[theforum] Vote re: nofollow tags in articles

[Drs Marcel Feenstra, MALD, MBA]

Dave Davies wrote:

> As an author I'd put my vote in for removing the rel="nofollow" from
> article links.
> 
> If a link is a vote and we can agree that publishing the content
> implies
> appreciation of the author's work then a vote is a fair thing to pass
> in
> this case.
> 
> I completely understand keeping rel="nofollow" in other areas. :)
> 
> But that's just my two bits worth ...

Hi Dave, thanks for following up!

I had originally listed your votes as:

> 10) Dave Davies (Tue Oct 23 18:54:28 CDT 2007): 1) ?, 2) +1?, 3) -1

i.e., you were *against* "nofollow" in articles (as confirmed by your latest
posting), but your position on "nofollow" in user profiles and comments was
not entirely clear to me.

If I can interpret:

> I completely understand keeping rel="nofollow" in other areas. :)

as: "Yes, I would be in favor of adding them elsewhere", your "clarified"
votes would be:

10) Dave Davies (Tue Oct 23 18:54:28 CDT 2007): 1) +1, 2) +1, 3) -1

and the overall tally for now,

RESULTS:

1) Nofollow in profiles - 6x +1, 2x 0, 1x -1, 2x ? --> YES
2) Nofollow in comments - 7x +1, 2x 0, 1x -1, 1x ? --> YES
3) Nofollow in articles - 2x +1, 2x 0, 7x -1, 0x ? --> NO

Marcel