Comments on: Will Digg follow by going nofollow? http://www.centernetworks.com/will-digg-follow-by-going-nofollow Web 2 and Social Media News and Reviews Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:50:56 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Zerp http://www.centernetworks.com/will-digg-follow-by-going-nofollow/comment-page-#comment-11895 Zerp Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-11895 Im sorry but wiki is a dying dinosaur and not having outbound links with anchor tags is just another reason why wiki will die like dmoz is. Im sorry but wiki is a dying dinosaur and not having outbound links with anchor tags is just another reason why wiki will die like dmoz is.

]]> By: diggernick http://www.centernetworks.com/will-digg-follow-by-going-nofollow/comment-page-#comment-11896 diggernick Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-11896 Digg has users. Spammers do not. They can do whatever they want for now. I say yes, go for it. Digg has users. Spammers do not.
They can do whatever they want for now. I say yes, go for it.

]]> By: Adriaan http://www.centernetworks.com/will-digg-follow-by-going-nofollow/comment-page-#comment-11897 Adriaan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-11897 Nobody uses wikipedia anymore... Nobody uses wikipedia anymore…

]]> By: Nik Agarwal http://www.centernetworks.com/will-digg-follow-by-going-nofollow/comment-page-#comment-11898 Nik Agarwal Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-11898 On the contrary, many people still rely on wikipedia to gather information, albeit you cannot really use wikipedia as authoritative source, but it is the next best thing to help you out in a jam. On the contrary, many people still rely on wikipedia to gather information, albeit you cannot really use wikipedia as authoritative source, but it is the next best thing to help you out in a jam.

]]> By: shaxs http://www.centernetworks.com/will-digg-follow-by-going-nofollow/comment-page-#comment-11899 shaxs Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-11899 Actually, I use Wikipedia all the time and use Digg once every two months. Actually, I use Wikipedia all the time and use Digg once every two months.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.centernetworks.com/will-digg-follow-by-going-nofollow/comment-page-#comment-11900 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-11900 DIGG has a positive effect. People started to create good and interesting content even if they only want links. But if the nofollow rule will be use a lot of people will abandon Digg. So that's a NO NO. DIGG has a positive effect. People started to create good and interesting content even if they only want links. But if the nofollow rule will be use a lot of people will abandon Digg. So that’s a NO NO.

]]> By: Darren Stuart http://www.centernetworks.com/will-digg-follow-by-going-nofollow/comment-page-#comment-11901 Darren Stuart Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-11901 I think Wiki is playing dirty and the nofollow has more to do with its own search product coming out. I am really suprised Digg haven't already done this. Have they done it for the comments? I think Wiki is playing dirty and the nofollow has more to do with its own search product coming out.

I am really suprised Digg haven’t already done this. Have they done it for the comments?

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.centernetworks.com/will-digg-follow-by-going-nofollow/comment-page-#comment-11902 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-11902 A lot of people(SPAMMERS) will abandon Digg. Oh dear, what a shame, never mind. A lot of people(SPAMMERS) will abandon Digg.
Oh dear, what a shame, never mind.

]]> By: Sindrome http://www.centernetworks.com/will-digg-follow-by-going-nofollow/comment-page-#comment-11903 Sindrome Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-11903 You wish! Wikipedia is thriving, but their relnofollow is stupid because it means that they don't promote whatever legitimate sites are used, and that means Google results will be flawed because the pagerank bonus they recieved will be lost and google spammers who probably have found other sites to use to spam their sites pagerank will increase to the top, and those other sites will fall. Digg would be stupid to use rel=nofollow, because digg users are one shot visitors - they read, they use, they take, the bandwidth is used-and ads are blocked, so no real profit comes from Digg and legitimate sites from Digg see the PR with the traffic as a bonus, and if Digg takes that way - all that leaves is a couple of comments in your blog, and wasted bandwidth. Not to mention, what about the fact that Digg's norel sometimes help sites that are virtually undiscovered get some pagerank. It helps break the sandbox, granted I remember a day when there was no (yes NO) spam in the digg upcoming list..but hey, the Digg voting system works and keeps most spam out. You wish! Wikipedia is thriving, but their relnofollow is stupid because it means that they don’t promote whatever legitimate sites are used, and that means Google results will be flawed because the pagerank bonus they recieved will be lost and google spammers who probably have found other sites to use to spam their sites pagerank will increase to the top, and those other sites will fall.

Digg would be stupid to use rel=nofollow, because digg users are one shot visitors – they read, they use, they take, the bandwidth is used-and ads are blocked, so no real profit comes from Digg and legitimate sites from Digg see the PR with the traffic as a bonus, and if Digg takes that way – all that leaves is a couple of comments in your blog, and wasted bandwidth.

Not to mention, what about the fact that Digg’s norel sometimes help sites that are virtually undiscovered get some pagerank. It helps break the sandbox, granted I remember a day when there was no (yes NO) spam in the digg upcoming list..but hey, the Digg voting system works and keeps most spam out.

