Well we came across this today and I had to post it. It literally made me laugh for 10 minutes non stop. This is what happens when you combine a .edu blog + PR4 post + dofollow + no moderation whatsoever!!! 874 spammy links and growing!

http://mrzhou.cms.si.umich.edu/deplo…lock-drupalorg 

Its absolutely crazy I mean some of them are not even comments just spamming there URLs and we all know Google only counts the first link to one destination page, but still they put loads of links with similar anchor text to the same place

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The latest post on SEOmoz blog entitled “Nofollow is Dying: The Impact of Microblogging and Nofollow on SEO” touched on a very important issue in the the SEO world – that is the importance of nofollow links. SEOs have always believed that links should always be done on dofollow sites because nofollow does not provide link juice. However, SEOmoz have this theory that nofollow does not matter anymore.

SEOmoz provided good basis for this claim. The author referred to microblogging platforms such as Twitter that only have nofollow links. However, the conversion of these links are phenomenal since links are shown to concerned followers. If this idea is going to be applied to SEO, this can somehow change the search engines’ algorithm. With their goal of providing the most relevant search results to their users, it is not surprising if they will consider nofollow microblogging links in the future.

Another basis SEOmoz have presented is the explosion of 3rd party program users. Like social media sites such as Twitter, 3rd party websites such as blogger, wordpress.com and others usually have nofollow links. However, with the increase in users, search engines can’t always say that the links to these blogs must be ignored. Some of them are relevant and ignoring them are not practical.

Third, nofollow links have been proven to be more trusted. This can be attributed to the announcement that nofollow links are not counted by search engines. It is with this reason that spam is not present in most of the nofollow websites. Spammers usually flood the dofollow sites with their links expecting link juice. Ironically, the people who try to game the system only make the dofollow links look worse than the nofollow links. This is an aspect that search engines may consider as they weigh which link is worth more.

I have personal experience with this as well. I have found that the search engines managed to crawl my site even if I commented on related nofollow sites. I tried searching the links and the nofollow comment came out in the listings. This means that the search engines are still counting that link even if it comes from a nofollow blog.

However, this is just a theory. I think it is still best for Google to have this rule because it limits comment spam as well as build relevant content to a particular page. But it is still an interesting thing to know that nofollow may also be valued by search engines.

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A recent patent application from Google describes the way they make use of previous query for influencing the advertisements that pop up during a search.

The patent describes the ways in which the search engine decides the relation between a current and previous query. This is used to determine whether they should encourage ads that support both queries.

The patent clearly describes the way they expand the search query for matching with various advertising keywords. This happens when there is no previous query from the searcher. In such a case, the search engine will look for related words and will perform query broadening.

Ads are shown mostly based on the words which relates to the particular query. This is obtained through getting information through clustering tools and various other systems.

This patent describes how search results could be expanded through a web search. This indicates the instance during which there are no results for any query entered by the user. Google will also look at various overlapping words in those queries which happened during the search, for displaying results to users. Previous queries in this way will relate to the sponsored links which are highlighted on the top of the pages which are shown as results.

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After careful consideration I have decided to make the blog do follow, but please note anyone caught trying to spam or abuse this system will have there ip address banned. All comments will be moderated before allowing them to get through. There is currently no limit on the age of the posts but yet again if people get caught abusing this feature this will be put in place.

The decision to make the blog do follow is to give our loyal readers that little extra back. No Need to register, just leave a useful comment.

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The prevailing concept of Search Engine Optimization is every inbound link works as a positive vote at the destined website. This concept has been slightly refined today, wherein the word inbound link is preceded by the phrase topical relevance, which essentially enhances the quality of links.

Let us find out quickly the options we have got for generating inbound links. Link Submission – by which you submit your link to several directories and request webmasters of other website owners for a link. Paid Links assure the presence as well as a prominent position in the other website depending upon the magnitude of the payment. Many web directories offer you featured and partner listing at a few dollars. You can participate in link building campaigns for an initial boost.

The continuous research and innovation has formulated some more effective ways of getting inbound links. Articles, Forum, Blog posting, Comments, Press Releases, Guest Books, email are to name a few. In one word, your participation in several public places is imperative. Community orientation in our earthly life gives you the opportunity of sharing your ideas with a gamut of people with matching wavelength and Internet Community sites are ready to give you the unique opportunity of buying links and sale your products or services. Never shy off, as your counterpart is also doing the same with the same objective!

When you write an article, it communicates your ideas or message to the readers. The more number of articles you publish in versatile article sites, the more your chance of converging visitors to your own site. This is just like the traditional marketing concept, which states more number of outlets of your products multiply your chance of getting business. If you can write really good articles, which adds value in the leisure of the people, then they will be eager to read the complete article to ensure a vote for you. If the reader is really charmed, then he will visit your site on his own so that you get a regular visit. Your Blog posts can also generate a good crowd. The latest is perhaps comments. When you comment on a post in a blog, you get the opportunity of placing your links over there, so if the comment attracts the visitor, he may take a try in visiting your site also.

So, come out of your shell, be generous and community oriented, it may even yield you inbound links.

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