Comments on: WordPress SEO Comments and rel=nofollow http://www.morearnings.com/wordpress-comments-and-rel-nofollow Money making opportunity reviews by an experienced SEO consultant, SPAM, SCAM and BS free... Wed, 11 Jan 2012 18:16:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: WordPress SEO http://www.morearnings.com/wordpress-comments-and-rel-nofollow/comment-page-1#comment-197212 WordPress SEO Thu, 27 Oct 2011 13:25:59 +0000 http://www.morearnings.com/2006/09/10/wordpress-comments-and-relnofollow/#comment-197212 There is nothing more important to a site ranking than backlinks, without links a site will go no where SEO wise. Nofollow links pass no SEO benefit (they are SEO damaging to the page/site they are on), just trust me on this one I've tested it and at one point discovered an anomaly that the anchor text of a nofollow link was counted by Google on the page the link is on (not the case anymore, Google fixed it). I had a working test of this (Search "SEOStenchbomb" in Google, but recently broke the public SEO test myself when I updated the Stallion SEO theme with code that automatically replaces nofollow links with javascript links :-) another private SEO test still shows the same results, so nofollow has no SEO ranking value and since it deletes link benefit (Matt Cutts, the head of Google's webspam team confirmed this on his blog) is bad for the site the link is on. That's not to say nofollow links to a site have no value at all, there's click through traffic, but it won't increase search engine rankings and it damages the site the link is on. PR per se does not dictate rankings, but the number and quality of backlinks which can be roughly (very roughly) measured by the PR of a page is very important. Remember Google says they use over 200 ranking factors, PR/link benefit is just one Google ranking factor. Looking at the PR of a page or domain alone isn't very helpful, are the links that generated the PR aged, a link doesn't pass full benefit for about a year, is the domain in a 'trusted' state which appears to be based a lot on the quality and PR of aged backlinks and if there's anything wrong with the site (BlackHat SEO techniques). Are the backlinks spread over many domains or a few, are those domains 'trusted' sources. It's not that hard to get a page to PR4 which can be enough to generate decent SERPs, but doesn't mean the link benefit is working because of where the link benefit came from and how aged the links are. In comparison the onpage SEO is easy and straightforward, but without those offsite factors you might as well not bother. David There is nothing more important to a site ranking than backlinks, without links a site will go no where SEO wise.

Nofollow links pass no SEO benefit (they are SEO damaging to the page/site they are on), just trust me on this one I’ve tested it and at one point discovered an anomaly that the anchor text of a nofollow link was counted by Google on the page the link is on (not the case anymore, Google fixed it).

I had a working test of this (Search “SEOStenchbomb” in Google, but recently broke the public SEO test myself when I updated the Stallion SEO theme with code that automatically replaces nofollow links with javascript links :-) another private SEO test still shows the same results, so nofollow has no SEO ranking value and since it deletes link benefit (Matt Cutts, the head of Google’s webspam team confirmed this on his blog) is bad for the site the link is on.

That’s not to say nofollow links to a site have no value at all, there’s click through traffic, but it won’t increase search engine rankings and it damages the site the link is on.

PR per se does not dictate rankings, but the number and quality of backlinks which can be roughly (very roughly) measured by the PR of a page is very important. Remember Google says they use over 200 ranking factors, PR/link benefit is just one Google ranking factor.

Looking at the PR of a page or domain alone isn’t very helpful, are the links that generated the PR aged, a link doesn’t pass full benefit for about a year, is the domain in a ‘trusted’ state which appears to be based a lot on the quality and PR of aged backlinks and if there’s anything wrong with the site (BlackHat SEO techniques). Are the backlinks spread over many domains or a few, are those domains ‘trusted’ sources. It’s not that hard to get a page to PR4 which can be enough to generate decent SERPs, but doesn’t mean the link benefit is working because of where the link benefit came from and how aged the links are.

In comparison the onpage SEO is easy and straightforward, but without those offsite factors you might as well not bother.

David

]]> By: Shaina Tim http://www.morearnings.com/wordpress-comments-and-rel-nofollow/comment-page-1#comment-193277 Shaina Tim Wed, 28 Sep 2011 08:20:20 +0000 http://www.morearnings.com/2006/09/10/wordpress-comments-and-relnofollow/#comment-193277 If I haven't came to this page, I wouldn't know that "nofollow" is useless now. Thanks a lot for the information. If I haven’t came to this page, I wouldn’t know that “nofollow” is useless now. Thanks a lot for the information.

