FW: Google takes on comment spam

Content is still content, visits are still visits and the end result will still be more traffic. And this will not be adopted by all. > It probably will cut down on a certain amount of "look at this great > link I found" referrals. I realize that the link will still work, but > people do also legitimately do this and the site will no longer get > credit for these clicks for ranking purposes. I've seen it quite a bit > on the home school/parenting yahoogroups, and since yahoo is > participating.... > > So I am thinking that viral marketing will still work but will have > less effect on page rank (?) > > Dana > > > On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 13:25:53 -0500, Michael Dinowitz > <mdinowit@houseoffusion.com> wrote: > > Probably by script which means that the blog software has to be > rewritten. > > This is really a lot of fun due to the total amount of blog software out > > there. Personally, I'd just run a standard spam filter against a post > and > > 'flag' it as potential or actual spam based on content, links, etc. > Simple > > to do. > > > > > While I applaud this, having had to deal with a penis enlargement > > > spammer, my question is, well, probably stunningly simple and > > > something I should know.... > > > > > > The "nofollow" will not be put there by the spammers presumably since > > > they want the link to be followed... so would it get there by a script > > > that the blog software applies to all comments? I guess? > > > > > > Dana > > > > > > > > > On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 12:44:57 -0500, Michael Dinowitz > > > <mdinowit@houseoffusion.com> wrote: > > > > Originally posted by Kevin Graeme to the CF-Community list. > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > If you're a blogger (or a blog reader), you're painfully familiar > with > > > > people who try to raise their own websites' search engine rankings > by > > > > submitting linked blog comments like "Visit my discount > > > > pharmaceuticals site." This is called comment spam, we don't like it > > > > either, and we've been testing a new tag that blocks it. From now > on, > > > > when Google sees the attribute (rel="nofollow") on hyperlinks, those > > > > links won't get any credit when we rank websites in our search > > > > results. This isn't a negative vote for the site where the comment > was > > > > posted; it's just a way to make sure that spammers get no benefit > from > > > > abusing public areas like blog comments, trackbacks, and referrer > > > > lists. > > > > http://www.google.com/googleblog/2005/01/preventing-comment- > spam.html > > > > > > > > -Kevin > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >