Comments on: Should your blogroll links have a no follow tag attached? http://www.bloggingtips.com/2007/07/12/should-your-blogroll-links-have-a-no-follow-tag-attached/ Blogging Guides, News, Tips, Resources Sun, 21 Mar 2010 15:43:48 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: lustrious.net - Blog of a NEPA girl http://www.bloggingtips.com/2007/07/12/should-your-blogroll-links-have-a-no-follow-tag-attached/#comment-3741 lustrious.net - Blog of a NEPA girl Sat, 14 Jul 2007 21:29:19 +0000 http://www.bloggingtips.com/2007/07/12/should-your-blogroll-links-have-a-no-follow-tag-attached/#comment-3741 [...] Should your blogroll links have a no follow tag attached? [...] [...] Should your blogroll links have a no follow tag attached? [...]

]]> By: Matt Jones http://www.bloggingtips.com/2007/07/12/should-your-blogroll-links-have-a-no-follow-tag-attached/#comment-3678 Matt Jones Fri, 13 Jul 2007 21:58:44 +0000 http://www.bloggingtips.com/2007/07/12/should-your-blogroll-links-have-a-no-follow-tag-attached/#comment-3678 I have to agree with you on this one, it is just selfish to add nofollow to blogroll links. The 2 more reasonable options would be to as you said, have them on the homepage only, or keep the blogroll short and sweet. I have to agree with you on this one, it is just selfish to add nofollow to blogroll links. The 2 more reasonable options would be to as you said, have them on the homepage only, or keep the blogroll short and sweet.

]]> By: Kevin http://www.bloggingtips.com/2007/07/12/should-your-blogroll-links-have-a-no-follow-tag-attached/#comment-3653 Kevin Fri, 13 Jul 2007 14:11:08 +0000 http://www.bloggingtips.com/2007/07/12/should-your-blogroll-links-have-a-no-follow-tag-attached/#comment-3653 Dan - Fantastic comment, you bring up some very good points. Techzilo - I know PR isn't the only thing which dictates search results however I don't think you can call it a fad, page rank has been around for years now and I dont believe google is going to drop it anytime soon. However, the main reason I am posting about this is because some bloggers earnings are dropping because they have too many outgoing links. If your blogs only income is from text link ads and reviews etc then a drop in PR could see your blog earnings drop 30%+ Blogs Do Make Money - For a lot of people, blogging is not about making money and those this kind of article will not concern them. However there are a lot of bloggers who want to make some extra money through their blog and keeping their PR high should help them achieve that. I would never not link to another a blog because of their PR. All I am suggesting is for bloggers to be mindful about how the page rank system works if they want to get a good PR. :mrgreen: Dan – Fantastic comment, you bring up some very good points.

Techzilo – I know PR isn’t the only thing which dictates search results however I don’t think you can call it a fad, page rank has been around for years now and I dont believe google is going to drop it anytime soon. However, the main reason I am posting about this is because some bloggers earnings are dropping because they have too many outgoing links. If your blogs only income is from text link ads and reviews etc then a drop in PR could see your blog earnings drop 30%+

Blogs Do Make Money – For a lot of people, blogging is not about making money and those this kind of article will not concern them. However there are a lot of bloggers who want to make some extra money through their blog and keeping their PR high should help them achieve that.

I would never not link to another a blog because of their PR. All I am suggesting is for bloggers to be mindful about how the page rank system works if they want to get a good PR. :mrgreen:

]]> By: Blogs Do Make Money http://www.bloggingtips.com/2007/07/12/should-your-blogroll-links-have-a-no-follow-tag-attached/#comment-3652 Blogs Do Make Money Fri, 13 Jul 2007 13:25:35 +0000 http://www.bloggingtips.com/2007/07/12/should-your-blogroll-links-have-a-no-follow-tag-attached/#comment-3652 I do agree with CatherineL coz blogging to me is not primarily to make money. Blogging is about sharing and I do not believe in being stingy with blogrolls on my sidebar. e.g. I am willing to link PR0 blog on my PR4 blog as long as the blog is relevant to my site. However, I have experienced rejection from one particular site which posted that it was willing to exchange link yet this PR0 blog of mine was not accepted :cry: So, that's one reason I cannot wait for the next PR update :lol: I do agree with CatherineL coz blogging to me is not primarily to make money. Blogging is about sharing and I do not believe in being stingy with blogrolls on my sidebar. e.g. I am willing to link PR0 blog on my PR4 blog as long as the blog is relevant to my site.

