Comments on: Ethics and Blogging: Attribution where due http://www.problogger.net/archives/2005/03/21/ethics-and-blogging-attribution-where-due/ Make Money Online Sun, 22 Nov 2009 08:03:36 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Steve Gill http://www.problogger.net/archives/2005/03/21/ethics-and-blogging-attribution-where-due/comment-page-1/#comment-2423 Steve Gill Mon, 21 Mar 2005 17:29:35 +0000 http://www.problogger.net/archives/2005/03/21/ethics-and-blogging-attribution-where-due/#comment-2423 Similar to The Movie Blog, I also put quoted text in Blockquotes, Italics, and the source webpage is linked to. But what's your opinion about the rel="nofollow" tag and (to a lesser degree) the "_blank" tag, Darren? In all cases I use the latter tag so the link opens in a new window. That way my visitor can surf around the other site and I'll still be there when they eventually close that window. And it's the only tag I use if the source site is a blog, but if it's an online newspaper article (or something of that caliber) I sometimes will add the 'nofollow' tag too. That way it's attributed and viewable by my visitors, but it doesn't get any "Google juice". :) I had a problem last year where I published a bunch of articles on my niche site, and on the next Google update those very same articles I linked to popped up ahead of my website in the rankings for my primary keyword! Since online newspaper sites already have a high PR, I don't want to give them any extra help by linking to them in any way that helps their rankings for my KW. ..any ethical thoughts about the 'nofollow' tag..? Similar to The Movie Blog, I also put quoted text in Blockquotes, Italics, and the source webpage is linked to.

But what’s your opinion about the rel=”nofollow” tag and (to a lesser degree) the “_blank” tag, Darren?

In all cases I use the latter tag so the link opens in a new window. That way my visitor can surf around the other site and I’ll still be there when they eventually close that window.

And it’s the only tag I use if the source site is a blog, but if it’s an online newspaper article (or something of that caliber) I sometimes will add the ‘nofollow’ tag too. That way it’s attributed and viewable by my visitors, but it doesn’t get any “Google juice”. :)

I had a problem last year where I published a bunch of articles on my niche site, and on the next Google update those very same articles I linked to popped up ahead of my website in the rankings for my primary keyword! Since online newspaper sites already have a high PR, I don’t want to give them any extra help by linking to them in any way that helps their rankings for my KW.

..any ethical thoughts about the ‘nofollow’ tag..?

]]> By: John Campea http://www.problogger.net/archives/2005/03/21/ethics-and-blogging-attribution-where-due/comment-page-1/#comment-2414 John Campea Mon, 21 Mar 2005 11:41:49 +0000 http://www.problogger.net/archives/2005/03/21/ethics-and-blogging-attribution-where-due/#comment-2414 Our Policy at The Movie Blog is to put everything that comes from another source in BLOCKQUOTES, is BOLDED, is credited and linked. It's the same that we would ask from others. Our Policy at The Movie Blog is to put everything that comes from another source in BLOCKQUOTES, is BOLDED, is credited and linked. It’s the same that we would ask from others.

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