{"id":128,"date":"2006-12-20T11:28:55","date_gmt":"2006-12-20T11:28:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/andybeard.eu\/?page_id=128"},"modified":"2017-09-10T13:21:09","modified_gmt":"2017-09-10T13:21:09","slug":"comments-policy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/andybeard.eu\/comments-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"Comments Policy"},"content":{"rendered":"<input type=\"hidden\" class=\"simple-love-fix\" data-id=\"128\" value=\"0\" \/><p>I believe in spreading \u201cGoogle Juice,\u201d and have this horrible conception that if I help others, maybe they will scratch my back once in a while as well, whether it is the occasional link from one of their sites or even a simple thing such as adding me to their favorite bookmarking site.<\/p>\n<p>I will moderate comments. I may give some love to the links in the comments only if they are super useful information, and contribute to the community.<\/p>\n<p>If your site is just random garbage, I don\u2019t link to it, and please don&#8217;t link back to me either.<\/p>\n<p>If your site is just a reblog of snippets from an article site, I am ashamed for you. Surely you can do better than that! I don\u2019t want to be ashamed of you, so I don\u2019t link to it.<\/p>\n<p>If all you have done is taken an affiliate feed and chucked it into a WordPress blog with no additional benefit to your readers over the other 100 blogs using the feed, in the same way, I don\u2019t link to it.<\/p>\n<p>If your site is just an affiliate link, it doesn\u2019t belong here. If you leave such a link, I am most likely to make fun of you, and destroy your credibility. I will also report you to the affiliate manager for the product involved.<\/p>\n<p>What I will allow which others probably wouldn\u2019t;<\/p>\n<p>Links to sites with 100% duplicate content. Lots of national newspapers have duplicate content that is fed to them from various press agencies. I am quite happy with sites made up of nothing but duplicate articles from article directories, as long as you have \u201cniched\u201d them, and maybe added some additional value. Technorati, MyBlogLog &amp; Blogcatalog are creative uses of duplicate content. Obviously, I love the odd backlink.<\/p>\n<p>I am pleased to review niche websites in any niche. Just make sure it is a site you would be willing to \u201chang your hat on.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>You retain ownership of your comments to use wherever you like. You grant me the limited right to publish them in whole or in part on domains I own. Comments will never be used out of context, and would certainly not be used as a testimonial for a product without express permission.<\/p>\n<p>The intention is to allow me to move content around as needed and not to use your comments related to something that wasn\u2019t intended.<\/p>\n<p>I reserve the right to contact you via email regarding any comment you make.<\/p>\n<h2>Update: 2017, Keywords<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>No linking to offensive sites. Porn, pills, gambling, payday loans, etc. are out. No linking to sites Google has gray boxed.<\/li>\n<li>No more keywords within anchor text in the comment fields<\/li>\n<li>No sig links under comments<\/li>\n<li>Highly relevant links in the body of a comment can contain anchor text such as the blog title, but they will be judged on a case by case basis.<\/li>\n<li>Even after these changes, I still expect to delete 90% of comments as the vast majority are just an attempt to get a link rather than adding real value to the conversation.<\/li>\n<li>SEO Consultants\/Agencies \u2013 If I catch you commenting but linking to a client\u2019s site, your online reputation, your firms and that of your client are being put at severe risk.<\/li>\n<li>I can link to a page or a blog that can be identified as being about you so my readers can gain additional perspective on your point of view and where necessary, sufficient disclosure.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<input type=\"hidden\" class=\"simple-love-fix\" data-id=\"128\" value=\"0\" \/><p>I believe in spreading \u201cGoogle Juice,\u201d and have this horrible conception that if I help others, maybe they will scratch my back once in a while as well, whether it is the occasional link from one of their sites or even a simple thing such as adding me to their favorite bookmarking site. 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