Comments on: PR Theft http://www.midlifemusings.com/2007/05/02/pr-theft/ Reflections on life from 40-something Sun, 12 Oct 2008 05:28:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: cass http://www.midlifemusings.com/2007/05/02/pr-theft/#comment-5298 cass Wed, 16 May 2007 14:47:49 +0000 http://www.midlifemusings.com/2007/05/02/pr-theft/#comment-5298 Thank you. Thank you.

]]> By: Pinoy http://www.midlifemusings.com/2007/05/02/pr-theft/#comment-5237 Pinoy Sat, 12 May 2007 06:34:45 +0000 http://www.midlifemusings.com/2007/05/02/pr-theft/#comment-5237 Great illustration about the do follow plugin. You've been dugg. Great illustration about the do follow plugin. You’ve been dugg.

]]> By: Hobo http://www.midlifemusings.com/2007/05/02/pr-theft/#comment-5168 Hobo Tue, 08 May 2007 02:03:45 +0000 http://www.midlifemusings.com/2007/05/02/pr-theft/#comment-5168 It's not only thought to be stripping you of (perhaps negligible)PR but of Trust in some cases, depending on who you link to. It’s not only thought to be stripping you of (perhaps negligible)PR but of Trust in some cases, depending on who you link to.

]]> By: Joseph http://www.midlifemusings.com/2007/05/02/pr-theft/#comment-5161 Joseph Mon, 07 May 2007 02:31:04 +0000 http://www.midlifemusings.com/2007/05/02/pr-theft/#comment-5161 Adam it is not a myth since it is defined that PR is spread between links on a page by google themselves. Is this person is an "expert" why can you also not even remember the blog where you saw it.. Adam it is not a myth since it is defined that PR is spread between links on a page by google themselves. Is this person is an “expert” why can you also not even remember the blog where you saw it..

]]> By: Adam http://www.midlifemusings.com/2007/05/02/pr-theft/#comment-5140 Adam Fri, 04 May 2007 22:05:58 +0000 http://www.midlifemusings.com/2007/05/02/pr-theft/#comment-5140 Not really sure but according to some experts, the widespread belief that your website PR is lowered if you link to other people is simply a myth. I blogged about it sometime back: http://www.adamok.net/2007/03/are-you-link-nazi.html Not really sure but according to some experts, the widespread belief that your website PR is lowered if you link to other people is simply a myth. I blogged about it sometime back: http://www.adamok.net/2007/03/are-you-link-nazi.html

]]> By: Wilson http://www.midlifemusings.com/2007/05/02/pr-theft/#comment-5138 Wilson Fri, 04 May 2007 19:54:44 +0000 http://www.midlifemusings.com/2007/05/02/pr-theft/#comment-5138 I get so much of these comments with links. Some are good comments that make me visit their site. What I didn't know that our PR can actually be reduce or lower down with these backlinks. Thanks to your post now I know. I get so much of these comments with links. Some are good comments that make me visit their site.
What I didn’t know that our PR can actually be reduce or lower down with these backlinks.
Thanks to your post now I know.

]]> By: cass http://www.midlifemusings.com/2007/05/02/pr-theft/#comment-5109 cass Thu, 03 May 2007 13:45:22 +0000 http://www.midlifemusings.com/2007/05/02/pr-theft/#comment-5109 Aggie, welcome. That's a good question! I don't think it's bad for business. The blogs that I advertise do follow on get more traffic and comments than those I don't. Traffic is good! I do think that one needs to be wise about things, though. If you are going to be a do follow blogger, realize that you will have to get out there and participate in the conversations of the internet so that your own link gets planted. It's like....meeting your neighbors. Aggie, welcome. That’s a good question! I don’t think it’s bad for business. The blogs that I advertise do follow on get more traffic and comments than those I don’t. Traffic is good! I do think that one needs to be wise about things, though. If you are going to be a do follow blogger, realize that you will have to get out there and participate in the conversations of the internet so that your own link gets planted.

It’s like….meeting your neighbors.

]]> By: cass http://www.midlifemusings.com/2007/05/02/pr-theft/#comment-5108 cass Thu, 03 May 2007 13:37:35 +0000 http://www.midlifemusings.com/2007/05/02/pr-theft/#comment-5108 Tricia, I have a blogger blog, and it follows. It's just hard to find the right code. And I had to go in and re follow one of my blogs, too. I did the same thing you did: upload, activate, boom, boom, boom, and like you, I missed something somewhere. I found it looking over the email notice I receive when I get a comment. These things happen, and are fixable. There is a much easier way to check than viewing the source, btw. If you have the alexa status extension for firefox, just click the @ beside the pagerank bar. No follow links will show up red. Please do not shut down the list. I am enjoying in, and I am planning to add my other blogs to it. I think the idea is great. Most of the visitors are awesome. Tricia, I have a blogger blog, and it follows. It’s just hard to find the right code. And I had to go in and re follow one of my blogs, too. I did the same thing you did: upload, activate, boom, boom, boom, and like you, I missed something somewhere. I found it looking over the email notice I receive when I get a comment. These things happen, and are fixable.

