Very interesting. I've been looking over the benefits of mass blog posting of (relevant) comments and this definitly ties in. Actually, I'm reposting this message to the Biz-Dev list as it's something discussed there and quite interesting for those interested in site ranking (one of the focuses of that list). Thanks
>If you're a blogger (or a blog reader), you're painfully familiar with >people who try to raise their own websites' search engine rankings by >submitting linked blog comments like "Visit my discount >pharmaceuticals site." This is called comment spam, we don't like it >either, and we've been testing a new tag that blocks it. From now on, >when Google sees the attribute (rel="nofollow") on hyperlinks, those >links won't get any credit when we rank websites in our search >results. This isn't a negative vote for the site where the comment was >posted; it's just a way to make sure that spammers get no benefit from >abusing public areas like blog comments, trackbacks, and referrer >lists. >http://www.google.com/googleblog/2005/01/preventing-comment-spam.html > >-Kevin ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:143336 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
