Comments on: Ask the Link Builders – SMX East 2009

By: Eric Ward

Eric Ward — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 05:13:07 +0000

I didn’t say Google ignores no follow. I said it would be silly to believe Google couldn’t choose to follow whatever the hell they want to follow, regardless of the no follow designation. And no offense, becasue I know those guys, but I was link building a good decade before Dan and Leslie. Frankly, if you hear it from me, you need no confirmation

By: Eric Ward

Eric Ward — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 05:08:32 +0000

Robert, all due respect, but I was a DMOZ editor for nine years. I had no problem with it when people contacted me directly. Any editor who truly gives a darn about his/her DMOZ cat ought to be thrilled if a submitter with a quality site facing an orphanded cat took the time to identify the right editor up the ladder. Your response shows why DMOZ has become a quagmire. You come across as hateful and ugly. A fantastic site would be banned, according to you, just because you aren’t happy with the way they went about it? Seriously? The submitter should just live with years of no response? That type of response and bad karma are exactly why I quit being a DMOZ editor. DMOZ’s founder and I go back a ways. I helped him when it wasn’t called DMOZ yet, it was called NewHoo. Then again, what the hell do I know.

By: Thomas Drayton

Thomas Drayton — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 18:00:46 +0000

Google ignores NoFollow? I'm going to hold off believing that until I hear it from Dan Thies or Leslie Rhode at StomperNet...

Thomas

By: Matt Ridout

Matt Ridout — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 08:47:53 +0000

Great overview of the discussion!
I have to say I’m a bit surprised at some of the answers – Email requests are still a great way of building links if done correctly (as Eric mentioned), so I find it strange that Rae doesn’t even consider it.
Secondly Debra said “Paid links are often sold in packages” – If you buy spammy links then I guess this would apply but I’d say a large portion of paid links are probably setup by email communication to webmasters.
Anyway good post, thanks

By: Robert Enriquez

Robert Enriquez — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 22:40:21 +0000

DMOZ - Eric stated to contact them directly...which is a bad idea.

As a DMOZ editor I can tell you that WE HATE IT WHEN PPL CONTACT US about a DMOZ link, and in our internal forum we frown upon even answering an email from someone trying to get a listing or someone who has a listing who needs an update.

In the DMOZ directory we have a place to add notes where ALL editors can basically read it. Last thing you need is having an editor place a note about your link which basically ruins your chances of ever getting into the directory for that link