Comments on: Nofollow revisited

By: Messages in a bottle » Blog Archive » Honeypots: better than CAPTCHAs?

Messages in a bottle » Blog Archive » Honeypots: better than CAPTCHAs? — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 23:10:27 +0000

[...] You can use rel=”nofollow” in an attempt to discourage them, but Michael Hampton has argued in a spirited essay on rel=”nofollow” that in fact nofollow doesn’t discourage spammers. By now that claim is [...]

By: DayLightCoffee.Com » Blog Archive » Google Wants You to Snitch on Your Competition in 3 Easy Steps

Thu, 19 Jul 2007 03:35:10 +0000

[...] I find their first solution rather suspicious as the rel=”nofollow” attribute was originally created to help deter comment spam. But, I’m beginning to think Michael Hampton (along with many others) was right when he said that, essentially, Google was having bloggers and webmasters help them clean up their index (i.e. doing their job for them). [...]

By: Mark’s (we)Blog » Spreading some link love

Mark’s (we)Blog » Spreading some link love — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 09:33:51 +0000

[...] rel=”nofollow” attribute on HTML anchors was supposed to help prevent comment spam. Unfortunately, as Michael Hampton explains at length, NoFollow hasn’t worked – at least not based on the volume of comment spam that Akismet has removed since I moved to [...]

By: Info4BeingRich

Info4BeingRich — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 04:43:13 +0000

How To Remove Nofollow Tag And Make Your Blog A Do…

Homelandstupidity suggests this idea for wordpress users:

Bad Behavior Blackhole is a DNS-based blackhole list which lists sources of comment spam and open proxy servers. Bad Behavior Blackhole intends to have the most complete list of open proxie…..

By: Google Wants You to Snitch on Your Competition in 3 Easy Steps - WordPress SEO and Blog Marketing

Fri, 15 Jun 2007 03:04:18 +0000

By: Net Writing » Is No Follow tag for Comments a good idea?

Net Writing » Is No Follow tag for Comments a good idea? — Thu, 17 May 2007 18:45:19 +0000

[...] No Follow Revisited – many resources about the history of no follow [...]

By: Chasing a Dream is a Do Follow Blog

Chasing a Dream is a Do Follow Blog — Mon, 14 May 2007 01:42:26 +0000

[...] Some of you are wondering, “What’s the big deal”? If it’s built-in to WordPress by default, it’s got to be right. That’s a matter of opinion. Google introduced the concept of using an attribute rel=”nofollow” on links in 2005, to theoretically help reduce comment spam, and create more accurate Page Rank. However, many disagree that it has had much influence on comment spam, and we feel people should get link credit for posting comments. If you would like more information on the controversy, you can check Michael Hampton’s Masy 2005 post, Nofollow Revisited. It covers the story well, from the intent, how it is supposed to work, and why it doesn’t work. [...]

By: WordPress PHP Programming » Google-Approved Links

WordPress PHP Programming » Google-Approved Links — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 07:58:48 +0000

[...] First, there was the nofollow business, detailed shortly after its introduction in this article which still holds true today. The nofollow attribute applied a link would instruct a search engine spider to (largely, but not entirely) ignore the linked page and its content. [...]

By: I love comments .. I hate Spam | Ugh!!’s Greymatter Honeypot

I love comments .. I hate Spam | Ugh!!’s Greymatter Honeypot — Sun, 01 Apr 2007 10:03:39 +0000

[...] DoFollow is a plugin that removes the evil NoFollow from WordPress‘ comments. Sometime back, this tag had been introduced by search engines to try and minimise comment spam but the truth is .. well it hasn’t. This plugin makes sure that people who comment get a link back to their site, both for people to click on and follow, and also for search engines to index. I would recommend this to anyone who encourages commenting on their blog. [...]

By: anti-SPAM | The Definitive Article on Why “nofollow” Doesn’t Work | IT Infusion | Calgary, Alberta

Thu, 15 Feb 2007 06:23:08 +0000

[...] I just stumbled upon what is probably the definitive article on the “nofollow” controversy.Â I won’t try to summarize, but I really do suggest you give it a read. [...]

By: Plastic Man

Plastic Man — Sun, 12 Nov 2006 17:30:07 +0000

It seems to me that “rel=nofollow” doesn’t work in yahoo. With this method: link:http://mypage.com i can also see the referrals with nofollow.

By: Leezig

Leezig — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 15:18:33 +0000

I for one will certainly not be using nofollow when I eventually get my blog up and running, and although I won’t be manually adding comments I will be moderating very closely…

By: James Grimes

James Grimes — Thu, 12 Oct 2006 18:51:01 +0000

rel no follow doesnt seem to get rid of spam, you need to mderate comments to to that!

By: Scott at RealEpicure

Scott at RealEpicure — Sun, 17 Sep 2006 20:59:11 +0000

I wonder sometimes if nofollow works with all search engines.

It’s a possibility some don’t take note of this tag, since they don’t all conform in the same way that Google does.

By: Tech Guy

Tech Guy — Sat, 02 Sep 2006 21:55:52 +0000

I can’t believe that no part of this post has Akismet listed.

Akismet is an essential plugin for preventing comment spam on Wordpress.