Andy Beard - Internet Business Systems Discussion - Latest Comments in DoFollow | No Nofollow – Highs & Lows

Re: DoFollow | No Nofollow – Highs & Lows

Paul Archer — Tue, 20 May 2008 21:30:19 -0000

I know this post is pretty old dude, so I hope you don't mind I comment on it?

I think your in a catch 22 situation here, but I think
you'll get more good then you will bad out of it. Even though yes, you would have to moderate allot of the bull, your still well off.

By they way, I like what your doing - Keep up the good work!

Paul

Re: DoFollow | No Nofollow – Highs & Lows

Paul Archer — Tue, 20 May 2008 21:30:19 -0000

I know this post is pretty old dude, so I hope you don't mind I comment on it?

I think your in a catch 22 situation here, but I think
you'll get more good then you will bad out of it. Even though yes, you would have to moderate allot of the bull, your still well off.

By they way, I like what your doing - Keep up the good work!

Paul

Re: DoFollow | No Nofollow – Highs & Lows

bluefrogx — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 09:56:26 -0000

Sorry for double posting, but I've just enabled do-follow on my blog :D Your evangelism has paid off...

Re: DoFollow | No Nofollow – Highs & Lows

bluefrogx — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 09:56:26 -0000

Sorry for double posting, but I've just enabled do-follow on my blog :D Your evangelism has paid off...

Re: DoFollow | No Nofollow – Highs & Lows

bLuefRogX — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 05:50:32 -0000

Its a nice concept, but it also leads to increased â€™spamâ€™ with comments like â€˜Good Jobâ€™ or â€˜Nice blogâ€™ that are not actually relevant to the post, but are just there because the poster saw a â€˜DoFollowâ€™ badge on the blog and wanted a backlink.

I suppose you could call this a double edged sword, itâ€™d definitely get your more comments, but also increase your moderation work.

Re: DoFollow | No Nofollow – Highs & Lows

bLuefRogX — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 05:50:32 -0000

I suppose you could call this a double edged sword, itâ€™d definitely get your more comments, but also increase your moderation work.

Re: DoFollow | No Nofollow – Highs & Lows

CGlines — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 15:07:53 -0000

Nice read. I personally hate the fact that just about every site you visit nowadays, whether it be a blog or otherwise is whoring itself out to the paid linking scheme.

I also thought your quick lesson subsection was pretty damn funny.

Re: DoFollow | No Nofollow – Highs & Lows

CGlines — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 15:07:53 -0000

Nice read. I personally hate the fact that just about every site you visit nowadays, whether it be a blog or otherwise is whoring itself out to the paid linking scheme.

I also thought your quick lesson subsection was pretty damn funny.

Re: DoFollow | No Nofollow – Highs & Lows

AndyBeard — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 03:20:51 -0000

Alex that isn't a unique concept, PPP came out with disclosurepolicy.org a long time ago.

Sure it is a different graphic, but the PPP guys also helped bloggers with the wording of their disclosure policy.

PPP also have special badges that appear using javascript on paid reviews.

In some ways I disagree with PPP on this because their badges don't appear in the content, and a disclosure policy link is suggested for use in the sidebar, not in the content.

I advocate full disclosure in the content, using words, and also wrote both a Wordpress plugin and Feedburner Feedflare to help accomplish this.

Re: DoFollow | No Nofollow – Highs & Lows

AndyBeard — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 03:20:51 -0000

Alex that isn't a unique concept, PPP came out with disclosurepolicy.org a long time ago.

Sure it is a different graphic, but the PPP guys also helped bloggers with the wording of their disclosure policy.

PPP also have special badges that appear using javascript on paid reviews.

In some ways I disagree with PPP on this because their badges don't appear in the content, and a disclosure policy link is suggested for use in the sidebar, not in the content.

I advocate full disclosure in the content, using words, and also wrote both a Wordpress plugin and Feedburner Feedflare to help accomplish this.

Re: DoFollow | No Nofollow – Highs & Lows

Alex Choo — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 02:24:40 -0000

Andy,

I seriously inspired by the folks who advocate no nofollow in comments.

In fact, I've started a new movement to ensure that paid reviews are clearly disclosed as such.

http://www.thisisapaidrevie... contains the 'manisfesto' :)

Re: DoFollow | No Nofollow – Highs & Lows

Alex Choo — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 02:24:40 -0000

Andy,

I seriously inspired by the folks who advocate no nofollow in comments.

