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I was searching for a way to remove the [tag]nofollow[/tag] tag from my blog’s comments so that positive, non-spam comments would be credited with a backlink for their efforts. Considering I moderate all the comments to my blogs, I don’t mind, and encourage readers to post comments with links back to their own sites or blogs as long as they are not doing it for spam purposes. I came across an interesting article on the More Earnings via Search Engine Optimization Blog…

WordPress Comments and rel=nofollow

It seems the author agrees with my philosophy of using spam filters and moderation while rewarding comments that are on topic and relevant to the discussion. If you wish to configure your Wordpress software to remove the nofollow attribute from comments, you should definitely check out the article mentioned above.

Once again, regarding research I was doing on [tag]Google Pagerank[/tag], I came across a very informative post on Matt Cutt’s Blog that is quite eye opening and explains a lot about the in’s and out’s of how PageRank actually works. This article is a must read if you haven’t already…

More info on PageRank

Matt addresses the discussion in a question and answer style, and I’d suggest anybody aspiring to learn more about [tag]SEO[/tag] (Search Engine Optimization) read this article and in general read Matt’s fantastic blog.

I thought both of these articles would be of interest to the readers of this blog, hope you like them !!!

         

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It’s been almost 100 days since the last major [tag]PageRank[/tag] update by [tag]Google[/tag], but we’re pleased to see a number of bloggers reporting seeing changes in their sites PageRank over the last few days. Here’s a few of the bloggers ringing in about the update.

Mark Barrera - Google Rolling Out PageRank Update
Gleb Reys - Google PageRank Update: We’re PR 5!
Search-Placement Blog - Google PageRank Update: We’re PR 5!
MyQuestToEarn Blog - Some updates and Pagerank!!

Congratulations to all those receiving PageRank updates, hopefully we’ll be seeing some PR on this site !!

         

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Here’s an article I published a year ago when I was still using Blogger to create my first SEO (Search Engine Optimization) Blog. I decided to repost it here because the information is still as relevant today as it was back then.

The SEO forums and blogs are constantly buzzing about the use of linking strategies to increase Google Pagerank. The usual chatter is about acquiring inbound links, but the topic of outbound linking strategies doesn’t seem to be as popular with the forum members. I was over at Searchen Internet Marketing and Search Engine Forums the other day, and the topic of outbound linking came up, and I realized that something I had been doing naturally, is actually an effective SEO strategy regarding outbound linking.

It seems linking to government (.gov) educational (.edu) and organization (.org) sites that have high PR has it’s benefits in Google’s eyes because you’re linking to authoratative sites. I don’t suggest abusing the technique and approach it naturally , and make sure the outbound links are relative to your website’s content. For example, I’d strongly suggest anybody running real estate or local business sites to link to the county Property Appraisers Office, the Department of State, Better Bussiness Bureau or any legal or governmental agencies that are appropriate to visitors of your sites. For almost every site there is something, a Pizza Parlor website could link to the Small Bussiness Association at SBA.gov, as could any business related site. Not only would you be making your website look better in Google’s eyes, but it will make your website visitors think your site is more official.

Just remember, if Google’s spiders are weighing inbound links in their Pageranking algorithm, when they assign that weight, there has to be some sort of reciprocal weight applied to the origination of the outbound link. Remember the obvious advice of keeping the number of outbound links on each webpage between 10 an 30, and do keep a common linking pattern in your html, avoid messy link pages with multiple link formats, and don’t link to porn or gambling sites if your site is not specifically related to the porn or gambling industry.

Remember to choose your outgoing links wisely as a part of any effective natural SEO technique.

         

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