Comments on: Google adds “nofollow” attribute for links http://www.aquick.org/blog/2005/01/18/google-adds-nofollow-attribute-for-links/ entertaining hundreds of millions of eyeball atoms every day Sun, 12 Aug 2012 17:06:22 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Darwin http://www.aquick.org/blog/2005/01/18/google-adds-nofollow-attribute-for-links/comment-page-1/#comment-180 Darwin Mon, 24 Jan 2005 23:50:39 +0000 /?p=523#comment-180 I don't see how you're losing out notably.. but I guess I've never imagined that links left as part of comments contribute materially to page rank. At most it's a handful (5? 10?) to any given post, and it seems like that would be swallowed up by the weighting of keywords.. If your comment is on-topic, it'll be followed from whoever found the original (high-ranked) page anyway, no? =darwin I don’t see how you’re losing out notably.. but I guess I’ve never imagined that links left as part of comments contribute materially to page rank. At most it’s a handful (5? 10?) to any given post, and it seems like that would be swallowed up by the weighting of keywords..

If your comment is on-topic, it’ll be followed from whoever found the original (high-ranked) page anyway, no?

=darwin

]]> By: adam http://www.aquick.org/blog/2005/01/18/google-adds-nofollow-attribute-for-links/comment-page-1/#comment-179 adam Fri, 21 Jan 2005 21:53:56 +0000 /?p=523#comment-179 Exactly! But, more importantly, it doesn't do anything to increase the cost of comment spam. Maybe it will reduce the pagerank benefit, but that's not the only benefit, and without increasing the cost, the cost/benefit ratio for the comment spammers is still VERY high. There's also a very long <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/mefi/38746">Metafilter thread on this</a> with some good comments. Exactly! But, more importantly, it doesn’t do anything to increase the cost of comment spam. Maybe it will reduce the pagerank benefit, but that’s not the only benefit, and without increasing the cost, the cost/benefit ratio for the comment spammers is still VERY high.

There’s also a very long Metafilter thread on this with some good comments.

]]> By: chris http://www.aquick.org/blog/2005/01/18/google-adds-nofollow-attribute-for-links/comment-page-1/#comment-178 chris Fri, 21 Jan 2005 20:16:19 +0000 /?p=523#comment-178 Yah, one of my first thoughts was how will that affect blogging in general? Valid, on-topic comments are part of what makes a blog interesting (that would be the dialog part). I imagine that at least some of the motivation for posting comments is to boost on-topic linkage to one's own blog. It's kind of throwing the baby out with the bath water. -chris Yah, one of my first thoughts was how will that affect blogging in general? Valid, on-topic comments are part of what makes a blog interesting (that would be the dialog part). I imagine that at least some of the motivation for posting comments is to boost on-topic linkage to one’s own blog.

It’s kind of throwing the baby out with the bath water.

-chris

]]> By: Aaron Wormus http://www.aquick.org/blog/2005/01/18/google-adds-nofollow-attribute-for-links/comment-page-1/#comment-176 Aaron Wormus Wed, 19 Jan 2005 12:29:06 +0000 /?p=523#comment-176 Yes, I totally agree! I really don't care about their PR, I don't want the link on my site and I'm happy to let my PR spread out to the people who legitimatly comment on my blog. Blog spammers will always be spamming, and will always find new ways of doing it. This doesn't help me much at all. Yes, I totally agree! I really don’t care about their PR, I don’t want the link on my site and I’m happy to let my PR spread out to the people who legitimatly comment on my blog.

Blog spammers will always be spamming, and will always find new ways of doing it. This doesn’t help me much at all.

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