No Longer A "dofollow" Site

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  1. digitalpoint

    digitalpoint Overlord of no one Staff

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    #281
    Which is one reason we have been experimenting with ways to better control the marketplace. The Instant Pay function lets us see if a transaction actually took place, if someone disputed it, who won the dispute, etc.

    We've also started building more of a "real" marketplace where people can sell things and the system handles payment processing, distribution of whatever it is (assuming it's something that can be downloaded, etc.). Right now it's just eBooks because that was a simple/low volume area to test it with. http://marketplace.digitalpoint.com/ebooks.php Since we handle the payment processing, we are also able to handle distribution to the buyer and we can also limit ratings/reviews to people who ACTUALLY bought it (and didn't do a dispute/chargeback). For example some of the buyers reviewed/rated this one: http://marketplace.digitalpoint.com/ebooks.php?id=14
     
    digitalpoint, Aug 18, 2011 IP
  2. webmaster0098

    webmaster0098 Greenhorn

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    #282
    Today when i was browsing digital point forum to post something at my wall. I saw there is no any signature was appeared at my posts. I checked another user account they also seen without signatures except only premium members accounts.

    So what will you say that will it effect the ranking of my website because of remove my links or they will stabled at same.

    Another thing is what did you say about the traffic of digital point forums. will digital point forums user leave this website or will countered after removing their signatures.


    Comment will appreciate
    Thanks
     
    webmaster0098, Aug 19, 2011 IP
  3. Digital_shubhi

    Digital_shubhi Illustrious Member

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    #283
    Signatures are still there... only thing is that now they are no-follow :)

    And your thread doesn't belong here!
     
    Digital_shubhi, Aug 19, 2011 IP
  4. ApocalypseXL

    ApocalypseXL Notable Member

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    #284
    Yep all non-premium mebers had their signatures moved to no-follow(useless for SEO) to cut back spam . If you want to use your signature for SEO you need to be a premium member .
     
    ApocalypseXL, Aug 20, 2011 IP
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    Googl Active Member

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    #285
    I thought premium members also have no-follow.

     
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  6. atomicstorm

    atomicstorm Active Member

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    #286
    If you got your PR juice from links posted on digitalpoint.com, I would say your SEO efforts are a massive fail.

    That is correct. My signature links are nofollow.
     
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  7. Googl

    Googl Active Member

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    #287
    Just one of your signatures is no-follow.

    Could someone confirm whether Premium members have no-follow signatures. This thread is not very clear about this throughout. In some posts I got the impression that they're no-follow and in other posts dofollow. What is the real answer?
     
    Googl, Aug 20, 2011 IP
  8. digitalpoint

    digitalpoint Overlord of no one Staff

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    #288
    Some are nofollow, some are not. But it's not up to the user which is which. If you are looking to buy premium membership in hopes of getting dofollow signature links, it's best not to since there is no guarantee of dofollow.
     
    digitalpoint, Aug 20, 2011 IP
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    ApocalypseXL Notable Member

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    #289
    Yep some premium links are automatically made nofollow because they're considered spam .
     
    ApocalypseXL, Aug 20, 2011 IP
  10. indyonline

    indyonline Prominent Member

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    #290
    Atomicstorm must have skipped the first post of this thread because it say's it right away. Twice...
     
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  11. digitalpoint

    digitalpoint Overlord of no one Staff

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    #291
    Not necessarily spam, just not "high quality". And even then it's an automated process for something that is subjective, so it will be wrong sometimes.
     
    digitalpoint, Aug 20, 2011 IP
  12. atomicstorm

    atomicstorm Active Member

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    #292
    Thanks for the assumption. However, I opened up the page source and looked to see if my links were nofollow or not and the first link I came to was nofollow. As digitalpoint said, some are and some are not - which invalidates your quoted "short version". Moot argument. Main point, don't rely on it.
     
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    indyonline Prominent Member

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    #293
    The "quoted short version" is from the sites owner and maybe you should still read it again. Read the long version too.
    SMH...
     
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    BRUm Well-Known Member

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    #294
    Is there a way for a premium user to check whether his link is no-follow? i.e. considered spam?
     
    BRUm, Aug 21, 2011 IP
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    indyonline Prominent Member

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    #295
    Check the page source code or get a nofollow/dofollow plugin for your browser.
    I think atomics was probably marked as spam because it has the word "link" in the title twice and the word "submit". Those words are probably words used to identify spam. Not for sure on that though. Shawn should enlighten us...
     
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  16. digitalpoint

    digitalpoint Overlord of no one Staff

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    #296
    No there is not a way, and even if there was... the algorithm changes, so it's decision to nofollow something can change (either way).
     
    digitalpoint, Aug 21, 2011 IP
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    #297
    I'm assuming that if a link exists on DP to many times in different profiles and posts it can be considered spammy . Shawn as a master programmer that could you enlighten us a bit about this algorithm ?
     
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  18. Andre91

    Andre91 Peon

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    #298
    I find competition to be very stupid. Why do we compete and make this a dog eat dog world. A real triumphant leader hardly ever even acknowledges his/her competitor in a negative manner. #ImJustSaying
     
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    #299
    Or flames other members in negative reputation....
     
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    chtdatweb Well-Known Member

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    #300
    Just out of interest and may have read this wrong, but it makes no difference if your a premium member or not, follow/nofollow is simply determined if an algo deems that link to be spammy or not. And if thats is the case, why would my links be nofollow?, only curious, as im not fussed if they are follow or not.

    Thanks,
     
    chtdatweb, Aug 30, 2011 IP
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