Comments on: Techcrunch Now Nofollow Sponsor Links

By: Google Paid Or Sponsored Reviews

Google Paid Or Sponsored Reviews — Wed, 27 May 2009 13:45:37 +0000

[...] December 2007 for at least one post, Techcrunch did nofollow links when thanking sponsors. It was such a notable event that I blogged about it and I am pretty sure I [...]

By: Ann, Portsmouth NH

Ann, Portsmouth NH — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 10:44:37 +0000

I would agree that what Google may have done to/for one (Techcrunch) they should do for others. If that’s going to garner penalties, put that up somewhere. I must admit to not really understanding the full reasoning behind a lot of that since I don’t have paid links on any of my sites. I am starting to rethink some of that however. I just keep reading and just when I think I have a bit of a grasp on things, Google does some change-ups and there goes what I thought I understood.

By: Dennis, Virginia Beach Military

Dennis, Virginia Beach Military — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 01:37:10 +0000

This is the first I heard about ignoring page rank…..I do see however a quantum increase in searches when up on google page 1 or 2 as I vacillate between each.

By: Steve Scheer, Denver CO

Steve Scheer, Denver CO — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 19:36:26 +0000

I don’t have any paid links at all on my site but I really enjoy reading about these sorts of things. It seems like things are contsantly changing with staying good with Google.

By: PlainfieldRealEstateGirl

PlainfieldRealEstateGirl — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 01:11:05 +0000

This is something I’m still struggling to wrap my head around, and ultimately understand.

Google is mysterious like that.

By: Teri Orlando Florida

Teri Orlando Florida — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 00:27:02 +0000

Follows the same theme as People only see what they are prepared to see. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

If you ask what does Google think? Sounds alot like 24 (not the tv show but)

There 24 hours in a day, There is 24 cans of beer in a box. Do you believe in coincidences?

Easy to follow or is that a no follow?

By: Aurelius Tjin

Aurelius Tjin — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 14:51:51 +0000

Has this been resolved yet? I have heard a lot of PR rankings dropping fast because of these paid links. I hope this all get settled.

By: Land Projects UK

Land Projects UK — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 03:38:25 +0000

I don’t think Google paid for them, they are just come to realize that they violates the Goolge’s Webmaster guidelines. Is using nofollow on the links a big deal?

By: Chris Mass Control Lover

Chris Mass Control Lover — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 20:35:07 +0000

I honestly do not pay attention to page rank anymore, I quite frankly dont care about it. The fact is traffic is and always will be more important than pr. Plus pr data is 3-4 months old and is never a true indicator.

If your still getting traffic and making money who cares what your page rank is. Yes it makes your site maybe look that little bit more attractive but if you have been building your links adding good content and your traffic is growing why would you care about your sites page rank?

The sooner more people dont pay attention to it the sooner it will no longer become an issue. Ive been online for nearly 5 years and was around when pr did have some sort of meaning it doesnt anymore

By: Elliott

Elliott — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 03:21:37 +0000

Marty,

I think your question could be answered by using good SEO practices of when you link to other posts, it is best practice to create the link with the title in it. Example being if you are linking to a story entitled “How to effectively No Follow”, then you would want to have the anchor text be the same as the title of the post.

As for the Nofollow portion of it, I don’t use nofollow on any links except for paid reviews.