[theforum] Vote re: nofollow tags in articles

Dave Davies dave at beanstalk-inc.com
Wed Nov 14 13:53:15 CST 2007


I'm glad to see how the vote went. :)

Thanks !

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Drs Marcel Feenstra, MALD, MBA wrote:
> 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
>
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