Comments on: Dear search engines, please bury the rel=nofollow-fiasko http://sebastians-pamphlets.com/dear-search-engines-please-bury-the-relnofollow-fiasko/ If you've read my articles somewhere on the Internet, expect something different here. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:28:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.3 By: Mike worst http://sebastians-pamphlets.com/dear-search-engines-please-bury-the-relnofollow-fiasko/#comment-1601 Mike worst Tue, 19 May 2009 14:21:40 +0000 http://sebastians-pamphlets.com/dear-search-engines-please-bury-the-relnofollow-fiasko/#comment-1601 Is this still true? I have at least one confirmed inbound no-follow link that shows on webmaster tools as a link. [It is still true. Just because a link is shown in reverse citation results, that doesn't mean it improves the link target's rankings.] Is this still true? I have at least one confirmed inbound no-follow link that shows on webmaster tools as a link.

[It is still true. Just because a link is shown in reverse citation results, that doesn’t mean it improves the link target’s rankings.]

]]> By: Sebastian http://sebastians-pamphlets.com/dear-search-engines-please-bury-the-relnofollow-fiasko/#comment-899 Sebastian Fri, 28 Dec 2007 18:24:56 +0000 http://sebastians-pamphlets.com/dear-search-engines-please-bury-the-relnofollow-fiasko/#comment-899 Bob, I wouldn't condomize this page at all, and leave the inbound links alone. In general, rel=nofollow blocks Google juice on link level, and a nofollow meta tag does the same on page level. Please note that since I've posted this, Google has changed the crawler behavior, that is Googlebot no longer follows condomized links at all. Bob, I wouldn’t condomize this page at all, and leave the inbound links alone. In general, rel=nofollow blocks Google juice on link level, and a nofollow meta tag does the same on page level. Please note that since I’ve posted this, Google has changed the crawler behavior, that is Googlebot no longer follows condomized links at all.

]]> By: Bob Longman http://sebastians-pamphlets.com/dear-search-engines-please-bury-the-relnofollow-fiasko/#comment-897 Bob Longman Fri, 28 Dec 2007 14:09:25 +0000 http://sebastians-pamphlets.com/dear-search-engines-please-bury-the-relnofollow-fiasko/#comment-897 Q: rel=nofollow in links is very confusing, indeed. But while it's in effect (or at least 'in da house'), the question becomes how to avail oneself of it. For instance, for an old-fashioned subsection index page, made almost entirely of important in-site links, which gets no Google attention (nor does it need to, because its purpose is for those who are already at the site). Would it be better to NOINDEX the entire page and leave the links alone? Or rel="nofollow" the inbound links? Or just leave everything alone? Does it affect the pages it links to at all? Or even detract from them, SE-wise? Confusion abounds. Q: rel=nofollow in links is very confusing, indeed. But while it’s in effect (or at least ‘in da house’), the question becomes how to avail oneself of it.

For instance, for an old-fashioned subsection index page, made almost entirely of important in-site links, which gets no Google attention (nor does it need to, because its purpose is for those who are already at the site). Would it be better to NOINDEX the entire page and leave the links alone? Or rel=”nofollow” the inbound links? Or just leave everything alone? Does it affect the pages it links to at all? Or even detract from them, SE-wise?

Confusion abounds.

]]> By: Stop No Follow http://sebastians-pamphlets.com/dear-search-engines-please-bury-the-relnofollow-fiasko/#comment-245 Stop No Follow Mon, 27 Aug 2007 20:45:51 +0000 http://sebastians-pamphlets.com/dear-search-engines-please-bury-the-relnofollow-fiasko/#comment-245 [...] I’m going to write about this as I mentioned, until then here’s a good argument. [...] […] I’m going to write about this as I mentioned, until then here’s a good argument. […]

