Comments on: My dofollow experiment – The results http://jimsmarketingblog.com/2009/06/29/my-dofollow-experiment-the-results/ Marketing advice & marketing tips for small businesses & entrepreneurs. Sat, 13 Mar 2010 01:22:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: James http://jimsmarketingblog.com/2009/06/29/my-dofollow-experiment-the-results/comment-page-1/#comment-8757 James Tue, 16 Feb 2010 21:41:59 +0000 http://jimsmarketingblog.com/?p=1782#comment-8757 Hi !! First, Thanks for sharing this result. I've got a lot of information here... I also want to share my experience. My site wasn't a do follow site, but I had enough traffic everyday, and that made me happy..But some of them commented me with just an URL which was broken link. And that made my PR down from 3 to 2. And that made me depressed. So for a long time I don't care about my site anymore. But now I think I can't do that. I start to increase my PR again.. But it didn't make any changes. So won't my site's PR increase again ?? Hi !!
First, Thanks for sharing this result. I’ve got a lot of information here…
I also want to share my experience.
My site wasn’t a do follow site, but I had enough traffic everyday, and that made me happy..But some of them commented me with just an URL which was broken link. And that made my PR down from 3 to 2. And that made me depressed. So for a long time I don’t care about my site anymore.
But now I think I can’t do that. I start to increase my PR again.. But it didn’t make any changes. So won’t my site’s PR increase again ??

]]> By: Jim Connolly http://jimsmarketingblog.com/2009/06/29/my-dofollow-experiment-the-results/comment-page-1/#comment-8524 Jim Connolly Tue, 02 Feb 2010 13:38:37 +0000 http://jimsmarketingblog.com/?p=1782#comment-8524 Brilliant comment David - Lots of great points. Thanks! Brilliant comment David – Lots of great points. Thanks!

]]> By: David http://jimsmarketingblog.com/2009/06/29/my-dofollow-experiment-the-results/comment-page-1/#comment-8523 David Tue, 02 Feb 2010 12:50:53 +0000 http://jimsmarketingblog.com/?p=1782#comment-8523 But isn't the root cause of the whole do follow issue : How do you get a new blog noticed, read and commented on by people without it taking years? It's OK for those folks with long standing blogs and online presence.. There's almost this pseudo science to SEO and I'm sure there has to be a better way hmm.. What is the point in creating articles if no one reads them? At the end of the day there has to be some "reward" for the investment of your time. For some people this may be money for others the postive comments of readers... .-= David´s last blog ..<a href="http://www.nexusoneblog.co.uk/nexus-one-frequently-asked-questions-faqs/" rel="nofollow">Nexus One Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ’s)</a> =-. But isn’t the root cause of the whole do follow issue :

How do you get a new blog noticed, read and commented on by people without it taking years?

It’s OK for those folks with long standing blogs and online presence..

There’s almost this pseudo science to SEO and I’m sure there has to be a better way hmm..

What is the point in creating articles if no one reads them? At the end of the day there has to be some “reward” for the investment of your time. For some people this may be money for others the postive comments of readers…
David´s last blog ..Nexus One Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ’s) My ComLuv Profile

]]> By: Jim Connolly http://jimsmarketingblog.com/2009/06/29/my-dofollow-experiment-the-results/comment-page-1/#comment-8250 Jim Connolly Thu, 21 Jan 2010 08:07:02 +0000 http://jimsmarketingblog.com/?p=1782#comment-8250 This blog's already moderated in that way. This blog’s already moderated in that way.

]]> By: Ari Herzog http://jimsmarketingblog.com/2009/06/29/my-dofollow-experiment-the-results/comment-page-1/#comment-8248 Ari Herzog Thu, 21 Jan 2010 07:48:29 +0000 http://jimsmarketingblog.com/?p=1782#comment-8248 The solution to your problem is very simple by doing something similar that I do: The first two comments that someone adds are moderated. Thus, if someone is spam-like (which I can gauge inside of 30 seconds), the comment is not approved. Nine times out of ten, it's a non-issue and I click the "approve" link in my Wordpress dashboard. I also think it's ridiculous to look at what so-called top bloggers are doing because frankly they may be unaware. The solution to your problem is very simple by doing something similar that I do: The first two comments that someone adds are moderated. Thus, if someone is spam-like (which I can gauge inside of 30 seconds), the comment is not approved. Nine times out of ten, it’s a non-issue and I click the “approve” link in my Wordpress dashboard.

I also think it’s ridiculous to look at what so-called top bloggers are doing because frankly they may be unaware.

