If you’ve ever spent a Sunday evening clearing out the contents of a website or blog anti-spam filter, you’ll identify with the decision of Dave Winer to turn off the comments on Scripting News. And having commented on Twitter and received some replies from Dave, I wanted to expand on the subject. Is it ‘right’ to turn off the comments? want to start by establishing something – there is no ethical or moral argument against the owner of a website or blog making the decision to turn off a commenting system. Buffer MORE >>

Use Nofollow Links – Under Google’s rules, a website with links pointing to sites that Google considers spammy can affect the reputation (and ranking) of your own site. This most often occurs when spammers leave comments on blogs. To To combat link spam , use the “nofollow” link command. With “nofollow” turned on, a search engine crawler will not follow the link and your site will not get SEO dinged for pointing to a spam site. Do you ever wonder why your B2B website isn’t getting more traffic? Now that’s quick! Blogs have both. Honestly, don’t worry about it. MORE >>

The study shows that links with stop words and nofollow are also significant factors in a page’s ranking. Following shares are comments, likes, and Tweets. SEO is a like a clock, always shifting, and kept true by machinery fathomless to the general population. Even people who make a living learning these intricate machinations are, at best, constantly battling to stay relevant. The hidden algorithms utilized by search engines like Google keep us on our toes, demanding constant vigilance and supreme dedication to the craft. First, we want to cover the old guard: backlinks. MORE >>

You are here: ViperChill » SEO » Wordpress SEO: The Only Guide You Need Wordpress SEO: The Only Guide You Need Written by Glen, this post has 175 Comments As many of you will know, I love Wordpress. NoFollow Certain Pages I did say there may be some tactics that people frown upon in this post, and this is the first. The Nofollow attribute was first introduced by search engines to help stop spam on the web from ranking in search results. That’s why, by default, all links to commenters on your blog are automatically nofollowed. RewriteRule. MORE >>

While some of these are nofollowed, you should be aware that Google could easily apply its paid link interpretation to these in the next round of Penguin updates, so ensure that if you are doing PR on your website, you are doing it the proper way. Share in the comments section below. 'Ask anybody in the SEO industry about the Penguin update of April 2012 and you will probably be greeted by a knowing look or reaction of despair. Guest post by Alan Grainger. Don’t be fooled by the cuteness! Diversify Your Link Profile. Remove Poor Quality Links. Would they be happy? Great! MORE >>