This is the first thread I have started here, so I should say hi first...Hi Anyways The blog that I run gets a fair amount of spam comments. I had a look at one of the comments today to see what exactly they were putting as a comment, and I noticed that all their links had the no-follow attribute If they were spamming to get backlinks, why would they include the no-follow tag? Perhaps I don't understand the tag or spammers fully, but surely it doesn't make sense to add it? All the best Sam
My blogs are set up to auto post comments after I approve the first one. I think some spammers that are too lazy to create a good first comment try that in an effort to get you to approve the post and smooth sailing from then on for them (I could be wrong).
if i was a spammer, I would be as black-hat as could be! surely spamming is bad enough not to worry about the nofollow tag!!
may be to get some traffic if your blog is high traffic one ... Also, i heard not all SE's checks for nofollow. some SE's follows even if you have no follow tag
Most blogging platforms automatically add nofollow to all links within comments by default. I highly doubt the spammers added nofollow themselves.
oversmart spammers i think. they want the traffic most likely and want to avoid links from possible bad neighborhood.
This is from one of my wordpress blogs: href="hxxxxxttp://mj-portalxxxxxen.se/blog/tomcamun1961/2009/01/01/clinton-2/" rel="nofollow">girgeous victorian desk lamp hand painted roses chic rprtl</a><a href="httxxxxxxp://mj-portalen.se/blog/tomcamun1961/2009/01/01/clinton-2/" rel="nofollow">vision care shfnt</a><a href="httxxxxp://dorgudxf1970.sundsvallonline.se/2009/01/01/jenise/" rel="nofollow">lwlisir damore antzn</a><a href="httxxxxxp://dorgudxf1970.sundsvallonline.se/2009/01/01/jenise/" rel="nofollow">aets crafts nouveau reverse painted sconce chandelier evwva</a><a href="http://dorgudxf1970.sundsvallonline.se/2009/01/01/jenise/" rel="nofollow"> I added the "x's" to break the links. Do you still "highly doubt" it?
Surely its your forum script thats adding the no follow ? If I spam a forum then check the code the no follow is there 99 times out of 100
I have wordpress too, and I just made a test comment on my blog with a couple links in it (without the nofollow tag). Looking at the comments in Wordpress admin and in the database, the nofollow tag has been automatically added. So yes, I still highly doubt it.
so you think that it is just wordpress adding the nofollow after all that - devestated, i thought it was quite interesting!!
Not sure out of maybe 100 or so spam comments that's the only one I found with the no-follow. SPAMMER=josephadam@eudora.com JosephAdam (IP: 66.128.38.41 , ppp-38-41.telesat.com.co) If somebody really wants to know why they do it, write the guy and e-mail and ask him.
I noticed the same thing on my wordpress today, and it was also the first and only one I had seen with a "nofollow" tag. I was as equally confused as the OP.