Comments on: Avatar Theory #3: The DoFollow Link Builder

By: Jessica

Jessica — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 17:06:05 +0000

I really enjoyed reading this post… well thought out and written. Thank you!

By: MN

MN — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:30:48 +0000

Toolbar PR doesnt really matter much now. Most spam links are just building toolbar PR only, if you do a search on google, many times the top sites are PR2 or PR3 and there will be a lot of PR6 results and such below them even.

By: Marty Weintraub

Marty Weintraub — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 16:15:07 +0000

@Sağlıklı Yaşam: Yes, in this hyperbolic case you’re right. Remember though that the anchor text does not need to be fully literal. For instance, you could use the name “cheap-date” and give your destination URL link juice for 1/2 half of the keyword. Cheap date is probably more socially acceptable than the full keyword.

On the next comment use the name Niagara-Viagra and talk about being from upstate New York, etc…

By: Sağlıklı Yaşam

Sağlıklı Yaşam — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 15:09:30 +0000

i have several other domains that i could use, so my avatar would match my domain, but is it really worth spending your time writting and article to then post “cheap viagra” or “best webdesign services in the whole wide world” as your display name…

By: Akvaryum

Akvaryum — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 16:41:59 +0000

People leaving comments purely for links leave so many footprints. It is fun when you email the CEO of an SEO agency and point out that their monkeys have been gaming links on my blog for their clients.

By: Kenny

Kenny — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 06:55:07 +0000

interesting read, i came across this site from a google search and still trying to understand this white/black hat seo method they call ‘no follow’

Judging by the spam blocked on the right hand side, this no follow business could turn into some serious extra site maintenance. If anyone has some additional links on these tactics for both sides, i’d love some additional reading

By: Marty Weintraub

Marty Weintraub — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 11:46:20 +0000

@Michael D: Yup, the “great post” stuff gets the delete button straight away over here. Comment spam, both automated and badly-done-by-hand, is the scourge of the blogosphere.

Nice to see you here Micheal. Will we see you in NYC @ East?

By: Michael D

Michael D — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 03:53:02 +0000

I’m commenting because of what Andy wrote and your reply. Ugh, I’ve been going nuts when I see people in my industry constantly hand posting spam comments to my blogs. I wouldn’t mind so much if they actually got involved (ok with keyword username) but the majority of comments are simply of the “great post” nature. And they post 6+ at a time. Almost makes me want to turn commenting off. /rant

By: Dave

Dave — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 01:42:09 +0000

ok so ive seem lots of people doing this, but ethically unless there is a section that says, website title, i stick with my name and ive seen an increase in links to my domain with the link text “dave” or “david”. I think in such a small industry spamming your way to the top wont be something that will help you get more clients or assistance from others.

i think people reading these blogs who then visit your site will visit your site wanting to contact dave, not “cheap viagra”… apologises to mr & mrs cheap viagra, from utah….

great thread!

By: Marty Weintraub

Marty Weintraub — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 01:38:49 +0000

@Andy, I do that too. Most by-hand comment spammers are SO obvious. I often email them or their supervisors and politely suggest that I’ll publicize their spamming ways. Sometimes I’ll leave the spam comment, edit out the sales pitch and remove the a link(s) or portion of the offending anchor text. Most of the time I just press delete.

When done well however, the footprints get murky. For instance, you or I could participate in any blog and not be flagged as spam. But the…we would not.

It’s nice to see you in these threads Andy. We hope this writing finds you well.