]]> By: talwinder http://www.morearnings.com/wordpress-comments-and-rel-nofollow/comment-page-1#comment-168864 talwinder Sat, 23 Apr 2011 20:48:26 +0000 http://www.morearnings.com/2006/09/10/wordpress-comments-and-relnofollow/#comment-168864 i have still doubt about nofollow, i use to comment on many blogs when i like the post, and many of them are using nofollow for wordpress comments... but when i explore my site in yahoo site explorer it shows all those inbound links,it may not give you page rank benefits,but still you have traffic benefits.. and now a days trust rank is more important than page rank.TrustRank is the degree to which Google trusts that your website will be valuable to visitors if presented as a search result... i have still doubt about nofollow, i use to comment on many blogs when i like the post, and many of them are using nofollow for wordpress comments…

but when i explore my site in yahoo site explorer it shows all those inbound links,it may not give you page rank benefits,but still you have traffic benefits..

and now a days trust rank is more important than page rank.TrustRank is the degree to which Google trusts that your website will be valuable to visitors if presented as a search result…

]]> By: mike http://www.morearnings.com/wordpress-comments-and-rel-nofollow/comment-page-1#comment-166284 mike Tue, 15 Mar 2011 01:58:40 +0000 http://www.morearnings.com/2006/09/10/wordpress-comments-and-relnofollow/#comment-166284 So I'm looking at the dates on this post and the responses, being March 2011 is the "rel=nofollow" still legit? Meaning Google and the others don't pay attention to it? So I’m looking at the dates on this post and the responses, being March 2011 is the “rel=nofollow” still legit? Meaning Google and the others don’t pay attention to it?

]]> By: david http://www.morearnings.com/wordpress-comments-and-rel-nofollow/comment-page-1#comment-98932 david Fri, 15 May 2009 12:27:38 +0000 http://www.morearnings.com/2006/09/10/wordpress-comments-and-relnofollow/#comment-98932 You should add SpamTask to the list. I think it works best of all the anti-spam plugins. You should add SpamTask to the list. I think it works best of all the anti-spam plugins.

]]> By: Eddy http://www.morearnings.com/wordpress-comments-and-rel-nofollow/comment-page-1#comment-52692 Eddy Thu, 10 Jul 2008 18:09:39 +0000 http://www.morearnings.com/2006/09/10/wordpress-comments-and-relnofollow/#comment-52692 How can 92% of comments be spam? If this is the case, why do we even keep comments on our blogs? And i know the no follow is to fix things, but I believe it's still used by google. Let's try :-) Moderator: This was picked up as SPAM, removed the link and let it through :)) How can 92% of comments be spam? If this is the case, why do we even keep comments on our blogs? And i know the no follow is to fix things, but I believe it’s still used by google. Let’s try :-)

Moderator: This was picked up as SPAM, removed the link and let it through :))

]]> By: Prosperity Writer http://www.morearnings.com/wordpress-comments-and-rel-nofollow/comment-page-1#comment-46660 Prosperity Writer Sat, 12 Apr 2008 18:56:43 +0000 http://www.morearnings.com/2006/09/10/wordpress-comments-and-relnofollow/#comment-46660 i would love to use akismet but i still need to register to WP.com to get the api key i would love to use akismet but i still need to register to WP.com to get the api key

]]> By: Aarondude http://www.morearnings.com/wordpress-comments-and-rel-nofollow/comment-page-1#comment-34987 Aarondude Sun, 13 Jan 2008 19:51:30 +0000 http://www.morearnings.com/2006/09/10/wordpress-comments-and-relnofollow/#comment-34987 I like Wordpress,it's my kind of thing.I have my own blog on it. I like WordPress,it’s my kind of thing.I have my own blog on it.

]]> By: lebanon http://www.morearnings.com/wordpress-comments-and-rel-nofollow/comment-page-1#comment-17002 lebanon Tue, 18 Sep 2007 01:04:42 +0000 http://www.morearnings.com/2006/09/10/wordpress-comments-and-relnofollow/#comment-17002 thanx for this post,since my Akismet stopped,i'm getting much spam! thanx for this post,since my Akismet stopped,i’m getting much spam!

]]> By: Earn Money Online http://www.morearnings.com/wordpress-comments-and-rel-nofollow/comment-page-1#comment-15703 Earn Money Online Thu, 06 Sep 2007 00:49:51 +0000 http://www.morearnings.com/2006/09/10/wordpress-comments-and-relnofollow/#comment-15703 It's working now http://www.bad-behavior.ioerror.us/download/ David It’s working now http://www.bad-behavior.ioerror.us/download/

David

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