But I may just be prejudiced, having had to sift through comments on our own blog. Really, how many times can someone post, “I am not of fully agree with you, but you make good points!” before they realize that just doesn’t work?

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Fixed!

Read Fixing the nofollow bug in blogspot

But the “nofollow” stuff seems to be in the widget code (i only know basic html mind you).

So i got the “smart” idea to head over to wordpress only to find out that my newfound love for feedburner was not going to be adaptable to the free services of WP.

BTW – does the “noindex” tag mean the engines won’t index? I’m *just* a copywriter, soo…. :)

You’ve stumbled upon a bug on bloggers system that just showed up on 2/14, whereas they automatically insert it for you. I’ve helped a couple people through it already. The first step is to make sure you have the option set to YES to make blog public, if it is and you still have the meta NOFOLLOW, NOINDEX thing in your blog, then you’ll have to do some work on the template. As far as I know they’re not even acknowledging it as a problem yet.

To fix it I’ve taken these steps.

#1) view your blog in a browser and then pick VIEW SOURCE, select and copy the meta tags, they will start after the and end before the first tag towards the top of the source.

#2) In your blogger, go to edit the template, be sure to save a back-up of your template in case something goes crazy!

#3) In your template look for this line, near the top. Erase it.

#4) Paste the META tags you copied before. Be sure to erase the from your original copying.

#5) Save the template, and republish the entire blog.

#6) Wait six to 12 months before blogger figures it out and fixes it!

Blogger with a real domain it fine, the nofollow tag is not if you want search engine traffic.

Peek around in blogger and fix that right away!

Honestly, clients come before the blog, and since I wasn’t around when the blog started, I’m just now getting things like RSS feeds on there! But I’m thinking maybe I should try and get us switched to a different platform? Especially since we own a domain that I guess is re-directed. I’m *only* a copywriter mind you, but very interested in the SEO blogosphere. Further advice appreciated!

Think of a link as a truck. Its cargo is human traffic, whilst PageRank, TrustRank, PopAndWhateverRank, topical weight and all that travel as stowaways in the driver’s toolbox.

Looking at PR issues distracts. Just make sure that PR can freely flow, that means don’t construct nofollow/JS/redirect barriers, and concentrate on topical authority, outstanding contents and marketing.

And for the other question please refer to comment #18.

Sebastian

If pagerank doesn’t matter why is google concerned about paid links passing PR, Wikipedia and other things?

I believe it is still extremely relevant Mr. Sebastian and are you now safe to give me a first and last name so I can add you to my blogroll? :)

Ahmed – You are a smart one, google talk me sometime and I might share a little more. ;)

I’m sure you’ve got a more detailed explanation, and I agree that paid links a la TLA is not the best way to do things, so maybe i’ll pick this bone with you some other time :)

Ahmed – Go the the TLA site and read the following:

“Improve your traffic and search engine rankings.”

“Only TLA can deliver an ad that does both.”

That is extremely misleading, I once filled a directy with paid links and watched Google strip away it’s ability to pass pagerank real quick.

But you know this already, I do not hate TLA, I dislike misinformation. Think of all the fools who did PayPerSpam that had no idea they are losing something more valuable that money, PageRank!

That last John Chow post was not paid. I’ve never once done a pay-to-post entry. I’m actually building a list of sites now I’m planning on reviewing (for free). Notice the new category I created called Reviews, which I placed John CHow in? I created the new category with intentions of adding lots more reviews down the line. No money, haha.

Regards,
– Harry Maugans

Adding you now…your name is like that of a samurai.

Sebastian did tell me why he must remain anonymous, had somethin’ to do with tinfoil and T2 units taking over the world. =P

Come on Halfdeck, make a name for yourself! ;)

Maybe Sebestian is a name like Cher or Madonna, eventually they just don’t need the last name.

Nathania Johnson – You and me are on the same page, drop in and comment a few more times and you are linked. Did you know that your entire blog is using the nofollow tag on all links? Don’t feel bad if this is just a mistake, I often find/notify people who have nofollow incorrectly enabled and have warned many people inlcuding Nick Wilson from Performancing about this in the past. Nick never linked to a single thing and even kicked me out of his performancing for not agreeing so all reference to him might be pruned from this blog soon.

Harry Maugans – Same thing I said to Nathania and as long as your last post “Blog Review – John Chow” was not “paid” you are in (kidding), thanks for commenting.

Corey – Your blog appears to not be related to SEO but you are in luck, I am going to be expanding webmaster404.com to include design and webmastering soon, remind me to link you there.

Halfdeck – HA, come on homie, we have become quick friends in webmaster groups, let’s have your first and last name, don’t be shy now. ;)

JLH – LOL, what is it with Google Groups people and secrecy? Sebastian is either running from the law or a bookie, I never could get his name? Sorry this must remain in my rules, names are extremely important though I did link to you in a post recently.

I believe declaring your intentions regarding linking, nofollow, and content is the best policy, it’s good for your readership and helps establish like minded relationships.

It’s easier to let your readers find you for what the site truly represents if it’s overtly discussed than to leave it to them to figure out.

Ya know, you can always link to people using the blog title instead of the guy or gal’s name. I don’t hear anyone saying “I won’t ever talk about JayZ, Flavor Flav or Bono on my blog because they don’t go by their real names…” Just yanking your chain dude. Your blog, your rules.

Seriously though, I’d just create a blogroll based on SEO-related sites I read on a daily basis. You scratched my back so I’ll scratch yours isn’t all that Google-friendly, not that I’m saying you should care what Google thinks.

i think not. by establishing a linking policy on your own website, you’re telling me that you’re going to responsibly define your website as a member of a good neighborhood. nothing wrong with that.

More and more blogs these days are trying so hard to make an extra few dollars a day- trying to follow in ShoeMoney or John Chow’s footsteps- they over monetize and degrade the overall quality of their blog. I honestly am less likely to take a post seriously, and actually respect it’s content, if there are ads jumping out everywhere. At that point, I feel like they’re posting just to make money, not posting to truly share information and host discussions on interesting issues.

A step beyond that is those overuse the same ads we see on every other blog out there. Your example of Text Link Ads is perfect. I can imagine in the beginning they had a great conversion rate in the webmaster community, however now everyone and their mother hosts that exact same banner, and frankly, I’m getting tired of seeing it.

Anyway, I’m going to stop this comment before it breaks out into a full rant, however I did want to quickly comment and say I agree with you, hah.

Regards,
Harry Maugans

There’s a whole bunch of interesting people out there and I want to know what they have to say. I’m really looking forward to your blogroll.