In fact, I've started a new movement to ensure that paid reviews are clearly disclosed as such.

http://www.thisisapaidrevie... contains the 'manisfesto' :)

Re: DoFollow | No Nofollow – Highs & Lows

Shea — Sun, 19 Aug 2007 00:26:30 -0000

Hasn't Google seriously penalized John Chow? I think they've buried his site several pages deep. I don't follow his blog either, but he's certainly attracted the attention of others. It makes me curious enough to look.

Re: DoFollow | No Nofollow – Highs & Lows

Shea — Sun, 19 Aug 2007 00:26:30 -0000

Re: DoFollow | No Nofollow – Highs & Lows

Lorna — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 11:10:45 -0000

I've never really followed John Chow's blog or any of his activities, but after knowing about paid nofollow in his comments, I'm interested to see what will happen to his site. I'm sure he's very confident in the fact that his blog is valuable enough that he's resorted to charging people for it.

BTW, thanks for doing a brief review on the various nofollow plugins that are out there, very useful and timely for me.

Re: DoFollow | No Nofollow – Highs & Lows

Lorna — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 11:10:45 -0000

BTW, thanks for doing a brief review on the various nofollow plugins that are out there, very useful and timely for me.

Re: DoFollow | No Nofollow – Highs & Lows

Cheap Web Hosting Phil — Sun, 29 Jul 2007 19:10:41 -0000

Selling subscriptions to turn of nofollow is as low as it gets. With Google's new policy on paid linking that may come back to haunt him anyway.

Re: DoFollow | No Nofollow – Highs & Lows

Cheap Web Hosting Phil — Sun, 29 Jul 2007 19:10:41 -0000

Selling subscriptions to turn of nofollow is as low as it gets. With Google's new policy on paid linking that may come back to haunt him anyway.

Re: DoFollow | No Nofollow – Highs & Lows

Business Blogger — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 04:00:26 -0000

I agree that John's tactics are a little tacky. His advertising is far from relevant: male enhancement.

Keep up the good work on your promotion of dofollow!

Re: DoFollow | No Nofollow – Highs & Lows

Business Blogger — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 04:00:26 -0000

I agree that John's tactics are a little tacky. His advertising is far from relevant: male enhancement.

Keep up the good work on your promotion of dofollow!

Re: DoFollow | No Nofollow – Highs & Lows

David Airey :: Creative Design — Wed, 30 May 2007 05:34:41 -0000

Anush,

For me it's less about Page Rank and more about rewarding the people who spend their time leaving a comment on your blog / website.

The movement is already succeeding because link love is being shared and communities are growing through the effort of people like Andy, and that's what it's all about.

Re: DoFollow | No Nofollow – Highs & Lows

David Airey :: Creative Design — Wed, 30 May 2007 05:34:41 -0000

Anush,

For me it's less about Page Rank and more about rewarding the people who spend their time leaving a comment on your blog / website.

The movement is already succeeding because link love is being shared and communities are growing through the effort of people like Andy, and that's what it's all about.

Re: DoFollow | No Nofollow – Highs & Lows

Anush — Wed, 30 May 2007 05:29:45 -0000

I think DoFollow is an excellent policy, but I wonder if all this following really shares productive traffic. How many of the DoFollow community members are SEO geeks or graphic designers? It seems to me that this movement will succeed only if you get varied communities on board, but DoFollow seems hard to sell to those that aren't as PageRank-savvy. Also, I wonder how many of the DoFollow members get a significant amount of traffic.

Re: DoFollow | No Nofollow – Highs & Lows

Anush — Wed, 30 May 2007 05:29:45 -0000

Re: DoFollow | No Nofollow – Highs & Lows

Rob O. — Mon, 28 May 2007 09:02:19 -0000

I think we're going to see a form of karma kicking in swiftly with regard to John Chow's "evil" pay-to-follow scheme. If your blog caters to and encourages ego-driven, self-centered, and opportunistic readers, who'll you have to blame when the members won't peer up from their own navels long enough to sustain the community you've labored to build & promote?

I prefer to subscribe to, encourage, and revel in the cooperative & supportive spirit of the blogosphere that folks like all of you encourage. That's real community.