However, I have experienced rejection from one particular site which posted that it was willing to exchange link yet this PR0 blog of mine was not accepted :cry: So, that’s one reason I cannot wait for the next PR update :lol:

]]> By: TechZilo http://www.bloggingtips.com/2007/07/12/should-your-blogroll-links-have-a-no-follow-tag-attached/#comment-3646 TechZilo Fri, 13 Jul 2007 11:18:32 +0000 http://www.bloggingtips.com/2007/07/12/should-your-blogroll-links-have-a-no-follow-tag-attached/#comment-3646 PR is nothing more than market buzz, lol! PR is just one of the many factors in Google's algorithm. Having a good PR means low links? then you get lower backlinks, since people want to be linked to before they link to us. If you want good PR, you essentially get lower backlinks which hurt actual google rankings, ie SERP. then, youre in big trouble - really big trouble. i prefer to stay away from this pr fad, because it isnt everything. PR is nothing more than market buzz, lol!

PR is just one of the many factors in Google’s algorithm.

Having a good PR means low links? then you get lower backlinks, since people want to be linked to before they link to us. If you want good PR, you essentially get lower backlinks which hurt actual google rankings, ie SERP. then, youre in big trouble – really big trouble.

i prefer to stay away from this pr fad, because it isnt everything.

]]> By: Dan http://www.bloggingtips.com/2007/07/12/should-your-blogroll-links-have-a-no-follow-tag-attached/#comment-3624 Dan Fri, 13 Jul 2007 07:38:56 +0000 http://www.bloggingtips.com/2007/07/12/should-your-blogroll-links-have-a-no-follow-tag-attached/#comment-3624 A differentiation should be made between Google's internal PageRank, which is but one of the indicators used to determine SERP rank and is updated daily, and the toolbar PageRank, which is just a snapshot of a pages strength over a 3 month period. In this case I assume we are talking about the toolbar PageRank. People who should be most concerned about leaking PageRank are those with extremely long blogrolls. I'm not talking a dozen or so links, but 50-100 links. If you have that many sitewide outbound links you will need to do a lot internal linking. In those circumstances you are better off having your blogroll on a single page. You mentioned some people have seen a drop in PageRank even though their backlinks have increased. I talked to a lot of bloggers after the last update that had the same problem and it would appear in many cases Google downgraded their blog due to the amount of paid reviews they had written. It's no secret Google is cracking down on artificial linking schemes. If you are doing paid reviews the best advice I can give you is to try to take ops that are relevant to the topic of your blog, and write content that ads value to the reading experience. For an example of this check out pretty much any paid review that Andy Beard has written. Having a good PageRank is great if you want to sell text link ads or write paid reviews, but if you want to make serious money you should be concentrating on ranking for your keywords. It's easier to leverage traffic than it is a number. I can point you to quite a few blogs that have a terrible PageRank yet are pulling in thousands of unique visitors a day. It is of course dependant on the niche you are in but I'd take traffic over PageRank any day. :) A differentiation should be made between Google’s internal PageRank, which is but one of the indicators used to determine SERP rank and is updated daily, and the toolbar PageRank, which is just a snapshot of a pages strength over a 3 month period. In this case I assume we are talking about the toolbar PageRank.

People who should be most concerned about leaking PageRank are those with extremely long blogrolls. I’m not talking a dozen or so links, but 50-100 links. If you have that many sitewide outbound links you will need to do a lot internal linking. In those circumstances you are better off having your blogroll on a single page.

You mentioned some people have seen a drop in PageRank even though their backlinks have increased. I talked to a lot of bloggers after the last update that had the same problem and it would appear in many cases Google downgraded their blog due to the amount of paid reviews they had written. It’s no secret Google is cracking down on artificial linking schemes. If you are doing paid reviews the best advice I can give you is to try to take ops that are relevant to the topic of your blog, and write content that ads value to the reading experience. For an example of this check out pretty much any paid review that Andy Beard has written.

Having a good PageRank is great if you want to sell text link ads or write paid reviews, but if you want to make serious money you should be concentrating on ranking for your keywords. It’s easier to leverage traffic than it is a number. I can point you to quite a few blogs that have a terrible PageRank yet are pulling in thousands of unique visitors a day. It is of course dependant on the niche you are in but I’d take traffic over PageRank any day. :)

]]> By: Kevin http://www.bloggingtips.com/2007/07/12/should-your-blogroll-links-have-a-no-follow-tag-attached/#comment-3613 Kevin Thu, 12 Jul 2007 22:29:48 +0000 http://www.bloggingtips.com/2007/07/12/should-your-blogroll-links-have-a-no-follow-tag-attached/#comment-3613 Catherine - I am referring to the outgoing links in the sidebar etc. Personally, I link to a lot of blogs and always make a point of finding the url of a post which inspired me. Catherine – I am referring to the outgoing links in the sidebar etc. Personally, I link to a lot of blogs and always make a point of finding the url of a post which inspired me.

