Proof that Nofollow = Quality Comments:
Visit the Best Science Blogs.
Visit the Best Science Blogs.
Do you remember Shoemoney’s Pamcake’s eyerolls at the idea that “Nofollow” blogs have good comments? Well, if you need any proof, visit the two blogs currently neck and neck in the “2007: Best Weblogs” contest. At both Climate Audit and Bad Astronomy, you’ll find plenty of heated debate.
The things you won’t find are:
- Automated Spam Comments
- Over SEO’d comment “names” and
- Pink link condoms on the author url links.
In fact, while you will see link condoms in the comment content at Climate Audit, it appears that “Bad Astronomy” is full boar nofollow, giving real “follows” to links in author names, in comment content and trackbacks.
What are the two blogs discussing currently?
To some extent both blogs are discussing the 2007 Weblog awards which became rather contentious. (In comments on some blogs, some are acting as if the outcome of this blog award will determine national policy on Global Climate Change.)
The winner of the competition was scheduled to be announced last night- but the decision was deferred due to voting irregularities which included voting that continued for as much as four hours after poll had closed. The organizers are evidently combing through the data in an attempt to figure out which of the tens of thousands of votes cast were cast by zombie ‘bots.
The winner will be decreed on Monday! (Update, Friday 3:26 pm CST: WeblogsAwards has just officially decreed the “race” a tie.)
Zombie ‘bots voted?!
For those of you wondering whether ‘zombie bot voting was possible, evidently, it was easy! No-Oblimimal has described how to hack Weblog Awards (2007.weblogawards.org/) flimsy ballot security, and what Webblog Awards’s programmers could have done to prevent the ballot stuffing by ‘zombie bots. (It seems the voting system was less secure than my blog comments!)
Hmm…
I think I’m now against internet voting in real elections. (Not that I was ever for it.)
Oh, and despite Pamcakes eyerolls, I am keeping the “follow” on my comments. 
TrafficJam.com Is Coming!
Can It Save Blogrush?
Can It Save Blogrush?
John Reese, the promoter who brought “Blogrush” recently announced “TrafficJam.com”; evidently TrafficJam will help our blogs even more than Blogrush. The Blogosphere seems to have ignored the announcement. . .
But I won’t ignore it! John Reese is now promising loads of traffic through “TrafficJam”, requesting bloggers be patient and telling us feed back is positive. He has also closed comments at his blog. Given this marketing push, I think, bloggers do need to make decisions based on data; sharing information helps other bloggers make decisions.
What’s Blogrush done for Big Bucks Blogger?
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Make Your Blog Easy to Read:
Heck, even a Ph.D can.
Heck, even a Ph.D can.
Which blog do you prefer? One that makes easy things hard to understand? Or one that makes difficult things easy to understand?
In “Is your blog easy to read?” Muhammad Saleem recommends the second. He also guides bloggers to an online readability tool to test the reading level of your blog.
Guess what readibility level I rated? Yep. I write like I’m in grade school.
I’d say that’s not bad for a gal who has also written stuff like Ensemble-average equations of a particulate mixture.
I used the tool to test Volokh.com a blog written by a bunch of law professors: they write at the junior high level.
I bet you’re wondering about Muhammad Saleem’s blog’s readibility level? Highschool.
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