Comments on: To Follow Or Not To Follow http://courtneytuttle.com/2007/07/16/to-follow-or-not-to-follow/ Growth For Persistent, Intelligent People. Fri, 29 Aug 2008 04:38:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: JoLynn Braley http://courtneytuttle.com/2007/07/16/to-follow-or-not-to-follow/#comment-20612 JoLynn Braley Sat, 15 Mar 2008 02:46:52 +0000 http://courtneytuttle.com/2007/07/16/to-follow-or-not-to-follow/#comment-20612 Hi Court, thanks so much for writing this - you're the first one I've seen who has written about the fact that do-follow isn't necessarily good for all situations. Hi Court, thanks so much for writing this - you’re the first one I’ve seen who has written about the fact that do-follow isn’t necessarily good for all situations.

]]> By: AnnaBella http://courtneytuttle.com/2007/07/16/to-follow-or-not-to-follow/#comment-5017 AnnaBella Thu, 27 Sep 2007 13:45:04 +0000 http://courtneytuttle.com/2007/07/16/to-follow-or-not-to-follow/#comment-5017 I have asked you more than once to please remove my site from your "D-List". The human generated spam I receive as a result of this list is not worth it. Please remove "Heck of It" from your list. Thank you. -Anna I have asked you more than once to please remove my site from your “D-List”. The human generated spam I receive as a result of this list is not worth it. Please remove “Heck of It” from your list. Thank you.

-Anna

]]> By: To Follow Or Not To Follow | Make money online! http://courtneytuttle.com/2007/07/16/to-follow-or-not-to-follow/#comment-2801 To Follow Or Not To Follow | Make money online! Fri, 27 Jul 2007 01:37:59 +0000 http://courtneytuttle.com/2007/07/16/to-follow-or-not-to-follow/#comment-2801 [...] Original post by Court [...] […] Original post by Court […]

]]> By: Paid Surveys http://courtneytuttle.com/2007/07/16/to-follow-or-not-to-follow/#comment-2752 Paid Surveys Wed, 25 Jul 2007 16:31:01 +0000 http://courtneytuttle.com/2007/07/16/to-follow-or-not-to-follow/#comment-2752 I think all sites should Do Follow even if it means they will have to monitor more closely for spam. It helps give something back to the website reader IMO. I think all sites should Do Follow even if it means they will have to monitor more closely for spam. It helps give something back to the website reader IMO.

]]> By: swollenpickles http://courtneytuttle.com/2007/07/16/to-follow-or-not-to-follow/#comment-2662 swollenpickles Sun, 22 Jul 2007 01:58:50 +0000 http://courtneytuttle.com/2007/07/16/to-follow-or-not-to-follow/#comment-2662 Sorry, I meant to say of the first 10 I looked at, those three seemed to still use nofollow. It was late when I typed that. Sorry :P Sorry, I meant to say of the first 10 I looked at, those three seemed to still use nofollow.
It was late when I typed that. Sorry :P

]]> By: swollenpickles http://courtneytuttle.com/2007/07/16/to-follow-or-not-to-follow/#comment-2653 swollenpickles Sat, 21 Jul 2007 16:19:39 +0000 http://courtneytuttle.com/2007/07/16/to-follow-or-not-to-follow/#comment-2653 I'm not 100% convinced that the nofollow thing isn't being abused by some for quick backlinks. For example I browsed the first 10 or so latest additions to your do follow list and are actually nofollow. So here's what I found. http://www.mealmotivation.com - if you read the text under the comment submission form it actually says "Please note that all links will be created using the nofollow attribute." http://www.harveykane.com/ - all comments appear with nofollow http://www.jojocms.org/ - "Please note that all links will be created using the nofollow attribute." I stopped after this cos I got bored, but I'm sure you get the idea. Another thing, kinda related I noticed was that half the links on page 1 of the Dlist are nofollow and the other half aren't? I’m not 100% convinced that the nofollow thing isn’t being abused by some for quick backlinks.

