rel="nofollow" on freesite listings..

[oldbrad]

I think as with most things, people run their sites the way they see fit and people will submit or not.

If you want the traffic then still submit. You get traffic even if small and you dont get pr, but if you dont submit then you still dont get pr and you lose any traffic you would have gotten. Your only gaining if you still submit, not losing anything extra from submitting that not submitting would fix, if that makes sense.

Now, if they are doing traded links supposedly for pr and using it nofollow it is different. If they just do regular traffic trades or listings without pr in mind then thats at their discretion imo. Category or main page PR trades with someone secretly using nofollow is very different than sending traffic to someone using nofollow and possibly getting a link back.

[Linkster]

Brad - I had noticed that foxyslinks uses the nofollow also on the links - I guess anyone can run their sites the way they want - I hope at least these LLs do tell their submitters up front? Also is it ok to put nofollow on the recips?

[pornhitzman]

Originally Posted by Linkster

Brad - I had noticed that foxyslinks uses the nofollow also on the links - I guess anyone can run their sites the way they want - I hope at least these LLs do tell their submitters up front? Also is it ok to put nofollow on the recips?

That would scare the shit out of any LL owner..

[Bill]

Personally, I think submitters should blacklist linklists that start doing that.

;-}

Because for years now the submitter-linklist relationship has been as much about an exchange of search engine relevancy, as about a simple exchange of visitors.

[SheepGuy]

I totally agree with Bill, if any relationship is not symbiotic, I don't want any part of it. The whole concept just looks like dirty pool to me.

[LowryBigwood]

Originally Posted by oldbrad

If you want the traffic then still submit. You get traffic even if small and you dont get pr, but if you dont submit then you still dont get pr and you lose any traffic you would have gotten. Your only gaining if you still submit, not losing anything extra from submitting that not submitting would fix, if that makes sense.

This is true when you state it this way, however it would be better to simply remove the recip and find another LL which doesn't do this. Then you get win/win instead.

I read the rest of the thread and understand how you are using the tag, which is fine. I am considering using the tag on all the sponsor links on my index and see if that helps.