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Re: Lowering The Google Red Flag – Sidestep The Cash Hungry Bull

Google Cash Guy — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 20:52:10 -0000

Tough call.. I think that if you want to remain in google's index then you need to play by their rules however stupid they may be.

Re: Lowering The Google Red Flag – Sidestep The Cash Hungry Bull

Google Cash Guy — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 20:52:10 -0000

Tough call.. I think that if you want to remain in google's index then you need to play by their rules however stupid they may be.

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Flimjo.com — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 18:06:19 -0000

It takes guts to do this, and I, too, admire this. I'm glad that I now know a way of blocking posts containing paid reviews. Being a total blogging ignorant, this post is priceless. I never thought someone could do this. Excellent.

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Flimjo.com — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 18:06:19 -0000

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Popular Wealth — Wed, 28 May 2008 17:40:01 -0000

I'd love another update - I noticed most of the pages you blocked have a blank PR toolbar reading.

You're still passing on internal pagerank to those pages and I'm really curious to see if a blocked page gathers pagerank in time.

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Popular Wealth — Wed, 28 May 2008 17:40:01 -0000

I'd love another update - I noticed most of the pages you blocked have a blank PR toolbar reading.

You're still passing on internal pagerank to those pages and I'm really curious to see if a blocked page gathers pagerank in time.

Re: Lowering The Google Red Flag – Sidestep The Cash Hungry Bull

Tom — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 15:35:23 -0000

So, how would this prevent Google from seeing what's on your main page?

I can understand that it will prevent Googlebot from seeing them once they've rolled off the main page, but wont those links still be indexed?

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Tom — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 15:35:23 -0000

So, how would this prevent Google from seeing what's on your main page?

I can understand that it will prevent Googlebot from seeing them once they've rolled off the main page, but wont those links still be indexed?

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Blekinge — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 14:23:59 -0000

I have to admit that i like your solution, rather then ban googlebot.

SEO friendly links are most often a good thing, making the link more user friendly. People are obsessed with Google and the paid reviews.

I can see only one weak point here. It is similar to viral marketing. How many people will want to pay for a potential negative review or no-follow links?

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Blekinge — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 14:23:59 -0000

I have to admit that i like your solution, rather then ban googlebot.

SEO friendly links are most often a good thing, making the link more user friendly. People are obsessed with Google and the paid reviews.

I can see only one weak point here. It is similar to viral marketing. How many people will want to pay for a potential negative review or no-follow links?

Re: Lowering The Google Red Flag – Sidestep The Cash Hungry Bull

AndyBeard — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 04:59:29 -0000

Lorna they are apple's and oranges - they do different things

Re: Lowering The Google Red Flag – Sidestep The Cash Hungry Bull

AndyBeard — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 04:59:29 -0000

Lorna they are apple's and oranges - they do different things

Re: Lowering The Google Red Flag – Sidestep The Cash Hungry Bull

Lorna — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 23:14:10 -0000

Just wondering... how effective is using robots.txt to set a nofollow on a page, compared to using nofollow meta tags for each page?
For some of us looking into using robots.txt, we would sure be dealing with a long list of disallow URLs, and updating them looks to be more of a hassle compared to using meta tags.

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Lorna — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 23:14:10 -0000

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Scott Salwolke — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 20:45:54 -0000

A lot to digest here. Not for the first time I've had to print out one of your entries so that I could take it all in. And use my highlighter. It's refreshing that instead of complaining your looking for solutions.

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Scott Salwolke — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 20:45:54 -0000

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MacBros — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 03:33:54 -0000

errr. not .htaccess, but rather robots.tct. LOL
I'm not sure how .htaccess came up there. :p

Re: Lowering The Google Red Flag – Sidestep The Cash Hungry Bull

MacBros — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 03:33:54 -0000

errr. not .htaccess, but rather robots.tct. LOL
I'm not sure how .htaccess came up there. :p

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MacBros — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 03:28:26 -0000

So are you going to end up placing a new Disallow in your .htaccess for every paid post that you do? Sorry, I'm a bit confused on how this works.

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MacBros — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 03:28:26 -0000

So are you going to end up placing a new Disallow in your .htaccess for every paid post that you do? Sorry, I'm a bit confused on how this works.

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Internet Marketing Joy — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 15:12:42 -0000

Great job Andy!

It's nice to read your article because every time I did..I always learn something new and useful.

Anyway good luck on your stand!..^^

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Internet Marketing Joy — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 15:12:42 -0000

Great job Andy!

It's nice to read your article because every time I did..I always learn something new and useful.

Anyway good luck on your stand!..^^

Re: Lowering The Google Red Flag – Sidestep The Cash Hungry Bull

zakenlinks — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 03:31:30 -0000

It is obvious that Google can't live with a supplemental business within its search engine ( SEO)

Re: Lowering The Google Red Flag – Sidestep The Cash Hungry Bull

zakenlinks — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 03:31:30 -0000

It is obvious that Google can't live with a supplemental business within its search engine ( SEO)

Re: Lowering The Google Red Flag – Sidestep The Cash Hungry Bull

MichelleMacPhearson — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 19:44:05 -0000

Andy, good stuff. This whole nofollow/paid links thing is ridiculous, and I really appreciate your doing what you can to speak up about the issue.