For example I browsed the first 10 or so latest additions to your do follow list and are actually nofollow. So here’s what I found.

http://www.mealmotivation.com - if you read the text under the comment submission form it actually says “Please note that all links will be created using the nofollow attribute.”

http://www.harveykane.com/ - all comments appear with nofollow

http://www.jojocms.org/ - “Please note that all links will be created using the nofollow attribute.”

I stopped after this cos I got bored, but I’m sure you get the idea.

Another thing, kinda related I noticed was that half the links on page 1 of the Dlist are nofollow and the other half aren’t?

]]> By: HTML Basics For The New Blogger - Part 3 | NewBlogger.net http://courtneytuttle.com/2007/07/16/to-follow-or-not-to-follow/#comment-2620 HTML Basics For The New Blogger - Part 3 | NewBlogger.net Fri, 20 Jul 2007 15:35:31 +0000 http://courtneytuttle.com/2007/07/16/to-follow-or-not-to-follow/#comment-2620 [...] any credit in the search rankings. I’ll let you decide the philosophical question of whether to follow or not to follow, but I’ll show you how to implement the nofollow attribute either [...] […] any credit in the search rankings. I’ll let you decide the philosophical question of whether to follow or not to follow, but I’ll show you how to implement the nofollow attribute either […]

]]> By: Community Building Blog http://courtneytuttle.com/2007/07/16/to-follow-or-not-to-follow/#comment-2618 Community Building Blog Fri, 20 Jul 2007 15:09:50 +0000 http://courtneytuttle.com/2007/07/16/to-follow-or-not-to-follow/#comment-2618 I always use my anchor text as my name when leaving a comment, but add my true name at the end of each comment. I don't feel this is a bad thing to do, as I believe all my comments really add value to the blog article in question. I removed the nofollow attribute from my blog from the beginning. I think it is only fair to reward those that take the time to add value to my blog. As for the spammers, I have installed Akismet and can honestly say that in the last four months I have had to delete less than 5 spam comments. - Martin Reed I always use my anchor text as my name when leaving a comment, but add my true name at the end of each comment.

I don’t feel this is a bad thing to do, as I believe all my comments really add value to the blog article in question.

I removed the nofollow attribute from my blog from the beginning. I think it is only fair to reward those that take the time to add value to my blog.

As for the spammers, I have installed Akismet and can honestly say that in the last four months I have had to delete less than 5 spam comments.

- Martin Reed

]]> By: Wildwood, NJ http://courtneytuttle.com/2007/07/16/to-follow-or-not-to-follow/#comment-2615 Wildwood, NJ Fri, 20 Jul 2007 14:40:04 +0000 http://courtneytuttle.com/2007/07/16/to-follow-or-not-to-follow/#comment-2615 What a topic! I had duplicate links on my site. I finally realized the robots have no desire to keep going to the same site from my site, they will stop after a couple. I now have one place where the outgoing link is read, everything else is nofollow! What a topic! I had duplicate links on my site. I finally realized the robots have no desire to keep going to the same site from my site, they will stop after a couple. I now have one place where the outgoing link is read, everything else is nofollow!

]]> By: Court http://courtneytuttle.com/2007/07/16/to-follow-or-not-to-follow/#comment-2557 Court Wed, 18 Jul 2007 21:12:15 +0000 http://courtneytuttle.com/2007/07/16/to-follow-or-not-to-follow/#comment-2557 Hi Kyle! I'm glad you found the site! DoFollow really is a great thing to do and I stand by that. I really wish that I could keep doing it! In the end I just couldn't create as much content as I wanted to because I was spending too much time looking through old comments. Until your blog gets to that point, I would keep doing it! Hi Kyle! I’m glad you found the site! DoFollow really is a great thing to do and I stand by that. I really wish that I could keep doing it! In the end I just couldn’t create as much content as I wanted to because I was spending too much time looking through old comments. Until your blog gets to that point, I would keep doing it!

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