]]> By: Rajose http://www.centernetworks.com/will-digg-follow-by-going-nofollow/comment-page-#comment-11904 Rajose Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-11904 Google Page Rank is dead..... http://blog.searchenginewatch.com/blog/060510-123802 Google is "supposed" to rank pages using 200 quality signals but that seems to be not working, all google academic PhD's are worthless against much more intelligent entrepreneurs. It is obvious that google algorithms has miserably failed, means google stock price will fall soon, because the whole premise of google is it can "algorithmically rank pages" there by "eliminating human review". Fasten you seat belt for web 2.0 crash........ Google Page Rank is dead…..

http://blog.searchenginewatch.com/blog/060510-123802
Google is “supposed” to rank pages using 200 quality signals but that seems
to be not working, all google academic PhD’s are worthless against much more
intelligent entrepreneurs.

It is obvious that google algorithms has miserably failed, means google
stock price will fall soon, because the whole premise of google is it
can “algorithmically rank pages” there by “eliminating human review”.
Fasten you seat belt for web 2.0 crash……..

]]> By: Motorcycle Guy http://www.centernetworks.com/will-digg-follow-by-going-nofollow/comment-page-#comment-11905 Motorcycle Guy Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-11905 I agree, I think wikipedia (as a nonprofit) will be exploited in anyway possible to help out wikia (Jimbo Wale's for profit company). I mean any nonprofit is free to throw a link to anyone, and in this case, that link could be worth millions. I agree, I think wikipedia (as a nonprofit) will be exploited in anyway possible to help out wikia (Jimbo Wale’s for profit company). I mean any nonprofit is free to throw a link to anyone, and in this case, that link could be worth millions.

]]> By: Digg Sucks http://www.centernetworks.com/will-digg-follow-by-going-nofollow/comment-page-#comment-11906 Digg Sucks Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-11906 Digg officially sucks, they're fostered a very bad relationship with their top users - which is why many left to Netscape. They do in fact censor submissions, and they've recently banned a huge list of urls including many sites that were legitimate sites. They've even banned sites that criticize Digg. I think they're gaining too much power overall in terms of SERPs , and they need some healthy completion. Digg officially sucks, they’re fostered a very bad relationship with their top users – which is why many left to Netscape. They do in fact censor submissions, and they’ve recently banned a huge list of urls including many sites that were legitimate sites.

They’ve even banned sites that criticize Digg. I think they’re gaining too much power overall in terms of SERPs , and they need some healthy completion.

]]> By: John http://www.centernetworks.com/will-digg-follow-by-going-nofollow/comment-page-#comment-11910 John Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-11910 I guess I have a stupid question, but do forums and message boards such as this generally use the "nofollow" tag? If so, is this simply to keep out spammers. Also, can Google tell the difference between, say a response to a story that you post on Gizmodo where you include your url and a url that is embedded in the story itself (for example the story is actually about your url or mentions your site and links to it)? Thanks. John I guess I have a stupid question, but do forums and message boards such as this generally use the “nofollow” tag? If so, is this simply to keep out spammers. Also, can Google tell the difference between, say a response to a story that you post on Gizmodo where you include your url and a url that is embedded in the story itself (for example the story is actually about your url or mentions your site and links to it)? Thanks.

John

]]> By: Dave http://www.centernetworks.com/will-digg-follow-by-going-nofollow/comment-page-#comment-11911 Dave Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-11911 I don't think going nofollow will stop people from trying to game the system. Nor do I think it will stop the people who post the good content from posting either. You want to get to page one of Digg for the tons of backlinks you'll get from other sites, not digg. I don’t think going nofollow will stop people from trying to game the system. Nor do I think it will stop the people who post the good content from posting either.

You want to get to page one of Digg for the tons of backlinks you’ll get from other sites, not digg.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.centernetworks.com/will-digg-follow-by-going-nofollow/comment-page-#comment-11912 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-11912 I think digg probably will start using the nofollow, but I don't put much faith in it stopping the spam. I think a lot of digg spam is there more for the front page. A link on the front page of digg can yield well over 1000 links to a site, regardless of whether the one digg link has a nofollow attribute or not. The prospect of that ALONE is enough to keep the spammers coming. I personally don't like the nofollow tags - i think people just moderate their blogs, but I see where it is effective. I don't think it will be in this case. I think digg probably will start using the nofollow, but I don’t put much faith in it stopping the spam.

I think a lot of digg spam is there more for the front page.

A link on the front page of digg can yield well over 1000 links to a site, regardless of whether the one digg link has a nofollow attribute or not. The prospect of that ALONE is enough to keep the spammers coming.

I personally don’t like the nofollow tags – i think people just moderate their blogs, but I see where it is effective.

I don’t think it will be in this case.

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