Changing the way WordPress and other content management systems handle comments for SEO, members areas, aggregated conversations & more.
I am sure some of this post is going to blow people’s brains, though this is only the tip of the iceberg.
Tag Archives: dofollow
WordPress Comment SEO Solutions
Posted in blogging tips , Google , plugins , SEO Blog , wordpress Also tagged blog commenting , disqus , jskit , nofollow , Social Media , syndication , WordPress SEO Comments closed
Why You Should Nofollow Your Blog Comments?
Dave Naylor seems to think it is a good idea to nofollow blog comments.
In many ways he is right:-
- You get increased automated comment spam
- You get increased spam from outsourced commenting
- You get increased spam from people using commenting efficiency tools (Comment Kahuna, Comment Hut etc)
- You get increased spam from people using dofollow search engines
- You get increased spam from people using lists of dofollow blogs
- You get Internet Marketing Gurus encouraging their interns to comment on their behalf
It takes additional time to manage comments on your blog even when you set up Spam Karma effectively, but that is something you could outsource to compensate, or have managed by a more junior member of staff.
You also leak a little bit of extra juice, how much depends on your site structure, and how many comments you get. Some people prefer to have huge blogrolls of the people who buy them drinks at seminars.
What Do You Gain?
I think the biggest gain is in community
Posted in blogging tips , SEO Blog Also tagged Blog Comments , comment management , comment spam , commenting , no nofollow , nofollow Comments closed
Guru Internet Marketing Mentorship Programs Abusing Dofollow Blogs
There seems to be a new trend with internet marketers running some kind of mentorship or bonus program.
It runs something like this (though I haven't signed up to one to get exact details)
- You sign up to the mentorship program
- One of the tasks is backlink building from Dofollow blogs
- The new internet marketer runs around leaving comments on Dofollow blogs, but uses backlinks to the blog or salespage of the internet marketing guru
- After dropping a certain number of backlinks, the new internet marketer qualifies for a bonus
The backlinks are sometimes the link reserved for the comment author, or sometimes product mentions
Posted in blogging tips , SEO Blog Also tagged comment , comment spam , internet marketing , no nofollow , nofollow Comments closed
BlogRoll Circle Jerk? – If You Encourage Junk Comments That Is What You Get
The quality of comments on a blog totally depend on the blog itself, the type of content you write, and the tools and method you decide to moderate content.
On Shoemoney, Pam takes a pop at the Ifollow Movement, the lists of links to dofollow blogs that traversed the Blogosphere 6 months ago.
Whilst I was included on some of those lists, I didn't take an active roll, as the lists really didn't present any value to me.
I suppose Akismet is great if you don't care about the comments on your blog, or whether the good ones appear.
Comment moderation
Are You A Fake Dofollow Blogger?
Not all blogs that write a post about dofollow, link through to plugins, and stick up a Dofollow logo have actually removed nofollow from their comments.
Over the last few months I have rejected over 100 blogs to the No Nofollow / Dofollow community on Bumpzee, and all but about 20 were because they didn't have nofollow removed correctly from their comments.
Fortunately about 30 of those subsequently either contacted me to have this explained to them, or fixed the problem and then notified me that things were resolved.
Lots of people for some reason don't get back in touch with
Posted in blogging tips , plugins , wordpress Also tagged bumpzee , no nofollow , nofollow Comments closed
A Dofollow Plugin I Liken To A Subaru
I was going to liken this plugin to a Ferrari, because it is built to be fast, but it is probably more like a Subaru, not just fast but designed for rugged terrain and can handle the twists and turns of comment spammers without slowing down.
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Posted in blogging tips , plugins , wordpress Also tagged no nofollow , plugin , wordpress Comments closed
Paid Comments – They Can Be 100% Ethical
Whilst travelling I missed a blogstorm – “Buy Blog Comments” a controversial service that allows you to pay a fee to have someone promote your website writing comments.
This is probably going to be my most controversial post ever, and lots of people are going to think it is just linkbait, but I sincerely believe that paid comments can be ethical.
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Posted in blogging tips , SEO Blog Also tagged outsourcing , paid comments , SEO Blog Comments closed
No Nofollow | Dofollow Bloggers Get Funky
Chuck is a notable web designer and song-writer and one of many supporters of the removal of nofollow from approved comments.
There are all kinds of blogs in the blogosphere, and some of the logos created and used by supporters of the “cause” are a little on the tame side.
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DoFollow | No Nofollow – Highs & Lows
Having spent so much time over the last 6 months evangelising the adoption of dofollow plugins and solutions to remove nofollow from comments, the last week has been filled with highs and lows.
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Friday 13th – A Very Bad Day for Comment Spammers
Nice search engine friendly links are a great way to reward valuable members of the community of any blog, but they are certainly not a right, and still find myself deleting 50+ worthless comments every day.
Most disturbing of all though are the SEO consultants and agencies who I have caught commenting on behalf of their clients, or as themselves with a link through to a client’s site. Some of them are totally dumb about it.
I now have a new comments policy in force though most of it is just a clearer interpretation of what has been in place for the last 3+ years.