Comments on: Why Adding Blog Comments Does Nothing For SEO http://www.elpassoblog.com/why-adding-blog-comments-does-nothing-for-seo/ Ripping up the rule book whilst drinking a smooth pint of reality. Sat, 20 Mar 2010 22:53:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Dan (el_passo) http://www.elpassoblog.com/why-adding-blog-comments-does-nothing-for-seo/comment-page-1/#comment-8620 Dan (el_passo) Sun, 08 Jun 2008 10:20:38 +0000 http://www.elpassoblog.com/?p=109#comment-8620 I think one of the reasons the nofollow is there in the first place is to stop your blog from becoming a link farm. In general the more outbound links you have on a page, the less valuable that page becomes and you risk turning your site into a link farm from a search engines point of view, which would make all links on the site worthless and it could also lead to your site (the blog) being de-listed from the search engines. So it's a cache 22 situation, my personal choice would be to leave the nofollow links in place. It's so easy to get back links nowadays (write articles!!) I don't think it is worth having the blog de-listed from the search engines. I think one of the reasons the nofollow is there in the first place is to stop your blog from becoming a link farm.

In general the more outbound links you have on a page, the less valuable that page becomes and you risk turning your site into a link farm from a search engines point of view, which would make all links on the site worthless and it could also lead to your site (the blog) being de-listed from the search engines.

So it’s a cache 22 situation, my personal choice would be to leave the nofollow links in place. It’s so easy to get back links nowadays (write articles!!) I don’t think it is worth having the blog de-listed from the search engines.

]]> By: Paula Brett http://www.elpassoblog.com/why-adding-blog-comments-does-nothing-for-seo/comment-page-1/#comment-8598 Paula Brett Sat, 07 Jun 2008 14:28:41 +0000 http://www.elpassoblog.com/?p=109#comment-8598 I'm not into all this SEO stuff as much as Dan, but I'm sure I picked up somewhere along the way that, amongst many other things, sites are also judged by the search engines and especially Google, by the quality of sites you actually link to (as well as the sites that are linked TO you)? e.g. Someone might leave you a great comment, but their site might be blacklisted by Google, you will only know this if you check out every single commenter's site, which could be really time consuming. If the site that you are linking to/following is blacklisted, this reflects badly on your site. So might this be a possible reason why some people would be reluctant to remove the `no follow'? Paula http://www.Paula-Brett.com/blog I’m not into all this SEO stuff as much as Dan, but I’m sure I picked up somewhere along the way that, amongst many other things, sites are also judged by the search engines and especially Google, by the quality of sites you actually link to (as well as the sites that are linked TO you)?

e.g. Someone might leave you a great comment, but their site might be blacklisted by Google, you will only know this if you check out every single commenter’s site, which could be really time consuming. If the site that you are linking to/following is blacklisted, this reflects badly on your site.

So might this be a possible reason why some people would be reluctant
to remove the `no follow’?

Paula
http://www.Paula-Brett.com/blog

]]> By: Randy Smith http://www.elpassoblog.com/why-adding-blog-comments-does-nothing-for-seo/comment-page-1/#comment-8597 Randy Smith Sat, 07 Jun 2008 11:16:13 +0000 http://www.elpassoblog.com/?p=109#comment-8597 Why remove the nofollow thingy..... I guess some people would want it left in place due to them worrying about their page rank being affected by having outbound links to less popular sites???? If that is the case - it makes a mockery of the .... "I'm here to help you" line so often quoted! Yes - we all know we are all here to earn extra cash.....but if the cash is the number one priority with a 'sod them all' attitude - can people really say they are trying to help? Therefore my reasons for wanting to remove the nofollow - is to allow my readers and comment posters to benefit from the links... I'm not worried about the spammers trying to benefit - because I had a caring marketer install an aiskimet plugin thingy (thanks Dan) that sticks all dodgy comments into a quarantine - and I delete the crappy posts! Therefore those left are genuine - so why wouldn't I want to help them get some extra traffic??? In fact - I've often linked to others with no affy link - just because I thought it beneficial to my readers, or because the site owner deserved some extra publicity.... why not? Does that affect my income? I think not If anything it shows that I am doing this both for the money AND to help others make more too! Well that's my tuppence worth! Randy www.MoreMonthly.com <- Just launched Why remove the nofollow thingy…..

I guess some people would want it left in place due to them worrying about their page rank being affected by having outbound links to less popular sites????

If that is the case – it makes a mockery of the ….
“I’m here to help you” line so often quoted!

Yes – we all know we are all here to earn extra cash…..but if the cash is the number one priority with a ’sod them all’ attitude – can people really say they are trying to help?

Therefore my reasons for wanting to remove the nofollow – is to allow my readers and comment posters to benefit from the links…

I’m not worried about the spammers trying to benefit – because I had a caring marketer install an aiskimet plugin thingy (thanks Dan) that sticks all dodgy comments into a quarantine – and I delete the crappy posts!

Therefore those left are genuine – so why wouldn’t I want to help them get some extra traffic???

In fact – I’ve often linked to others with no affy link – just because I thought it beneficial to my readers, or because the site owner deserved some extra publicity…. why not?

Does that affect my income?
I think not
If anything it shows that I am doing this both for the money AND to help others make more too!

Well that’s my tuppence worth!