]]> By: foodie http://jimsmarketingblog.com/2009/06/29/my-dofollow-experiment-the-results/comment-page-1/#comment-8151 foodie Sun, 17 Jan 2010 17:01:23 +0000 http://jimsmarketingblog.com/?p=1782#comment-8151 I think if you can add 5 links a day for 5 days a week the cumulitive value could take your site to a pr 4 or 5 in about 6 months at least that is what my model says. I hope I am right because I am just starting out. I like trhe idea here of sticking to smaller bloggers but wonder if Google cares. I will try both large and small for now. Thanks Cris I think if you can add 5 links a day for 5 days a week the cumulitive value could take your site to a pr 4 or 5 in about 6 months at least that is what my model says. I hope I am right because I am just starting out. I like trhe idea here of sticking to smaller bloggers but wonder if Google cares. I will try both large and small for now. Thanks Cris

]]> By: bpo services http://jimsmarketingblog.com/2009/06/29/my-dofollow-experiment-the-results/comment-page-1/#comment-5309 bpo services Mon, 10 Aug 2009 10:32:44 +0000 http://jimsmarketingblog.com/?p=1782#comment-5309 hi Jim very deep experiment you have done.do follow links is very important for pr and traffic. thanks for sharing hi Jim
very deep experiment you have done.do follow links is very important for pr and traffic.
thanks for sharing

]]> By: Mike http://jimsmarketingblog.com/2009/06/29/my-dofollow-experiment-the-results/comment-page-1/#comment-5268 Mike Thu, 06 Aug 2009 03:52:20 +0000 http://jimsmarketingblog.com/?p=1782#comment-5268 I think the point about DoFollow v NoFollow is that it somewhat levels the playground for those of us with smaller blogs. Basically we can moderate where a big blog can't... The elephant in the room is whether for various reasons (I've tried to argue <a href="http://www.drivelry.com/how-to-blog-link-building-to-increase-your-website-traffic-for-newer-bloggers/399/" rel="nofollow">here</a>) smaller bloggers should basically avoid interacting with large bloggers and (for a number of reasons) stick with interacting with other smaller blogs who ARE DoFollow. This I think is quite an interesting question... PS You are a 'small' blog aren't you Jim? (-: I think the point about DoFollow v NoFollow is that it somewhat levels the playground for those of us with smaller blogs. Basically we can moderate where a big blog can’t…

The elephant in the room is whether for various reasons (I’ve tried to argue here) smaller bloggers should basically avoid interacting with large bloggers and (for a number of reasons) stick with interacting with other smaller blogs who ARE DoFollow.

This I think is quite an interesting question…

PS You are a ’small’ blog aren’t you Jim? (-:

]]> By: SEO training http://jimsmarketingblog.com/2009/06/29/my-dofollow-experiment-the-results/comment-page-1/#comment-5257 SEO training Wed, 05 Aug 2009 17:24:01 +0000 http://jimsmarketingblog.com/?p=1782#comment-5257 Hey Jim, Thanks for the great post. I do quite a bit of work online and have also experimented with the dofollow tag. One one of my sites I maintain a pretty carefully controlled links page. I've tried to keep the number under 40 active links on average. At one point in time, I wanted to see what would happen if I changed my robots.txt file to no follow vs. do follow. Within about 48 hours, my organic rankings on the page dropped significantly. I don't know all the technical details behind it, but I do know that it have a negative impact from a search engine optimization perspective. As a result, I reinstated the "do follow" command. Hey Jim,

Thanks for the great post. I do quite a bit of work online and have also experimented with the dofollow tag. One one of my sites I maintain a pretty carefully controlled links page. I’ve tried to keep the number under 40 active links on average.

At one point in time, I wanted to see what would happen if I changed my robots.txt file to no follow vs. do follow. Within about 48 hours, my organic rankings on the page dropped significantly. I don’t know all the technical details behind it, but I do know that it have a negative impact from a search engine optimization perspective. As a result, I reinstated the “do follow” command.

]]> By: victorian inn bed and breakfast http://jimsmarketingblog.com/2009/06/29/my-dofollow-experiment-the-results/comment-page-1/#comment-5247 victorian inn bed and breakfast Wed, 05 Aug 2009 06:21:25 +0000 http://jimsmarketingblog.com/?p=1782#comment-5247 This is the great idea of providing Do Follow links.your experiment succeeded and that is the most needed thing for client to have a do follow link. Thanks for having a nice article post. This is the great idea of providing Do Follow links.your experiment succeeded and that is the most needed thing for client to have a do follow link.
Thanks for having a nice article post.

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