101 Tips to Improve Your Web Presence

[-Joe-]

Squidoo is a waste of time if your doing it for seo benefit because... there is none.

Mind showing your reasoning for that?

[MASSEY]

Mind showing your reasoning for that?

Squido is no follow. I was right in the other thread. Your not an seo :D or you (think) you are.

[-Joe-]

Squido is no follow. I was right in the other thread. Your not an seo :D or you (think) you are.
Yes, they're nofollow.

And it seems you only have a basic grasp.

While nofollow doesn't have as much juice as dofollow, it definitely has a benefit. (despite what Matt Cutts may say)

[Alex Rosicky]

Thanks, I've found a lot of smart pieces of advice here

[JohnnyCash]

While nofollow doesn't have as much juice as dofollow, it definitely has a benefit. (despite what Matt Cutts may say)

I don't agree with that statement at all.

Why would Google want to trust (for example) a blog comment on the Guardian newspaper? It wasn't editorially placed, so why should the person who put it there get any benefit at all frmo the authority site the Guardian has? If they were counting those type of links, all the different flavours of spam going on would be a million times worse.

[-Joe-]

I don't agree with that statement at all.

Why would Google want to trust (for example) a blog comment on the Guardian newspaper? It wasn't editorially placed, so why should the person who put it there get any benefit at all frmo the authority site the Guardian has? If they were counting those type of links, all the different flavours of spam going on would be a million times worse.
Google have devalued all blog comments in the past year or two. I can tell you though, there is juice from nofollow, just not much from blog links. There's definitely juice from squidoo pages.

[JohnnyCash]

So go on then - back it up with some actual evidence.

You seem to think that you've made some sudden revelation that Squidoo's nofollow, that no one's noticed before. :rolleyes:

Squidoo is either follow or nofollow, it would be checkable in two minutes so I wasn't agreeing with them when he said that. I can't speak for Joe, but for me the part about nofollow links being of benefit was the part that I think is wrong.

[-Joe-]

Squidoo is either follow or nofollow, it would be checkable in two minutes so I wasn't agreeing with them when he said that. I can't speak for Joe, but for me the part about nofollow links being of benefit was the part that I think is wrong.
Ok, you're entitled to your opinion. However, I am a member on a forum that has (repeatedly) managed to index threads within hours for terms, purely from linking to the thread from itself, with the relevant anchor text. The forum is nofollow. For example, a month or two ago, the forum got sick of a certain member posting his spammy job opportunity offers to it. He was banned, and after the guy came back, threatening members as well as the administrator, everyone linked to the thread in it, using his name as anchor text. The result? Within a day or two, the forum thread was ranked above his own site for his name.

P.S. Not gonna post the forum here, as I'd prefer to keep it to myself, but for anyone who knows what I'm talking about, the guy's first name was Moe. That should give a hint.

[digitalhorizonsuk]

This will help the SEO community a lot.

[bdw]

This will help the SEO community a lot.

How will it do that?

[sirearl]

Ok, you're entitled to your opinion. However, I am a member on a forum that has (repeatedly) managed to index threads within hours for terms, purely from linking to the thread from itself, with the relevant anchor text. The forum is nofollow.

When did you decide this.?:|

Earl

[-Joe-]

When did you decide this.?:|

Earl
No, my post was referencing a separate forum :p

[johncraig]

great tips mattk i will try to follow this .

[bdw]

I have noticed that about 20% of the comments in this thread are from people with less than 15 posts. I wonder what that tells us?

[akirk]

I have noticed that about 20% of the comments in this thread are from people with less than 15 posts. I wonder what that tells us?

that it is easiest to add to a stickied post to boost your post count ;)

Alasdair

[bdw]

Precisely!

Threads like this are just spam feeds.:mad:

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[Tin]

Ok, have taken the decision to lock this thread to prevent further spam opportunities. Will also open a discussion thread in the mod's area regarding all stickies being locked to discourage spamming like this.

Ray