Tag Archive: dofollow

Jul 10

*sigh* Welcome Back rel=nofollow

Back in February, I excitedly announced that I was getting rid of the rel=nofollow stuff on comment links. April rolled around and I excitedly “joined” the I Follow movement with a spiffy badge. Towards the end of May, I voiced some concerns about abuse. A few weeks later in June, I hit the abuse topic …

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Jul 05

Small Adjustment to My "No nofollow" Policy

As mentioned several times, I’m a “do follow” blog. Long story short, I don’t feel that commenters’ links should be marked as “rel=nofollow.” Until today I have been using the slick DoFollow plugin by Kimmo Suominen. That plugin allows a bit of a time delay before removing the nofollow attribute which is helpful in the …

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Jun 10

More on the Potential For DoFollow Abuse

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I’m still not changing my mind: Getting rid of “rel=nofollow” on comments still feels like the right thing to do. However, I’m noticing more and more discussions about it that are food for thought. A couple weeks ago, I touched on this and mentioned the disturbing trend of “seo types” listing out dofollow (the art …

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