Comments on: Paid Posts Require the Nofollow Tag http://www.seobuzzbox.com/paid-posts-nofollow-tag/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 18:46:23 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: David Temple http://www.seobuzzbox.com/paid-posts-nofollow-tag/comment-page-1/#comment-2262 David Temple Fri, 24 Nov 2006 03:14:22 +0000 http://www.seobuzzbox.com/paid-posts-nofollow-tag/#comment-2262 Those disclaimers vary from how they're written to where they are in the post which I think might be more of a concern to Google. Here's some review disclaimers (in quotes) and/or their position. "Please note that this is a sponsored review and i sincerely expressed what i felt about the service"........at the end of the post in bold and a smilie face. "As part of the review process I have to tell you that this review is Paid For".,....first sentence. "[This review was sponsored through ReviewMe.com]"............at the end of the post in smaller font. As you can imagine they were everywhere in between the above examples. Of course not all the blog posts I saw had disclaimers most likely due to the fact they weren't getting paid to post. The best example of this is at John Chow's blog where he pointed out what he called " some serious flaws in the way ReviewMe accepts sites and does its pricing". And guess who was paying attention? Andy Hagans reponded right away to those "flaws". Talk about brand management. Now its time to dance with Google. Those disclaimers vary from how they’re written to where they are in the post which I think might be more of a concern to Google. Here’s some review disclaimers (in quotes) and/or their position.

“Please note that this is a sponsored review and i sincerely expressed what i felt about the service”……..at the end of the post in bold and a smilie face.

“As part of the review process I have to tell you that this review is Paid For”.,….first sentence.

“[This review was sponsored through ReviewMe.com]“…………at the end of the post in smaller font.

As you can imagine they were everywhere in between the above examples. Of course not all the blog posts I saw had disclaimers most likely due to the fact they weren’t getting paid to post.

The best example of this is at John Chow’s blog where he pointed out what he called ” some serious flaws in the way ReviewMe accepts sites and does its pricing”.

And guess who was paying attention? Andy Hagans reponded right away to those “flaws”. Talk about brand management. Now its time to dance with Google.

]]> By: webprofessor http://www.seobuzzbox.com/paid-posts-nofollow-tag/comment-page-1/#comment-2257 webprofessor Thu, 23 Nov 2006 23:18:38 +0000 http://www.seobuzzbox.com/paid-posts-nofollow-tag/#comment-2257 Why would you ask Matt what he thinks ? You knew the answer ahead of time. Why would you ask Matt what he thinks ? You knew the answer ahead of time.

]]> By: Eric Enge http://www.seobuzzbox.com/paid-posts-nofollow-tag/comment-page-1/#comment-2212 Eric Enge Wed, 22 Nov 2006 20:08:11 +0000 http://www.seobuzzbox.com/paid-posts-nofollow-tag/#comment-2212 Hey Aaron and Graywolf, I puzzle over the design for people and not search engines position once in a while too. Don't get me wrong - I believe in the underlying intent wholeheartedly. But even you are the whitest of the white, there will be times when you are doing things just for search engines. Nofollow is but one example. Putting a Noindex tag on a "formatted for printing" page (to avoid duplicate content concerns) is another example. It just seems like there are times when the search engine needs a little help. Hey Aaron and Graywolf,

I puzzle over the design for people and not search engines position once in a while too. Don’t get me wrong – I believe in the underlying intent wholeheartedly.

But even you are the whitest of the white, there will be times when you are doing things just for search engines. Nofollow is but one example. Putting a Noindex tag on a “formatted for printing” page (to avoid duplicate content concerns) is another example.

It just seems like there are times when the search engine needs a little help.

]]> By: graywolf http://www.seobuzzbox.com/paid-posts-nofollow-tag/comment-page-1/#comment-2201 graywolf Wed, 22 Nov 2006 17:05:20 +0000 http://www.seobuzzbox.com/paid-posts-nofollow-tag/#comment-2201 If your name is a keyword and I don't know you personaly ... instantly gone no research at all. Use url that looks off topic I'll look at you and see how spammy ya look If your name is a keyword and I don’t know you personaly … instantly gone no research at all. Use url that looks off topic I’ll look at you and see how spammy ya look

]]> By: admin http://www.seobuzzbox.com/paid-posts-nofollow-tag/comment-page-1/#comment-2199 admin Wed, 22 Nov 2006 16:37:46 +0000 http://www.seobuzzbox.com/paid-posts-nofollow-tag/#comment-2199 Thanks, yeah I haven't paid much attention to where the links are pointing in comments but will clean them up now. Do you have rules for the types of linkage you do not allow? Thanks, yeah I haven’t paid much attention to where the links are pointing in comments but will clean them up now. Do you have rules for the types of linkage you do not allow?

]]> By: graywolf http://www.seobuzzbox.com/paid-posts-nofollow-tag/comment-page-1/#comment-2196 graywolf Wed, 22 Nov 2006 16:02:42 +0000 http://www.seobuzzbox.com/paid-posts-nofollow-tag/#comment-2196 use this plugin http://www.semiologic.com/software/dofollow/ Al thought you may want to clean up things like comments from "upskirt" and "loose diamonds" from pages http://www.seobuzzbox.com/shoemoney-interview/#comments before you do. I agree about the neighborhoods, I just think Google is being a bit "selective" about how they use the "build for people not bots" concept. You may be writing content for people but if you don't build it with bots in mind you are doomed. use this plugin

http://www.semiologic.com/software/dofollow/

Al thought you may want to clean up things like comments from “upskirt” and “loose diamonds” from pages http://www.seobuzzbox.com/shoemoney-interview/#comments

before you do.

I agree about the neighborhoods, I just think Google is being a bit “selective” about how they use the “build for people not bots” concept. You may be writing content for people but if you don’t build it with bots in mind you are doomed.

]]> By: admin http://www.seobuzzbox.com/paid-posts-nofollow-tag/comment-page-1/#comment-2195 admin Wed, 22 Nov 2006 15:49:41 +0000 http://www.seobuzzbox.com/paid-posts-nofollow-tag/#comment-2195 It's all about avoiding linking to and from neighborhoods Google determines are of low quality even if you do not agree. I link to several sites not favored algorithmically in this blog and am seeing the reduction of my sites value in Google. Use of the nofollow is a very misunderstood thing for sure but it does make sense if you are Google and looking to tighten the leaking faucet to increase your earnings, reputation and footprint. I would like to remove the nofollow in comments in here graywolf if you can do a post sometime on how to accomplish this task. It’s all about avoiding linking to and from neighborhoods Google determines are of low quality even if you do not agree.

I link to several sites not favored algorithmically in this blog and am seeing the reduction of my sites value in Google.

Use of the nofollow is a very misunderstood thing for sure but it does make sense if you are Google and looking to tighten the leaking faucet to increase your earnings, reputation and footprint.

I would like to remove the nofollow in comments in here graywolf if you can do a post sometime on how to accomplish this task.

]]> By: graywolf http://www.seobuzzbox.com/paid-posts-nofollow-tag/comment-page-1/#comment-2178 graywolf Wed, 22 Nov 2006 07:23:58 +0000 http://www.seobuzzbox.com/paid-posts-nofollow-tag/#comment-2178 One might wonder why a company who preaches "build your sites for people and not search engines" supports and encourages the use a tag that is used by bots and not people. Sure you can make it visible to humans but the only reason for doing so is to see what a search engine thinks of the link. One might wonder why a company who preaches “build your sites for people and not search engines” supports and encourages the use a tag that is used by bots and not people. Sure you can make it visible to humans but the only reason for doing so is to see what a search engine thinks of the link.

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