Comments on: The Insidious Nofollow Tag: An SEO Rant

By: webbiqu1

webbiqu1 — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 15:04:19 +0000

Thanks JC. I agree with your strategy, but – the nofollow tag is still insidious.

By: JC

JC — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 05:13:11 +0000

What a great post! I really agree that most of this changes make our job as web designers almost impossible to create SEO friendly sites. With so many changes being done by the big search engines all the time, I have found that the best solution is to be true to your content and to also do your research as to how to create good readable content that both to people and to the bots can understand. My philosophy is to just write relevant content that will help your target audience find what they are looking for in a concise but well structured content with relevant key phrases instead of worrying about the “nofollow” tag.

By: webbiqu1

webbiqu1 — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 12:08:51 +0000

Hi Bill – a big Amen to that!

By: Bill

Bill — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 04:42:27 +0000

Excellent post. While I do get tired of the daily stacks of spammers attempting to post comments on my blogs, legitimate comments should not get penalized with a no-follow. It doesn’t take that long to spot and report the spam as spam. When compared to the overall amount of time necessary for maintaining a blog, editing out a few spam comments is not that much of a burden.

By: webbiqu1

webbiqu1 — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 12:44:23 +0000

I feel your pain Sherri. That’s why link building is partly a numbers game, and partly building up a good link catalog over time.

By: Sherri Ohare

Sherri Ohare — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 02:43:44 +0000

i just started working for SEO last year, I mostly like social bookmarking, classified submission, forums, p. release,and article submission, but what I do hate most is directory and blog commenting. It took a months or so before my comments are approved, or sometimes they don’t and it really frustrates me as well.

By: webbiqu1

webbiqu1 — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 12:10:35 +0000

Completely agree Mark,

By: Mark Sim

Mark Sim — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 08:49:47 +0000

No Follow links are the bane of the SEO existence. I don’t see why blog authors and webmasters can’t simply stick to their policy of reviewing and approving comments.

By: tom richardson

tom richardson — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 12:36:22 +0000

very good post. theres nothing wrong with following links, but its just hard to keep your blogs of dofollow lists.

By: webbiqu1

webbiqu1 — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 12:22:04 +0000

That’s been my theory now for a while. Thanks for the validation.