http://www.audettemedia.com/blog/arguments-against-nofollow/ Internet Marketing Excellence Since 1995 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:14:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 http://www.audettemedia.com/blog/arguments-against-nofollow/#comment-10291 Info-Leeches and other E-Invertebrates » Pagerank Sculpting Is Guaranteed to Hurt Your Website Sun, 14 Feb 2010 21:10:16 +0000 http://www.audettemedia.com/?p=80#comment-10291 [...] Pagerank sculpting attempts to hide internal links from search engines. The justifications offered for this radical self-emasculation have varied from “those pages are not important” to “it helps increase your search visibility”. Pagerank sculpting SEOs are notorious for claiming that their tests and studies prove it works but they never publish the information that proves their claims. They always offer excuses. And they have yet to explain why their tests did not reveal changes that Google made two years ago to offset their efforts to sculpt Pagerank. [...] [...] Pagerank sculpting attempts to hide internal links from search engines. The justifications offered for this radical self-emasculation have varied from “those pages are not important” to “it helps increase your search visibility”. Pagerank sculpting SEOs are notorious for claiming that their tests and studies prove it works but they never publish the information that proves their claims. They always offer excuses. And they have yet to explain why their tests did not reveal changes that Google made two years ago to offset their efforts to sculpt Pagerank. [...]

]]> http://www.audettemedia.com/blog/arguments-against-nofollow/#comment-10262 PharmaceuticalsBD Info Blog » Blog Archive » PageRank Sculpting Tests Show that PageRank Sculpting Fails Sat, 13 Feb 2010 20:33:58 +0000 http://www.audettemedia.com/?p=80#comment-10262 [...] writer Adam Audette documented several arguments against the use of PageRank Sculpting based on the “rel=’nofollow’” link attribute. This attribute was settled [...] [...] writer Adam Audette documented several arguments against the use of PageRank Sculpting based on the “rel=’nofollow’” link attribute. This attribute was settled [...]

]]> http://www.audettemedia.com/blog/arguments-against-nofollow/#comment-10218 Kephra » Blog Archive » Leading SEO Theorist Says PageRank Sculpting Is a Scam Fri, 12 Feb 2010 07:14:19 +0000 http://www.audettemedia.com/?p=80#comment-10218 [...] from people like Adam Audette and Shari Thurow, two of the leading SEO pundits. Audette’s PageRank sculpting antithesis is considered one of the best responses to the PageRank sculpting movement. Thurow wrote [...] [...] from people like Adam Audette and Shari Thurow, two of the leading SEO pundits. Audette’s PageRank sculpting antithesis is considered one of the best responses to the PageRank sculpting movement. Thurow wrote [...]

]]> http://www.audettemedia.com/blog/arguments-against-nofollow/#comment-10183 The Salamander Nightcap » Blog Archive » Only the Worst SEOs Sculpt PageRank Wed, 10 Feb 2010 16:22:25 +0000 http://www.audettemedia.com/?p=80#comment-10183 [...] those same tests never revealed the changes Google made to protect Websites from the harm caused by PageRank sculpting. Although some of the bad SEOs have learned the errors of their ways today some people in the SEO [...] [...] those same tests never revealed the changes Google made to protect Websites from the harm caused by PageRank sculpting. Although some of the bad SEOs have learned the errors of their ways today some people in the SEO [...]

]]> http://www.audettemedia.com/blog/arguments-against-nofollow/#comment-5479 » Google Counts A Nofollow Link! Fri, 31 Jul 2009 00:34:45 +0000 http://www.audettemedia.com/?p=80#comment-5479 [...] I guess over time I would reach a conclusion similar to this seo guru! [...] [...] I guess over time I would reach a conclusion similar to this seo guru! [...]

