Comments on: How to Be NoFollow Free http://www.mikehaydon.com/wordpress/how-to-be-nofollow-free/ Helping You Build a More Effective Online Presence Thu, 26 Aug 2010 00:12:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Owen http://www.mikehaydon.com/wordpress/how-to-be-nofollow-free/comment-page-1/#comment-65 Owen Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:38:11 +0000 http://www.mikehaydon.com/?p=159#comment-65 Excellent post. I always recommend something to what you do above, but instead of the 2 plugins you recommend (DeLink and NoFollowFree), I tend to use Lucia's Linklove plugin: http://money.bigbucksblogger.com/lucias-linky-love-a-dofollow-plugin-to-foil-human-comment-spammers/ It gives you more control over which links to follow/nofollow including the ability to only start following comments after someone has left a certain number of comments on your blog. Much recommended Excellent post. I always recommend something to what you do above, but instead of the 2 plugins you recommend (DeLink and NoFollowFree), I tend to use Lucia’s Linklove plugin: http://money.bigbucksblogger.com/lucias-linky-love-a-dofollow-plugin-to-foil-human-comment-spammers/

It gives you more control over which links to follow/nofollow including the ability to only start following comments after someone has left a certain number of comments on your blog.

Much recommended

]]> By: Juha-Mikko http://www.mikehaydon.com/wordpress/how-to-be-nofollow-free/comment-page-1/#comment-56 Juha-Mikko Sat, 17 May 2008 07:23:33 +0000 http://www.mikehaydon.com/?p=159#comment-56 Just a quick note about nofollow and spam. Spam is bad for blogs and other sites too, as it creates what I call web rubbish, making a mess of otherwise clean web site. It must be fought, and removing unrelated spam comments or preventing them in the first place is the correct solution. Nofollow is an attempt to take control of search engines, and tell them what to index and what to leave alone. However, that logic is flawed. It's the job of the search engine to determine which links to index and which not to; which pages are relevant and which ones aren't. If the SEs can't do that, then they're no good. Attempting an user-driven relevance model will not work, since it's either automated making it useless, or not done, making it useless. Just a quick note about nofollow and spam. Spam is bad for blogs and other sites too, as it creates what I call web rubbish, making a mess of otherwise clean web site. It must be fought, and removing unrelated spam comments or preventing them in the first place is the correct solution.

Nofollow is an attempt to take control of search engines, and tell them what to index and what to leave alone. However, that logic is flawed. It’s the job of the search engine to determine which links to index and which not to; which pages are relevant and which ones aren’t. If the SEs can’t do that, then they’re no good. Attempting an user-driven relevance model will not work, since it’s either automated making it useless, or not done, making it useless.

]]>