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Accept Comments?

by seonutshell
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Hey there. Would there be any negative repercussions from approving comments with websites on your blog? Obviously the ones that make no sense can be trashed, but the comments that are actually relevant and its clear they have read the post, i feel reluctant to approve them because it will take away page rank from my page.

Is it okay to have a few comments on your blog?
#accept #comments
  • Profile picture of the author MikeFriedman
    Remove the link and approve them that way.
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  • Profile picture of the author online only
    Most of the comments are in no-follow anyway, especially in WordPress.

    I do accept comments, but only those that are without keywords, without link etc. So basically comments from real folks not from some "seo gurus"
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    • Profile picture of the author MikeFriedman
      Originally Posted by online only View Post

      Most of the comments are in no-follow anyway, especially in WordPress.
      Even though they are nofollow, they still bleed out pagerank though. That's why I never allow links in comments on a site.
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  • Profile picture of the author yukon
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    As much as I don't like Facebook, maybe use the FB iframe code snippet for comments on your web page, that way none of the comment text/links will ever show up on your Google Cache (text version) which will most likely never be seen by Googlebot. Traffic will still see the comments/links.
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    • Profile picture of the author John Romaine
      Originally Posted by yukon View Post

      As much as I don't like Facebook, maybe use the FB iframe code snippet for comments on your web page, that way none of the comment text/links will ever show up on your Google Cache (text version) which will most likely never be seen by Googlebot. Traffic will still see the comments/links.
      Just be mindful that by doing this you don't "own" the comments. FB does. This means if ever you change platforms or decide to remove FB comments, you lose everything.

      And AFAIK FB comments ARE crawled and indexed.
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      • Profile picture of the author yukon
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        Originally Posted by John Romaine View Post

        Just be mindful that by doing this you don't "own" the comments. FB does. This means if ever you change platforms or decide to remove FB comments, you lose everything.

        And AFAIK FB comments ARE crawled and indexed.
        That's why I mentioned the FB iframe code snippet, it's legit hidden text/links that only show up for traffic.

        Doesn't matter that Googlebot finds the FB comments on FB, those links won't show up on the money page/domain for Googlebot because it's an iframe.

        I get the feeling OP is on the fence about allowing comments on his own web page/domain so I kinda doubt FB comments disappearing would be a big deal, not that I think FB comments will disappear anytime soon.

        IMO, for on-page SEO the only thing that matters is whatever shows up on the Google cache (text version).
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  • Profile picture of the author John Romaine
    Man ...the fear!
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  • Profile picture of the author seonutshell
    Thanks for the advice guys. Really liked the facebook idea.
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    • Profile picture of the author paulgl
      Keep them away from google. Google has said time and again that
      comments add nothing. So, if you are relying on google, don't
      accept comments. It mucks up your page content, and BTW, is
      borderline adsense TOS violation. People bid on your site, not
      the comments. That's why in most cases it is a violation.

      Google is rapidly getting to the point where comments are just spam
      and are on spam pages. This has nothing to do with yahoo, huff post,
      etc. that allow member's comments. Those are a different animal.

      intensedebate is also a good way of allowing visitors to add
      comments and links, with no content showing. But again, just
      because it's "hidden," does not mean it's not there.

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  • Profile picture of the author johnben1444
    Originally Posted by seonutshell View Post


    Is it okay to have a few comments on your blog?
    You can decide to leave no comment at all, no obligation, you call the shot.

    Besides, you can make your comment no follow and approve anyone you feel are worthwhile to you.
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  • Profile picture of the author Moneymaker2012
    I never approve comments with keywords or links in them, looks spammy to me and I don't want google to take some action.
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