This is already being blogged all over the place, but I have to shout about it, too: several major search and blogging organizations (including Google, Yahoo! and Six Apart) have agreed upon a simple method to significantly reduce comment spam.
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Tuesday, January 18, 2005
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Google has taken steps against the comment spammers, making it possible to have GoogleBot (and others) pretty much ignore specific links by adding rel=”nofollow” to the link tag. And this isn’t “just” Google doing it; a mu... [Read More]
» Another line of defense against comment spam from Journal
Google has taken steps against the comment spammers, making it possible to have GoogleBot (and others) pretty much ignore specific links by adding rel=”nofollow” to the link tag. And this isn’t “just” Google doing it; a mu... [Read More]
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So, it removes the carrot from the equation, but it doesn't address the problem of having links to adult or otherwise worthless content in the comments on my site.
In other words, sure some spammers will think, well, I guess I won't do that since it doesn't help my Google rank, but it will still get their URL out there for some unsuspecting reader to click on.
I see this as one half of the equation and it's a great start.
Posted by: Alex Ezell | Tuesday, January 18, 2005 at 10:15 PM
You're right ... I've heard this several places. But thanks!
Posted by: mark | Tuesday, January 18, 2005 at 11:31 PM