Thread: eZineArticles Going NOFOLLOW

Originally Posted by iowadawg

Getting into the SERP's has very little to do with how many do follow links you have.

It depends on how competitive the keyword is.

Originally Posted by iowadawg

Geesh....I get new sites/blogs into first page of google the day I go live with them.
Not one single back link.

Yeah, I know that is possible. But try getting on the first page of Google in one day for a search phrase that someone actually uses in a search.

Happens all the time for me.

Now for very competitive search terms. I may end up on page 2 to page 6.

Soon, every site on the net will be no follow.

If they all use WordPress maybe

It is getting harder to find forums in some industries that are not nofollow. For example, there is a list of travel forums in NB that supposedly allow sig links. I checked them out and and almost every one has gone nofollow or no longer allows signature links.

It looks like a lot of industries are getting tired of the spammers and are taking drastic measures to discourage them.

Originally Posted by TopDogger

It is getting harder to find forums in some industries that are not nofollow. For example, there is a list of travel forums in NB that supposedly allow sig links. I checked them out and and almost every one has gone nofollow or no longer allows signature links. <br>

It looks like a lot of industries are getting tired of the spammers and are taking drastic measures to discourage them.

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Even some of the Web 2.0 sites like Livejournal are now "nofollow".

Spam

: In an effort to reduce spam on LiveJournal, the text string 'rel=nofollow' will be added to URLs for entries and comments posted from Plus and Basic accounts. This will help reduce visibility in search engines and make spam commenting less

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