]]> By: CatherineL http://www.bloggingtips.com/2007/07/12/should-your-blogroll-links-have-a-no-follow-tag-attached/#comment-3612 CatherineL Thu, 12 Jul 2007 22:27:25 +0000 http://www.bloggingtips.com/2007/07/12/should-your-blogroll-links-have-a-no-follow-tag-attached/#comment-3612 Don't you think that being so stingy about giving outgoing links will be prevent you from getting good incoming links? Surely people would think twice about linking to a link scrooge. Don’t you think that being so stingy about giving outgoing links will be prevent you from getting good incoming links? Surely people would think twice about linking to a link scrooge.

]]> By: Dave http://www.bloggingtips.com/2007/07/12/should-your-blogroll-links-have-a-no-follow-tag-attached/#comment-3602 Dave Thu, 12 Jul 2007 21:28:32 +0000 http://www.bloggingtips.com/2007/07/12/should-your-blogroll-links-have-a-no-follow-tag-attached/#comment-3602 This is a really good point. I wouldn't nofollow links to people I editorially chose to link to, but I did just implement the home-page-only-blogroll fix. This is a really good point. I wouldn’t nofollow links to people I editorially chose to link to, but I did just implement the home-page-only-blogroll fix.

]]> By: Kevin http://www.bloggingtips.com/2007/07/12/should-your-blogroll-links-have-a-no-follow-tag-attached/#comment-3600 Kevin Thu, 12 Jul 2007 21:18:26 +0000 http://www.bloggingtips.com/2007/07/12/should-your-blogroll-links-have-a-no-follow-tag-attached/#comment-3600 I think that page rank is very important for a lot of blogs since it determines the rates you get for text links and banner spots etc. There is a difference in the amount of money you would receive from selling text links on a pr 4 site and a pr 5 :) I agree with you though, some blog rolls are cluttered. I think that page rank is very important for a lot of blogs since it determines the rates you get for text links and banner spots etc. There is a difference in the amount of money you would receive from selling text links on a pr 4 site and a pr 5 :)

I agree with you though, some blog rolls are cluttered.

]]> By: Tejvan Net Writing http://www.bloggingtips.com/2007/07/12/should-your-blogroll-links-have-a-no-follow-tag-attached/#comment-3599 Tejvan Net Writing Thu, 12 Jul 2007 21:13:57 +0000 http://www.bloggingtips.com/2007/07/12/should-your-blogroll-links-have-a-no-follow-tag-attached/#comment-3599 I think Darren Rowse once said that, some SEO experts told him he could have a higher PR, if he didn't link out to so many sites. I guess the point is PR is not so important. I think the main problem is too many blogs on your blogroll make your blog look cluttered. I think Darren Rowse once said that, some SEO experts told him he could have a higher PR, if he didn’t link out to so many sites. I guess the point is PR is not so important.

I think the main problem is too many blogs on your blogroll make your blog look cluttered.

]]> By: cmanlong http://www.bloggingtips.com/2007/07/12/should-your-blogroll-links-have-a-no-follow-tag-attached/#comment-3585 cmanlong Thu, 12 Jul 2007 14:45:06 +0000 http://www.bloggingtips.com/2007/07/12/should-your-blogroll-links-have-a-no-follow-tag-attached/#comment-3585 hmmm...I should probably go back through my old posts and do likewise. I would be very hesitant to make my blogroll nofollow at this stage. I think that it would discourage incoming links too much. I am still early on in building incoming links and wouldn't want to kill it before it really gets going. for a larger blog it might be different. later all and have a <a href="http://cmansmoneypages.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">profitable productive blogging</a> day hmmm…I should probably go back through my old posts and do likewise.

I would be very hesitant to make my blogroll nofollow at this stage. I think that it would discourage incoming links too much. I am still early on in building incoming links and wouldn’t want to kill it before it really gets going. for a larger blog it might be different.

later all and have a profitable productive blogging day

]]> By: Desty http://www.bloggingtips.com/2007/07/12/should-your-blogroll-links-have-a-no-follow-tag-attached/#comment-3580 Desty Thu, 12 Jul 2007 13:37:38 +0000 http://www.bloggingtips.com/2007/07/12/should-your-blogroll-links-have-a-no-follow-tag-attached/#comment-3580 I've been going through month old posts and putting nofollow tags on outgoing links where the linkie never responded. I've kept links to current articles and others who have responded, but booted the older links. My actual blogroll is very select, I don't mind having pure links to them. I have a Blog Mastermind page by itself, so links from there don't bother me either. I’ve been going through month old posts and putting nofollow tags on outgoing links where the linkie never responded. I’ve kept links to current articles and others who have responded, but booted the older links. My actual blogroll is very select, I don’t mind having pure links to them. I have a Blog Mastermind page by itself, so links from there don’t bother me either.

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