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Re: Techcrunch Now Nofollow Sponsor Links

Ann, Portsmouth NH — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 06:44:37 -0000

I would agree that what Google may have done to/for one (Techcrunch) they should do for others. If that's going to garner penalties, put that up somewhere. I must admit to not really understanding the full reasoning behind a lot of that since I don't have paid links on any of my sites. I am starting to rethink some of that however. I just keep reading and just when I think I have a bit of a grasp on things, Google does some change-ups and there goes what I thought I understood.

Re: Techcrunch Now Nofollow Sponsor Links

Ann, Portsmouth NH — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 06:44:37 -0000

Re: Techcrunch Now Nofollow Sponsor Links

Dennis, Virginia Beach Militar — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 21:37:10 -0000

This is the first I heard about ignoring page rank.....I do see however a quantum increase in searches when up on google page 1 or 2 as I vacillate between each.

Re: Techcrunch Now Nofollow Sponsor Links

Dennis, Virginia Beach Militar — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 21:37:10 -0000

This is the first I heard about ignoring page rank.....I do see however a quantum increase in searches when up on google page 1 or 2 as I vacillate between each.

Re: Techcrunch Now Nofollow Sponsor Links

Steve Scheer, Denver CO — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 15:36:26 -0000

I don't have any paid links at all on my site but I really enjoy reading about these sorts of things. It seems like things are contsantly changing with staying good with Google.

Re: Techcrunch Now Nofollow Sponsor Links

Steve Scheer, Denver CO — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 15:36:26 -0000

I don't have any paid links at all on my site but I really enjoy reading about these sorts of things. It seems like things are contsantly changing with staying good with Google.

Re: Techcrunch Now Nofollow Sponsor Links

PlainfieldRealEstateGirl — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 21:11:05 -0000

This is something I'm still struggling to wrap my head around, and ultimately understand.

Google is mysterious like that.

Re: Techcrunch Now Nofollow Sponsor Links

PlainfieldRealEstateGirl — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 21:11:05 -0000

This is something I'm still struggling to wrap my head around, and ultimately understand.

Google is mysterious like that.

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Teri Orlando Florida — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 20:27:02 -0000

Follows the same theme as People only see what they are prepared to see. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson

If you ask what does Google think? Sounds alot like 24 (not the tv show but)

There 24 hours in a day, There is 24 cans of beer in a box. Do you believe in coincidences?

Easy to follow or is that a no follow?

Re: Techcrunch Now Nofollow Sponsor Links

Teri Orlando Florida — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 20:27:02 -0000

Follows the same theme as People only see what they are prepared to see. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson

If you ask what does Google think? Sounds alot like 24 (not the tv show but)

There 24 hours in a day, There is 24 cans of beer in a box. Do you believe in coincidences?

Easy to follow or is that a no follow?

Re: Techcrunch Now Nofollow Sponsor Links

Aurelius Tjin — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 09:51:51 -0000

Has this been resolved yet? I have heard a lot of PR rankings dropping fast because of these paid links. I hope this all get settled.

Re: Techcrunch Now Nofollow Sponsor Links

Aurelius Tjin — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 09:51:51 -0000

Has this been resolved yet? I have heard a lot of PR rankings dropping fast because of these paid links. I hope this all get settled.

Re: Techcrunch Now Nofollow Sponsor Links

Land Projects UK — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 22:38:25 -0000

I don't think Google paid for them, they are just come to realize that they violates the Goolge's Webmaster guidelines. Is using nofollow on the links a big deal?

Re: Techcrunch Now Nofollow Sponsor Links

Land Projects UK — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 22:38:25 -0000

I don't think Google paid for them, they are just come to realize that they violates the Goolge's Webmaster guidelines. Is using nofollow on the links a big deal?

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Chris Mass Control Lover — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 15:35:07 -0000

I honestly do not pay attention to page rank anymore, I quite frankly dont care about it. The fact is traffic is and always will be more important than pr. Plus pr data is 3-4 months old and is never a true indicator.

If your still getting traffic and making money who cares what your page rank is. Yes it makes your site maybe look that little bit more attractive but if you have been building your links adding good content and your traffic is growing why would you care about your sites page rank?

The sooner more people dont pay attention to it the sooner it will no longer become an issue. Ive been online for nearly 5 years and was around when pr did have some sort of meaning it doesnt anymore

Re: Techcrunch Now Nofollow Sponsor Links

Chris Mass Control Lover — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 15:35:07 -0000

The sooner more people dont pay attention to it the sooner it will no longer become an issue. Ive been online for nearly 5 years and was around when pr did have some sort of meaning it doesnt anymore

Re: Techcrunch Now Nofollow Sponsor Links

Elliott — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 22:21:37 -0000

Marty,

I think your question could be answered by using good SEO practices of when you link to other posts, it is best practice to create the link with the title in it. Example being if you are linking to a story entitled "How to effectively No Follow", then you would want to have the anchor text be the same as the title of the post.

As for the Nofollow portion of it, I don't use nofollow on any links except for paid reviews.

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Elliott — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 22:21:37 -0000

Marty,

As for the Nofollow portion of it, I don't use nofollow on any links except for paid reviews.

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Marketing Consulting — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 12:58:36 -0000

What's amazing to me is how long it took them to implement this change. Especially since it doesn't really hurt them much to do so.

Re: Techcrunch Now Nofollow Sponsor Links

Marketing Consulting — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 12:58:36 -0000

What's amazing to me is how long it took them to implement this change. Especially since it doesn't really hurt them much to do so.

Re: Techcrunch Now Nofollow Sponsor Links

Daniel Mcgonagle — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 06:34:41 -0000

The backlash has really hurt the PR of blogs if they do not follow the directive of Google. Webmasters should take this into account.

So far,what's the latest buzz about all this?

Re: Techcrunch Now Nofollow Sponsor Links

Daniel Mcgonagle — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 06:34:41 -0000

The backlash has really hurt the PR of blogs if they do not follow the directive of Google. Webmasters should take this into account.

So far,what's the latest buzz about all this?

Re: Techcrunch Now Nofollow Sponsor Links

Marty — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 11:16:02 -0000

Andy,
I am studying the decisions you make throughout your blog regarding Do and NoFollow. Please, what is your thinking when you make a)internal links to other posts from within posts? b) links like: "written about by Ted Murphy of Izea."

Re: Techcrunch Now Nofollow Sponsor Links

Marty — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 11:16:02 -0000

Re: Techcrunch Now Nofollow Sponsor Links

Affiliate Marketing Blog — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 15:14:32 -0000

Honestly, I think you guys are making too much of a big deal out of this. Whether you practice no-nofollow or nofollow it doesn't really matter, because none of it has any real bearings on the serps. You may argue that it does, but why is it that for the last few years, when I get "nofollow" tagged links, I still get some pretty hefty link love and authority power from it back to my sites? Sometimes I don't, but eventually I seem to get it. So how can anyone continue to argue??

-- I originally wrote a pretty long comment, but I think I'm just going to make the rest of it into a blog post on my blog (since I'm serious lacking in the new posts dept).