Randy
http://www.MoreMonthly.com <- Just launched

]]> By: Robin Skeen http://www.elpassoblog.com/why-adding-blog-comments-does-nothing-for-seo/comment-page-1/#comment-8584 Robin Skeen Sat, 07 Jun 2008 03:11:28 +0000 http://www.elpassoblog.com/?p=109#comment-8584 Okay, the fat man dance was. . . oh I really am speechless and you probably realize THAT doesn't happen often. Yes, I've looked into the plugins, just not sure I'm playing with them correctly. But I DO get plenty of visitors from my comments on blogs so I only recently started thinking about this subject seriously. I can't answer your question about WHY I would want to take it off because I really don't know WHY it's there in the first place. So, back to square one for me and waiting for chapter 2. :D Okay, the fat man dance was. . . oh I really am speechless and you probably realize THAT doesn’t happen often. Yes, I’ve looked into the plugins, just not sure I’m playing with them correctly. But I DO get plenty of visitors from my comments on blogs so I only recently started thinking about this subject seriously. I can’t answer your question about WHY I would want to take it off because I really don’t know WHY it’s there in the first place. So, back to square one for me and waiting for chapter 2. :D

]]> By: Sally http://www.elpassoblog.com/why-adding-blog-comments-does-nothing-for-seo/comment-page-1/#comment-8580 Sally Fri, 06 Jun 2008 23:03:14 +0000 http://www.elpassoblog.com/?p=109#comment-8580 I think that myself and cindy should start a girl band, with Dan doing his robotic type dance in the background! Who said Britain doesn't have talent!!! Sally :) I think that myself and cindy should start a girl band, with Dan doing his robotic type dance in the background!

Who said Britain doesn’t have talent!!!

Sally :)

]]> By: Dan (el_passo) http://www.elpassoblog.com/why-adding-blog-comments-does-nothing-for-seo/comment-page-1/#comment-8539 Dan (el_passo) Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:53:12 +0000 http://www.elpassoblog.com/?p=109#comment-8539 After reading all of these posts....I've been thinking. As a blog owner, why would you want to remove the nofollow tags? Discuss.... :-) After reading all of these posts….I’ve been thinking.

As a blog owner, why would you want to remove the nofollow tags?

Discuss…. :-)

]]> By: Are You Following Me? : Internet Business Blog by John Szram http://www.elpassoblog.com/why-adding-blog-comments-does-nothing-for-seo/comment-page-1/#comment-8532 Are You Following Me? : Internet Business Blog by John Szram Thu, 05 Jun 2008 09:33:53 +0000 http://www.elpassoblog.com/?p=109#comment-8532 [...] Dan Thompson (One of my fellow moderators over at Lee McIntyre’s Standing Start Profits) recently made a post about this: http://www.elpassoblog.com/why-adding-blog-comments-does-nothing-for-seo/ [...] [...] Dan Thompson (One of my fellow moderators over at Lee McIntyre’s Standing Start Profits) recently made a post about this: http://www.elpassoblog.com/why-adding-blog-comments-does-nothing-for-seo/ [...]

]]> By: Randy Smith http://www.elpassoblog.com/why-adding-blog-comments-does-nothing-for-seo/comment-page-1/#comment-8511 Randy Smith Wed, 04 Jun 2008 19:10:29 +0000 http://www.elpassoblog.com/?p=109#comment-8511 Ooops.. You're right Paula... I better get Dan to hurry up and show us how to take off the nofollow bit!! But yeah - it does get you traffic regardless - provided you make good posts! Randy www.7KeyElements.com Ooops..

You’re right Paula…

I better get Dan to hurry up and show us how to take off the nofollow bit!!

But yeah – it does get you traffic regardless – provided you make good posts!

Randy
http://www.7KeyElements.com

]]> By: Dennis Edell http://www.elpassoblog.com/why-adding-blog-comments-does-nothing-for-seo/comment-page-1/#comment-8409 Dennis Edell Sun, 01 Jun 2008 02:10:26 +0000 http://www.elpassoblog.com/?p=109#comment-8409 I follow all comment links with a plugin, use Akismet for spam as well as manual moderation for "human spam" (great post! garbage) and not a single problem. So drop on by and you WILL receive a back link or 2 lol. I do not however allow signature links under the name, sorry. I offer plenty of link love as it is. My comment form is not a link farm. I will allow a link within the comment, IF it is relevant and helpful to the conversation. :-) I follow all comment links with a plugin, use Akismet for spam as well as manual moderation for “human spam” (great post! garbage) and not a single problem.

So drop on by and you WILL receive a back link or 2 lol.

I do not however allow signature links under the name, sorry. I offer plenty of link love as it is. My comment form is not a link farm.

I will allow a link within the comment, IF it is relevant and helpful to the conversation. :-)

]]> By: John Szram http://www.elpassoblog.com/why-adding-blog-comments-does-nothing-for-seo/comment-page-1/#comment-8396 John Szram Sat, 31 May 2008 21:43:33 +0000 http://www.elpassoblog.com/?p=109#comment-8396 Hi Dan, Seems the "no follow" tag is still a contentious issue. I've tried many things: Plugins that remove it completely or after a certain number of posts and also modifying the core WordPress PHP files. I read, verify and moderate every comment so it's not such a problem excluding the tag completely. If I feel a comment is spammy or too promotional I moderate or delete it. That said, I haven't settled on a method I'm 100% comfortable with yet. Look forward to reading how you tackle this issue. John Szram Hi Dan,

Seems the “no follow” tag is still a contentious issue. I’ve tried many things: Plugins that remove it completely or after a certain number of posts and also modifying the core WordPress PHP files.

I read, verify and moderate every comment so it’s not such a problem excluding the tag completely. If I feel a comment is spammy or too promotional I moderate or delete it. That said, I haven’t settled on a method I’m 100% comfortable with yet.

Look forward to reading how you tackle this issue.

John Szram

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