Comments on: Adam Lasnik Explains How NoFollow Works http://www.stonetemple.com/blog/?p=166 Observations about the World of SEO and Internet Marketing. Fri, 03 Sep 2010 10:45:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: JLH http://www.stonetemple.com/blog/?p=166&cpage=1#comment-32856 JLH Sun, 01 Mar 2009 21:39:38 +0000 http://www.stonetemple.com/blog/?p=166#comment-32856 Assuming said site is getting traffic from all of those nofollow links, real links from that traffic should naturally follow. Since most social networking sites are all about the flavor of the day those links will probably fade into oblivion anyway a few days down the road, never to be seen again. Assuming said site is getting traffic from all of those nofollow links, real links from that traffic should naturally follow. Since most social networking sites are all about the flavor of the day those links will probably fade into oblivion anyway a few days down the road, never to be seen again.

]]> By: SilkLink - Your Link to the Web http://www.stonetemple.com/blog/?p=166&cpage=1#comment-31737 SilkLink - Your Link to the Web Mon, 30 Jun 2008 11:49:20 +0000 http://www.stonetemple.com/blog/?p=166#comment-31737 It makes no sense to me. When is a link a link? follow this - link:www.mutinydesign.co.uk in Google and you get a page of backlinks. Yet, if you follow one of them, http://www.theatons.com/blog/2007/09/21/buying-old-domains-with-pagerank/, you will notice rel="nofollow" all over it, and where the backlink is placed. Put 'laystar' into a search engine and you get loads of external backlinks. Yet, do the same - link:www.laystar.co.uk, and you get nothing. This website has been in operation and indexed with Google for at least two years. It makes no sense It makes no sense to me. When is a link a link?

follow this – link:www.mutinydesign.co.uk in Google and you get a page of backlinks. Yet, if you follow one of them, http://www.theatons.com/blog/2007/09/21/buying-old-domains-with-pagerank/, you will notice rel=”nofollow” all over it, and where the backlink is placed.

Put ‘laystar’ into a search engine and you get loads of external backlinks. Yet, do the same – link:www.laystar.co.uk, and you get nothing. This website has been in operation and indexed with Google for at least two years.

It makes no sense

]]> By: John Illnes http://www.stonetemple.com/blog/?p=166&cpage=1#comment-31044 John Illnes Thu, 10 Apr 2008 03:18:51 +0000 http://www.stonetemple.com/blog/?p=166#comment-31044 The official claim is that links with the rel=nofollow attribute do not influence the search engine rankings of the target page. In addition to Google, Yahoo and MSN also support the rel=nofollow attribute. i think it helps indexing The official claim is that links with the rel=nofollow attribute do not influence the search engine rankings of the target page. In addition to Google, Yahoo and MSN also support the rel=nofollow attribute.

i think it helps indexing

]]> By: Igor The Troll http://www.stonetemple.com/blog/?p=166&cpage=1#comment-22887 Igor The Troll Mon, 06 Aug 2007 00:52:07 +0000 http://www.stonetemple.com/blog/?p=166#comment-22887 rel="nofollow" does not stop Google crawling the page! And Google does crawl the page. It may not index it if the link to that page is only with nofollow, but for sure will index it if some where else there is a link to the same page without nofollow. It does not stop Google from indexing the title of the anchor link even though Matt C. told us it has been fixed... Maybe the fix takes time to take hold, please check for the changes if they have happened. As far as PR juice is been passed that is the question for Google algorithm. So, is it worth to post comments even if you do not get PR for the condom link? The answer is definitely yes. 1. The link will be indexed one way or another when the comments are picked up by RSS aggregators which mostly do not use condoms. 2. You will get human traffic, which in my opinion is more relevant than what Googlebot send you. 3. The titel of the link is very important to promote your brand name. In conclusion all hoopla aside, following Google Quality Guidelines, make pages for humans not for bots - forget about the freaking PR... Follow - nofollow - who cares, it is a waste of time even to think about it. If someone comments on my forum and I accept the comments I pass the link juice if not then they are history...plain and simple... Matt C. we do not need condoms... rel=”nofollow” does not stop Google crawling the page! And Google does crawl the page.
It may not index it if the link to that page is only with nofollow, but for sure will index it if some where else there is a link to the same page without nofollow.

It does not stop Google from indexing the title of the anchor link even though Matt C. told us it has been fixed…

Maybe the fix takes time to take hold, please check for the changes if they have happened.

As far as PR juice is been passed that is the question for Google algorithm.