]]> By: A bookie’s life - interview with Sebastian » johnmu.com http://sebastians-pamphlets.com/dear-search-engines-please-bury-the-relnofollow-fiasko/#comment-239 A bookie’s life - interview with Sebastian » johnmu.com Fri, 24 Aug 2007 13:11:21 +0000 http://sebastians-pamphlets.com/dear-search-engines-please-bury-the-relnofollow-fiasko/#comment-239 [...] still imperfect REP standardization lacking major evolvements despite the newish X-Robots-Tags, or my pet peeve rel-nofollow. There’s a lot more exciting stuff I’d like to learn more about, and I could think of a [...] […] still imperfect REP standardization lacking major evolvements despite the newish X-Robots-Tags, or my pet peeve rel-nofollow. There’s a lot more exciting stuff I’d like to learn more about, and I could think of a […]

]]> By: Sebastian http://sebastians-pamphlets.com/dear-search-engines-please-bury-the-relnofollow-fiasko/#comment-36 Sebastian Mon, 05 Feb 2007 17:33:00 +0000 http://sebastians-pamphlets.com/dear-search-engines-please-bury-the-relnofollow-fiasko/#comment-36 Hey John, that's *your* great looking image I've stolen from your blog ;)<br/><br/>I think your nofollow-policy is pretty reasonable. As you've mentioned, I can't do it here, because blogger.com rapes all user comments with link condoms.<br/><br/>But I've installed no-nofollow plug-ins on my WP blogs. Every comment I approve is worth the link juice it sends to the author. Spam filters and comment moderation are enough to avoid unsolicited links, so I don't need nofollow. Hey John, that’s *your* great looking image I’ve stolen from your blog ;)

I think your nofollow-policy is pretty reasonable. As you’ve mentioned, I can’t do it here, because blogger.com rapes all user comments with link condoms.

But I’ve installed no-nofollow plug-ins on my WP blogs. Every comment I approve is worth the link juice it sends to the author. Spam filters and comment moderation are enough to avoid unsolicited links, so I don’t need nofollow.

]]> By: JLH http://sebastians-pamphlets.com/dear-search-engines-please-bury-the-relnofollow-fiasko/#comment-35 JLH Mon, 05 Feb 2007 16:34:00 +0000 http://sebastians-pamphlets.com/dear-search-engines-please-bury-the-relnofollow-fiasko/#comment-35 Sebastian, the no follow image looks great! I've been thinking about your post and others and came up with my own little contribution to the world on this subject. I've created a nofollow policy on my blog and posted it with a permanent link so everyone can see all the time how I feel about it. I think if more webmasters brought attention to this, the possibly some the changes you have proposed would be considered. I know blogger isn't as flexible when it comes to customizing and it wouldn't be possible on this site. If you'd take a look and give me some feedback I'd be appreciate it. My policy page is located at http://www.jlh-design.com/nofollow-policy/ Sebastian, the no follow image looks great! I’ve been thinking about your post and others and came up with my own little contribution to the world on this subject. I’ve created a nofollow policy on my blog and posted it with a permanent link so everyone can see all the time how I feel about it. I think if more webmasters brought attention to this, the possibly some the changes you have proposed would be considered. I know blogger isn’t as flexible when it comes to customizing and it wouldn’t be possible on this site. If you’d take a look and give me some feedback I’d be appreciate it. My policy page is located at http://www.jlh-design.com/nofollow-policy/

]]> By: Sebastian http://sebastians-pamphlets.com/dear-search-engines-please-bury-the-relnofollow-fiasko/#comment-34 Sebastian Thu, 01 Feb 2007 00:53:00 +0000 http://sebastians-pamphlets.com/dear-search-engines-please-bury-the-relnofollow-fiasko/#comment-34 Blog it;) word of mouth propaganda works best. Thanks for your support. Blog it;) word of mouth propaganda works best. Thanks for your support.

]]> By: JLH http://sebastians-pamphlets.com/dear-search-engines-please-bury-the-relnofollow-fiasko/#comment-33 JLH Wed, 31 Jan 2007 21:31:00 +0000 http://sebastians-pamphlets.com/dear-search-engines-please-bury-the-relnofollow-fiasko/#comment-33 Where can I sign the petition? Where can I sign the petition?

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