Comments on: WordPress Founder – Admits Nofollow Didn’t Work

By: Expert Marketers Exposed » How to Get More Comments, Less Spam

Expert Marketers Exposed » How to Get More Comments, Less Spam — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 06:21:48 +0000

[...] twisting my virtual arm for a while, Andy Beard who has been evangelizing the benefits of do-follow for some time has finally convinced [...]

By: How to Get More Comments, Less Spam » The Michel Fortin Blog

How to Get More Comments, Less Spam » The Michel Fortin Blog — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 01:04:33 +0000

[...] twisting my virtual arm for a while, Andy Beard who has been evangelizing the benefits of do-follow for some time has finally convinced [...]

By: Andy Beard

Andy Beard — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 09:26:33 +0000

I agree that there are uses for nofollow, but that doesn’t mean nofollow should be used in abundance as a default option for all links, especially on blogs that are actively maintained.

You won’t find a spam comment on this blog unless I have allowed it to be here.

What you will find in abundance are comments from my readers, often pointing through to highly relevant content.

I cultivate pagerank rather than horde it, and pass it on.

Wikipedia hordes pagerank

Hopefully sometime soon WordPress blogs won’t horde pagerank.

Who knows, maybe switching off nofollow on comments and trackbacks on WordPress.com in the future is possible, and I would welcome such a change.

This is especially important for things like legitimate trackbacks.

By: Byrne Reese

Byrne Reese — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 04:19:00 +0000

I don’t think this is a revelation of any kind. There is no single technique that can be employed that will eliminate spam. Spammers will always be working to thwart whatever countermeasures are put in place.

The importance of nofollow, however, remains: that certain types of links found on pages, in whatever form they comes, should NOT contribute to search engine rankings – for that reason nofollow has utility well beyond comment spam.