So, is it worth to post comments even if you do not get PR for the condom link? The answer is definitely yes.
1. The link will be indexed one way or another when the comments are picked up by RSS aggregators which mostly do not use condoms.
2. You will get human traffic, which in my opinion is more relevant than what Googlebot send you.
3. The titel of the link is very important to promote your brand name.

In conclusion all hoopla aside, following Google Quality Guidelines, make pages for humans not for bots – forget about the freaking PR…

Follow – nofollow – who cares, it is a waste of time even to think about it.

If someone comments on my forum and I accept the comments I pass the link juice if not then they are history…plain and simple…

Matt C. we do not need condoms…

]]> By: Jill http://www.stonetemple.com/blog/?p=166&cpage=1#comment-17800 Jill Sat, 09 Jun 2007 17:15:35 +0000 http://www.stonetemple.com/blog/?p=166#comment-17800 Thanks for getting Adam's official word, Eric! (Nice meeting you in Seattle too!) Jill Thanks for getting Adam’s official word, Eric!

(Nice meeting you in Seattle too!)

Jill

]]> By: monchito http://www.stonetemple.com/blog/?p=166&cpage=1#comment-17558 monchito Fri, 08 Jun 2007 03:25:36 +0000 http://www.stonetemple.com/blog/?p=166#comment-17558 Simply don't use nofollow and let the search engines figure it out. It was meant to stop commentspam, but it doesn't work Simply don’t use nofollow and let the search engines figure it out. It was meant to stop commentspam, but it doesn’t work

]]> By: Halfdeck http://www.stonetemple.com/blog/?p=166&cpage=1#comment-17527 Halfdeck Thu, 07 Jun 2007 22:08:01 +0000 http://www.stonetemple.com/blog/?p=166#comment-17527 Eesh, that thread exposes how lazy SEOs are :D This is one of the easiest things to test. I'll quote one guy in that thread that actually did some testing: "I started a small test linking to two pages one with a nofollow and the other without. Looking at the three main search engines, the link without the nofollow has repeatedly been accessed by Yahoo, MSN and Google robots. The link with the nofollow attribute has only been accessed by Yahoo. My conclusion of this test: If the only link to a page is "nofollowed" Google and MSN do not index the page. Yahoo does." Eesh, that thread exposes how lazy SEOs are :D This is one of the easiest things to test. I’ll quote one guy in that thread that actually did some testing:

“I started a small test linking to two pages one with a nofollow and the other without. Looking at the three main search engines, the link without the nofollow has repeatedly been accessed by Yahoo, MSN and Google robots. The link with the nofollow attribute has only been accessed by Yahoo.

My conclusion of this test: If the only link to a page is “nofollowed” Google and MSN do not index the page. Yahoo does.”

]]> By: Lea de Groot http://www.stonetemple.com/blog/?p=166&cpage=1#comment-17501 Lea de Groot Thu, 07 Jun 2007 19:49:15 +0000 http://www.stonetemple.com/blog/?p=166#comment-17501 Yes, rel=nofollow is a really poor way to 'sculpt' bots access. It works effectively for saying 'see this offsite link? it was put in automatically by a commenter - I don't know anything about it!!', but for telling Googlebot you don't want the destination indexed? Poor, poor, poor. Pages you don't want indexed should be blocked in the robots - either via meta or robots.txt. Using rel=nofollow to block indexing is just leaving the door open for your competitors to link to your 'unwanted' pages and helpfully get them indexed for you ;) Yes, rel=nofollow is a really poor way to ‘sculpt’ bots access.
It works effectively for saying ‘see this offsite link? it was put in automatically by a commenter – I don’t know anything about it!!’, but for telling Googlebot you don’t want the destination indexed?
Poor, poor, poor.
Pages you don’t want indexed should be blocked in the robots – either via meta or robots.txt.

Using rel=nofollow to block indexing is just leaving the door open for your competitors to link to your ‘unwanted’ pages and helpfully get them indexed for you ;)

]]> By: Distinct SEO Blog http://www.stonetemple.com/blog/?p=166&cpage=1#comment-17430 Distinct SEO Blog Thu, 07 Jun 2007 15:22:14 +0000 http://www.stonetemple.com/blog/?p=166#comment-17430 <strong>Trying to Figure NoFollow - Impact on SEO...</strong> We Ask Again - What Does Google Think? In January 2006 Google went widespread with the Nofollow tag designed to give the impression (to search engines that respect it), 'I do not vouch for this link'. All outgoing links now added the following to ens... Trying to Figure NoFollow – Impact on SEO…

We Ask Again – What Does Google Think?
In January 2006 Google went widespread with the Nofollow tag designed to give the impression (to search engines that respect it), ‘I do not vouch for this link’. All outgoing links now added the following to ens…

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