]]> http://www.audettemedia.com/blog/arguments-against-nofollow/#comment-2229 Bookmarks about Nofollow Sat, 21 Feb 2009 12:30:05 +0000 http://www.audettemedia.com/?p=80#comment-2229 [...] - bookmarked by 4 members originally found by Rotarrius on 2009-01-26 8 Arguments Against Sculpting PageRank™ with Nofollow http://www.audettemedia.com/blog/arguments-against-nofollow - bookmarked by 6 members originally [...] [...] - bookmarked by 4 members originally found by Rotarrius on 2009-01-26 8 Arguments Against Sculpting PageRank™ with Nofollow http://www.audettemedia.com/bl.....t-nofollow - bookmarked by 6 members originally [...]

]]> http://www.audettemedia.com/blog/arguments-against-nofollow/#comment-2112 Recent Faves Tagged With "nofollow" : MyNetFaves Mon, 16 Feb 2009 10:50:40 +0000 http://www.audettemedia.com/?p=80#comment-2112 [...] public links >> nofollow What is NoFollow? First saved by lolita82bar | 7 days ago 8 Arguments Against Sculpting PageRank™ with Nofollow First saved by xoflipflopsxo | 11 days ago who knows this?? (craigslist.org) First saved by [...] [...] public links >> nofollow What is NoFollow? First saved by lolita82bar | 7 days ago 8 Arguments Against Sculpting PageRank™ with Nofollow First saved by xoflipflopsxo | 11 days ago who knows this?? (craigslist.org) First saved by [...]

]]> http://www.audettemedia.com/blog/arguments-against-nofollow/#comment-1205 Peter Christopher Sun, 21 Dec 2008 01:00:56 +0000 http://www.audettemedia.com/?p=80#comment-1205 I do agree with one of the main underlying themes here - that if you keep focused on white-hat SEO then you will have far fewer serious problems than if you experiment with black-hat. However, the explicit statement is that nofollow shouldn't be used because it is not fully predictable. I don't agree with this per se. Every person ought to try out different strategies to see what works for him. We learn over time things that do and don't work. By just shutting off the possibility of using certain tools, we might lose some easy wins (the duplicate content being an obvious example). We are supposed to be professionals, and so though we can be indignant that the algorithms are not public, we have to do the best we can to understand them - and to understand some of their idiosyncrasies. We might still shoot ourselves in the foot once in ten times, but nine times out of ten we are doing the right thing by learning albeit imperfect knowledge and applying it. I do agree with one of the main underlying themes here - that if you keep focused on white-hat SEO then you will have far fewer serious problems than if you experiment with black-hat. However, the explicit statement is that nofollow shouldn’t be used because it is not fully predictable. I don’t agree with this per se. Every person ought to try out different strategies to see what works for him. We learn over time things that do and don’t work. By just shutting off the possibility of using certain tools, we might lose some easy wins (the duplicate content being an obvious example). We are supposed to be professionals, and so though we can be indignant that the algorithms are not public, we have to do the best we can to understand them - and to understand some of their idiosyncrasies. We might still shoot ourselves in the foot once in ten times, but nine times out of ten we are doing the right thing by learning albeit imperfect knowledge and applying it.

]]> http://www.audettemedia.com/blog/arguments-against-nofollow/#comment-1004 SMX Advanced: NoFollow Meta Tag Advice Fri, 12 Dec 2008 19:05:10 +0000 http://www.audettemedia.com/?p=80#comment-1004 [...] Adam Audette: Don’t use it because who knows how the engines treat them now and how they will treat them in the future?  Here are his thoughts in more detail. [...] [...] Adam Audette: Don’t use it because who knows how the engines treat them now and how they will treat them in the future?  Here are his thoughts in more detail. [...]

]]> http://www.audettemedia.com/blog/arguments-against-nofollow/#comment-388 MyCommunity Tue, 23 Sep 2008 12:16:35 +0000 http://www.audettemedia.com/?p=80#comment-388 Excellent Work. Thanks for giving tips. Excellent Work. Thanks for giving tips.

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