe I am not attentive enough, but I can not see you mention any. Like, how many comments(approx) there were before installing DoFollows and how many after. Just to be able to count the % of interrest growth. But, do not bother if you do not have them. It's just my interest and giving you a trouble would make me feel uneasy.) Alexs last blog post..<a href="http://www.cellmad.com/sweet-treats-make-your-phone-adorable/" rel="nofollow">Sweet Treats Make Your Phone Adorable</a> Well, it was more about numbers. Maybe I am not attentive enough, but I can not see you mention any. Like, how many comments(approx) there were before installing DoFollows and how many after. Just to be able to count the % of interrest growth. But, do not bother if you do not have them. It’s just my interest and giving you a trouble would make me feel uneasy.)

Alexs last blog post..Sweet Treats Make Your Phone Adorable

]]> By: derek http://dereksemmler.com/2007/12/13/nofollow-vs-dofollow/#comment-12006 derek Mon, 28 Jul 2008 15:27:57 +0000 http://dereksemmler.com/2007/12/13/nofollow-vs-dofollow/#comment-12006 Was there a particular experiment that you were looking to see results? I've shared the details throughout various posts but please let me know if there is something specific that you were looking to see. Was there a particular experiment that you were looking to see results? I’ve shared the details throughout various posts but please let me know if there is something specific that you were looking to see.

]]> By: Alex http://dereksemmler.com/2007/12/13/nofollow-vs-dofollow/#comment-12000 Alex Mon, 28 Jul 2008 06:54:28 +0000 http://dereksemmler.com/2007/12/13/nofollow-vs-dofollow/#comment-12000 well, the discussion seems preety interesting to me. so, i have come hare again) this is the best proof that it's not about the number of comments. it's about the content of the blog! derek, you have a very interesting one. so far you've done some experiments, please share the results with us. it would be rather interesting to know the statistics. Alexs last blog post..<a href="http://www.cellmad.com/sweet-treats-make-your-phone-adorable/" rel="nofollow">Sweet Treats Make Your Phone Adorable</a> well, the discussion seems preety interesting to me. so, i have come hare again) this is the best proof that it’s not about the number of comments. it’s about the content of the blog! derek, you have a very interesting one. so far you’ve done some experiments, please share the results with us. it would be rather interesting to know the statistics.

Alexs last blog post..Sweet Treats Make Your Phone Adorable

]]> By: derek http://dereksemmler.com/2007/12/13/nofollow-vs-dofollow/#comment-11941 derek Fri, 25 Jul 2008 16:48:47 +0000 http://dereksemmler.com/2007/12/13/nofollow-vs-dofollow/#comment-11941 Thanks for sharing your thoughts Alex, you do bring up an interesting point. Installing the KeywordLuv plugin and requiring a certain number of comments before the nofollow is removed seems to have worked pretty well so far. Thanks for sharing your thoughts Alex, you do bring up an interesting point. Installing the KeywordLuv plugin and requiring a certain number of comments before the nofollow is removed seems to have worked pretty well so far.

]]> By: Alex http://dereksemmler.com/2007/12/13/nofollow-vs-dofollow/#comment-11926 Alex Fri, 25 Jul 2008 13:39:06 +0000 http://dereksemmler.com/2007/12/13/nofollow-vs-dofollow/#comment-11926 ADAC is rignt! even if a man comes to your blog only for a link, it doesn't mean, he is not interested in your content at all. he might just do his job and come again being just interested. anyway the policy of giving links only after a fixed ammount of content will lead to the increasing of spam comments. people will come because of dofollows anyway and spam because of the number of must coments before enabling dofollow. ADAC is rignt! even if a man comes to your blog only for a link, it doesn’t mean, he is not interested in your content at all. he might just do his job and come again being just interested. anyway the policy of giving links only after a fixed ammount of content will lead to the increasing of spam comments. people will come because of dofollows anyway and spam because of the number of must coments before enabling dofollow.

]]> By: ADAC http://dereksemmler.com/2007/12/13/nofollow-vs-dofollow/#comment-7442 ADAC Sat, 22 Dec 2007 18:33:44 +0000 http://dereksemmler.com/2007/12/13/nofollow-vs-dofollow/#comment-7442 One of the advantages to keeping the "DoFollow" on is you get a wider range of commentors. Yes, many of them (like me) found your site because it is a DoFollow site. But whether they keep coming back or not is determined by how interested they are in your content. Being a dofollow site increases the number of people that know about your site. Having things like the "Subscribe to comments" plug in like you have reminds people to come back, which increases your readers. One of the advantages to keeping the “DoFollow” on is you get a wider range of commentors. Yes, many of them (like me) found your site because it is a DoFollow site. But whether they keep coming back or not is determined by how interested they are in your content.

Being a dofollow site increases the number of people that know about your site. Having things like the “Subscribe to comments” plug in like you have reminds people to come back, which increases your readers.

]]> By: Futon-Matt http://dereksemmler.com/2007/12/13/nofollow-vs-dofollow/#comment-7423 Futon-Matt Fri, 21 Dec 2007 15:02:12 +0000 http://dereksemmler.com/2007/12/13/nofollow-vs-dofollow/#comment-7423 I don't think no follow is necessary, it's not like you're selling links to commenter's. Especially if they're adding something valid to the discussion. I'll get off my soap box now :) Matt I don’t think no follow is necessary, it’s not like you’re selling links to commenter’s. Especially if they’re adding something valid to the discussion.

I’ll get off my soap box now :)

Matt

]]> By: Nicole Price http://dereksemmler.com/2007/12/13/nofollow-vs-dofollow/#comment-7400 Nicole Price Thu, 20 Dec 2007 09:18:39 +0000 http://dereksemmler.com/2007/12/13/nofollow-vs-dofollow/#comment-7400 Wow, 100% commenters voted "no". Now thats hardly surprising. Wow, 100% commenters voted “no”. Now thats hardly surprising.

]]> By: derek http://dereksemmler.com/2007/12/13/nofollow-vs-dofollow/#comment-7395 derek Thu, 20 Dec 2007 06:20:24 +0000 http://dereksemmler.com/2007/12/13/nofollow-vs-dofollow/#comment-7395 Damien, nofollow is an attribute that you can add to all of your links that is supposed to result in those links not receiving credit from the search engines for the outbound links. The idea behind the attribute is to reduce the volume of spam comments on websites, as the spammer will not receive any link juice when the nofollow attribute is applied to their links. WordPress automatically adds this tag to all user-generated links, meaning that the links for each comment do not receive any credit. In an effort to share the link love and build a community, you can remove the nofollow attribute from your links and this means that the outbound links will receive credit from the search engines. The side effect is that your links may now be more attractive to spammers that are only interested in the credit of a link to their site. Does that help at all? Damien, nofollow is an attribute that you can add to all of your links that is supposed to result in those links not receiving credit from the search engines for the outbound links.

The idea behind the attribute is to reduce the volume of spam comments on websites, as the spammer will not receive any link juice when the nofollow attribute is applied to their links.

WordPress automatically adds this tag to all user-generated links, meaning that the links for each comment do not receive any credit.

In an effort to share the link love and build a community, you can remove the nofollow attribute from your links and this means that the outbound links will receive credit from the search engines. The side effect is that your links may now be more attractive to spammers that are only interested in the credit of a link to their site.

Does that help at all?

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