You Comment, I “nofollow”
September 19th, 2007 Posted in UncategorizedLet’s be real. Most bloggers comment on other blogs in hopes of getting a backlink to their site. Now, there’s nothing wrong with this (given the fact that you leave a quality comment), but Google found a way to spoil this. In 2005, Google unveiled the “nofollow” attribute in hopes of keeping spam websites from inflating their SERP rankings.
Although the attribute accomplished its intended goal, it also managed to piss off many blog owners. Why? Because blogging platforms including Blogger and Wordpress began adding the “nofollow” attribute to links by default. This meant that any links left with comments were no longer of value to the search engines.
Where You Come In
You’ve probably seen this on someone’s blog before:
This little badge by Randa Clay is there to let you know that the person was nice enough to disable the “nofollow” attribute on outgoing links. If you haven’t already done so, I highly recommend you disable the “nofollow” attribute on your blog(s). Check out the links below for instructions on how to remove the “nofollow” attribute on your blogging platform:
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