There is a much easier way to check than viewing the source, btw. If you have the alexa status extension for firefox, just click the @ beside the pagerank bar. No follow links will show up red.

Please do not shut down the list. I am enjoying in, and I am planning to add my other blogs to it. I think the idea is great. Most of the visitors are awesome.

]]> By: Aggie http://www.midlifemusings.com/2007/05/02/pr-theft/#comment-5105 Aggie Thu, 03 May 2007 10:36:19 +0000 http://www.midlifemusings.com/2007/05/02/pr-theft/#comment-5105 Hi, this is the first time Im leaving a comment on your blog because I need to ask a question - does advertising your blog with a no follow sign "bad" for "business"? I just got into the no follow blog roll a week ago, hoping it can help with PR, since I love commenting on other people's blogs as well. Hi, this is the first time Im leaving a comment on your blog because I need to ask a question - does advertising your blog with a no follow sign “bad” for “business”? I just got into the no follow blog roll a week ago, hoping it can help with PR, since I love commenting on other people’s blogs as well.

]]> By: Tricia http://www.midlifemusings.com/2007/05/02/pr-theft/#comment-5104 Tricia Thu, 03 May 2007 08:44:10 +0000 http://www.midlifemusings.com/2007/05/02/pr-theft/#comment-5104 Cass I obviously haven't been seeing the PR thieves that you have. The majority of people that leave comments on my sites leave worthy comments. I had one person in particular that was going around leaving two links in the body of his comment and I read him the riot act. He hasn't been commenting on our sites lately - perhaps this is one of the people you are talking about and perhaps he's going around on the rest of the sites. If someone is really abusing the do follow list and they are on the blogroll please let me know and I'll remove their site. That won't necessarily stop them from continuing to visit the sites but they won't get the visitors. I'm actually a bit upset that no one told me about this. Obviously people have been noticing it for a few days but no one said anything to me. :( I didn't check all the sites when I first started the blogroll. I should have, but I took people at their word that they had removed the nofollow tags, because most of the first people that signed up were ones that were on the RSS feed do follow list, and the D-List etc .. I thought they were in the know. Then I smartened up and started checking and sending instructions to everyone on how to remove the nofollow tags. I have quite the welcome email that I send out. I wonder if blogger does something weird and puts the tags back in. Because I personally checked some of the sites like Robyn's that have been mentioned and they didn't have the nofollow tags when I checked. Yes I do know how to check - view source. I'll admit that one of my husbands sites accidently didn't have the dofollow plugin turned on. Armymom left a comment yesterday and I fixed it right away. I guess when I added it to 9 sites I messed up on one. I also suppose that there might be some dishonest people that had the nofollow tags turned off when I came by to check and then put them back in once I checked there site. That's always a possibility too. If things like that are happening I'll shut down the list. Cass I obviously haven’t been seeing the PR thieves that you have. The majority of people that leave comments on my sites leave worthy comments.

I had one person in particular that was going around leaving two links in the body of his comment and I read him the riot act. He hasn’t been commenting on our sites lately - perhaps this is one of the people you are talking about and perhaps he’s going around on the rest of the sites.

If someone is really abusing the do follow list and they are on the blogroll please let me know and I’ll remove their site. That won’t necessarily stop them from continuing to visit the sites but they won’t get the visitors.

I’m actually a bit upset that no one told me about this. Obviously people have been noticing it for a few days but no one said anything to me. :(

I didn’t check all the sites when I first started the blogroll. I should have, but I took people at their word that they had removed the nofollow tags, because most of the first people that signed up were ones that were on the RSS feed do follow list, and the D-List etc .. I thought they were in the know.

Then I smartened up and started checking and sending instructions to everyone on how to remove the nofollow tags. I have quite the welcome email that I send out.

I wonder if blogger does something weird and puts the tags back in. Because I personally checked some of the sites like Robyn’s that have been mentioned and they didn’t have the nofollow tags when I checked. Yes I do know how to check - view source.

I’ll admit that one of my husbands sites accidently didn’t have the dofollow plugin turned on. Armymom left a comment yesterday and I fixed it right away. I guess when I added it to 9 sites I messed up on one.

I also suppose that there might be some dishonest people that had the nofollow tags turned off when I came by to check and then put them back in once I checked there site. That’s always a possibility too. If things like that are happening I’ll shut down the list.

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