Is sitepoint forum is a DoFollow Forum?

Discussion in 'Link Development' started by fredxpress, Jul 10, 2010.

  1. #1
    Anyone can answer, is sitepoint forum is a DoFollow forum or not?
     
    fredxpress, Jul 10, 2010 IP
  2. ish221100

    ish221100 Active Member

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    #2
    sitepoint is nofollow forum.
     
    ish221100, Jul 10, 2010 IP
  3. inspiroHost

    inspiroHost Peon

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    #3
    Nope, it's not.
     
    inspiroHost, Jul 10, 2010 IP
  4. Agent000

    Agent000 Prominent Member

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    #4
    Really? I think you need to go and check. The signatures are nofollow and are only visible to logged in members (ie search engines can not even see them). URL's in the body of a message are not nofollow'd ... but the mods at sitepoint do not tolerate anything remotely close to a self promotional link in a message.
     
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  5. goshawk21

    goshawk21 Guest

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    #5
    If not, why do people have signatures with links like this?

    Best IT forum | Wireless Internet Cards rental service

    Just curious?
     
    goshawk21, Jul 10, 2010 IP
  6. Agent000

    Agent000 Prominent Member

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    Its called 'advertising'; they are posting for the good of the community, they are contributing to the value of the community ... they are not just posting to spam drop their signatures to get backlinks (which they are useless for anyway) ... have you not noticed they delete fluff posts at Sitepoint.
     
    Agent000, Jul 10, 2010 IP
  7. bigcat1967

    bigcat1967 Active Member

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    #7
    do follows/no follows - doesn't matter. The bots follow no matter what.
     
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  8. RollingDeep

    RollingDeep Peon

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    #8
    yeap that is true
     
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  9. goshawk21

    goshawk21 Guest

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    Fair enough Agent000, but it's still all advertising. One man's spam is another's ad etc. I have seen they drop the fluffy posts and I am sure there are people in the forum who object to any and all ads which is fine too. Have a good one and thanks for the reply.
     
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  10. Agent000

    Agent000 Prominent Member

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    #10
    What a load of nonsense. Google do NOT follow a nofollow.
     
    Agent000, Jul 10, 2010 IP
  11. petr_ind

    petr_ind Notable Member

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    google bot will not follow nofollow but maybe another Search engine bots will follow.
     
    petr_ind, Jul 10, 2010 IP
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    cakka Member

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    #12
    nice discussin, make me know more about this forum :)
     
    cakka, Jul 10, 2010 IP
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    Slincon Well-Known Member

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    #13
    believe it or not but google actually does spider nofollow links, it just doesn't pass PR or cache updates to the site.
     
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    How do you know that? Are you calling Matt Cutts a liar when he explicitly says that Google does not follow them.
     
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  15. Integrated Solutions

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    Ya it is no follow...
     
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  16. combson

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    #16
    It is no-follow, but it is a good thing to mix your links to be a good combination of follow and nofollow. It looks natural and helps you, adding more weight to yahoo, bing, and even google!
     
    combson, Jul 12, 2010 IP