Comments on: The Why and How of Removing nofollow From Wordpress 1.5 http://obviousdiversion.com/webdev/remove-nofollow/ Fri, 08 Aug 2008 19:09:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Christian http://obviousdiversion.com/webdev/remove-nofollow/#comment-1279 Christian Wed, 25 May 2005 05:56:43 +0000 http://obviousdiversion.com/?p=333#comment-1279 Robert, Your comment itself is a great example of why nofollow is a misguided response to a serious problem. You left your website location as a part of your comment and as far as I'm concerned, that's something of value. The fact that you had something to add here shows that our sites may be related in nature or interest, but if I used nofollow Google would be blind to that value. Throwing away an entire category of data because some of it may be tainted is an primitive reaction at best. Robert,
Your comment itself is a great example of why nofollow is a misguided response to a serious problem. You left your website location as a part of your comment and as far as I’m concerned, that’s something of value. The fact that you had something to add here shows that our sites may be related in nature or interest, but if I used nofollow Google would be blind to that value. Throwing away an entire category of data because some of it may be tainted is an primitive reaction at best.

]]> By: Robert Accettura http://obviousdiversion.com/webdev/remove-nofollow/#comment-1278 Robert Accettura Wed, 25 May 2005 01:31:03 +0000 http://obviousdiversion.com/?p=333#comment-1278 There is a specific advantage to adding it: helping to prevent our search queries for sucking. Certain queries on Google are for all intents worthless thanks to the "Google Bombing" done by spammers. If everyone at least helps sift through this. Spammers now have to spend more to get high google ranking. This makes it easier for us to keep using a search engine. IMHO important in an internet where information grows in exponential amounts. There is a specific advantage to adding it:

helping to prevent our search queries for sucking. Certain queries on Google are for all intents worthless thanks to the “Google Bombing” done by spammers.

If everyone at least helps sift through this. Spammers now have to spend more to get high google ranking.

This makes it easier for us to keep using a search engine. IMHO important in an internet where information grows in exponential amounts.

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